The new program will work with individuals to settle debts without further penalty or incarceration.
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State and federal appellate courts issued similar rulings and concluded that business losses caused by pandemic-related orders did not qualify as recoverable losses under the commercial policies issued to the subject businesses and under Michigan law.
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The new laws, which take effect immediately, allow a majority of the 10-member parole board to wait five years under certain circumstances, including if more frequent reviews would cause additional harm to victims or their surviving family members.
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The Better Business Bureau of Western Michigan is urging the public to be “deliberate” when donating to organizations that say they’re helping the people of Ukraine - Unfortunately, bad actors often try to take advantage of people’s good will
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We need to be very conscious of the methods we use for research, and we also need to be mindful of the imagery and information we digest, whether technically legal or not.
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Hundreds of thousands of people in Michigan who have just one drunk driving offense on their record may soon be eligible to have their records cleared. The bipartisan expungement bills were signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last August and went into effect Feb. 19.
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The creation of the FBI's "virtual asset exploitation" unit comes after the Justice Department's largest-ever financial seizure earlier this month. It charged a married New York couple with allegedly laundering bitcoins now valued at over $4.5 billion that were stolen in the 2016 hack of the digital currency exchange Bitfinex.
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Unlike other programs and safety nets created to help homeowners and renters hurt economically during the COVID-19 pandemic, this program will also assist those with land contract homes, who had limited aid during the health crisis.
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Private contractor ID.me said it will drop the facial recognition requirement in the identity-verification software used by several U.S. states and federal agencies, after backlash over the technology's privacy concerns grew.
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