Michigan's attorney general, Dana Nessel claimed the acquittal of three men in the trial related to Governor Whitmer's kidnapping was due to their 'right leaning' politics.
A federal judge allowed a case that claims Michigan officials religiously discriminated against a Christian working at the University of Michigan Health-West to proceed.
In November 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that MosquitoMate, Inc. had submitted plans to infect live male mosquitoes with a bacteria called "Wolbachia pipientis," which enhances WNV infection.