Who’s new in the Michigan House of Representatives
Updated Jan 05, 2021;
Posted Jan 05, 2021
The House Chamber pictured at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on Thursday, April 25, 2019.Neil Blake
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The new legislative session brings with it substantial turnover for the Michigan House of Representatives, which will have 28 new lawmakers serving their first full terms in office.
Most of the freshman class will fill House seats vacated by members who hit their six-year term limit serving in the state House, although some defeated incumbents or are replacing members who sought other offices last fall.
Speaker-elect Jason Wentworth, R-Clare, and Democratic Leader-elect Donna Lasinski, D-Scio Township, will fill the leadership slots left open by the departures of former Reps. Lee Chatfield and Christine Greig.
Louisiana man arrested in Saginaw County with 4 pounds of meth faces federal drug charge
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
A bag of suspected methamphetamine state police troopers seized during a traffic stop in Isabella County on Dec. 10, 2020.
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BAY CITY, MI A Louisiana man accused of being a methamphetamine supplier to the Lansing area is facing a federal charge after police allegedly pulled him over and more than 4 pounds of the illegal drug was found in his vehicle.
Marvin N. Johnson, 46, is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, a 10-year federal felony.
According to an affidavit authored by a Drug Enforcement Agency agent, law enforcement in the fall of 2019 began a multi-agency investigation into Johnson. The agent described Johnson as having been “identified as a supplier of methamphetamine to the greater Lansing, Michigan area.”