Proposals to limit how teens use social media are gaining bipartisan traction with governors and state legislators as the tech industry, so far successfully, tries to stave off such regulation through the courts.
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In Michigan, a series of gun safety bills will go into effect in 2024. The bills include an expansion of background checks, requirements to store guns away from children and a new red flag law. Legislation was also signed in November to temporarily ban people convicted of domestic violence from possessing and purchasing firearms and ammunition.
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The short answer is no, you will not need a REAL ID to fly in 2024, but there is still a deadline in place. DHS extended it to May 7, 2025 but It is worth noting that REAL ID-compliant documents are already required to enter some federal facilities.
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They Were Wrongfully Convicted. Now They’re Denied Compensation Despite Michigan Law.
The state can provide the wrongfully convicted compensation of $50,000 for each year of incarceration, but the law’s narrow criteria and confusion over eligibility leave former prisoners facing another system that seems stacked against them.
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