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6 questions on Michigan rules when you vote

October 31, 2024
Ballot selfies, Sharpies, political shirts: 6 questions on Michigan rules when you vote
This question has been particularly contentious and the subject of a federal lawsuit.
If a ballot selfie is defined as a photo taken inside the polling booth showing both the marked ballot and the voter, then no, that is not allowed, say Attorney General Dana Nessel and Bureau of Elections officials.
Read more at USA Today
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Michigan court case sets precedent for so-called drug ‘experts’

October 30, 2024
‘It’s junk science.’
Her court case raised questions about the validity of Drug Recognition Experts (DRE), a decades-old, national program that has trained officers to become “experts” at detecting impairment from drug use.
King and her attorney would fight back – and ultimately set a new precedent in the courts.
Read more at mLive
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AI-generated images are the next frontier in the battle against child sexual abuse

October 26, 2024

A child psychiatrist who altered a first-day-of-school photo he saw on Facebook to make a group of girls appear nude. A U.S. Army soldier accused of creating images depicting children he knew being sexually abused. A software engineer charged with generating hyper-realistic sexually explicit images of children.

Read more at WZZM 13

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New paid sick time law worries business owners

October 24, 2024

Michigan employees, besides those employed by the federal government, will earn one hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked. Businesses with 10 or more workers would need to allow at least 72 hours of paid sick time a year. Businesses with fewer than 10 employees must give out at least 40 hours of paid sick time each year, plus an additional 32 hours of unpaid sick time.

Read more at WoodTV 8

Body cam footage of viral cyclist altercation released

October 23, 2024

A Park City police officer tells Peacock, "He doesn't have to get out of his car for you, he doesn't have to identify himself to you, you are not law enforcement."

Read more at Townlift

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Two new books raise big concerns about innocent men in US prisons

October 22, 2024

It’s painful to read those stories of men wrongly condemned and forgotten, slowly abandoned by everyone, casualties of an overzealous criminal justice system.

Read more at Reuters

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Unpacking Michigan's hate crime law

October 21, 2024

Earlier last week, the Arab American Civil Rights League made a push for a hate crime charge in the Gary Lansky case. The question now is, what is the hate crime law in Michigan, and what evidence does a prosecutor need to charge someone with it?

See story at CBS News

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Judge slashes $185 mln award for law firm Quinn Emanuel in US healthcare case

October 16, 2024
A U.S. judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday cut in half a $185 million legal fee payout for Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, awarding the law firm $92.4 million for its work on a multibillion-dollar federal healthcare insurance case.
The request translated to more than $18,000 an hour for Quinn Emanuel. Top partners at the Los Angeles-founded firm often bill between $1,500 and $2,000 an hour, court records show.
Read more at Reuters
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Michigan court rules marijuana dealers can face harsher sentences than illegal growers

October 14, 2024
People committing similar large-scale marijuana crimes face very different penalties in Michigan.
Dealers are eligible to serve up to 15 years in prison, while illegal growers of any size may only be charged with a misdemeanor, the state Court of Appeals clarified this week.
Read more at mLive

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signs 17 bills into law

October 11, 2024

The bills ranged from hospital funding to unionizing of an often overlooked sector of the health care industry. It also included Senate Bill 150 which aims to allow the small claims division of the Michigan Tax Tribunal to have more accessible small claims hearings by allowing them to be conducted virtually.

Read more at WZZM 13

 

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