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Michigan Senate panel votes to expand open records law to governor, lawmakers

March 18, 2024

Over the last year, multiple prominent figures in Lansing have been under criminal investigation. Former House Speaker Rick Johnson pleaded guilty in April to taking bribes as the leader of the state's medical marijuana licensing board. And in December, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel brought embezzlement charges against two top staffers of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield.

The criminal allegations came after the nonprofit Center for Public Integrity rated Michigan the worst state in the country in 2015 for its systems to deter corruption.

James Crumbley convicted of involuntary manslaughter over son's school shooting

March 15, 2024

The Crumbleys represent a rare case of parents being charged in connection with a shooting carried out by their child. James Crumbley chose not to testify in his trial with the defense resting after only calling one witness Wednesday. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Nitrous oxide whippet abuse bill signed into Michigan law

March 12, 2024

The bill, SB 58, adds the sale or offer for sale of an object designed to facilitate the inhalation of nitrous oxide for recreational use to the existing penalties for other drug paraphernalia.

House committee holds hearing on expanding exoneration law

March 11, 2024

The Michigan House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing Tuesday on measures to update the state's exoneration law. One of the bills would allow defendants who pleaded guilty to ask to have their cases reopened.

What a strange traffic stop in Romeo reveals about Michigan’s ‘wandering cop’ laws

March 8, 2024

This case goes deeper than allegations of a cop abusing his power to seek revenge. A Metro Times investigation reveals that both the Warren and Romeo police departments violated laws aimed at preventing “wandering cops,” or officers who move from department to department amid allegations of misconduct.

Michigan cop’s mistake leads to $320,000 deal

March 4, 2024

Michigan cop’s mistake leads to $320,000 deal with Japanese man wrongly accused of drunken driving

Ryohei Akima blew a 0.02 on the test, but it was mistakenly read by the Fowlerville officer as 0.22 — nearly three times over Michigan’s blood-alcohol limit for driving.

Northern Michigan business fined $750K

February 26, 2024

Northern Michigan business fined $750K for deleting emissions controls on semi-trucks

The company and the individual defendants pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act.

Diesel Freak is a diesel repair and electronics modification facility headquartered in Gaylord. The company designs and builds electronic monitoring and modification kits that adjust engine power and fuel efficiency through Wi-Fi connections with trucks on the road.

Michigan’s third grade reading law ends

February 15, 2024

Michigan’s third grade reading law ends with few kids getting held back

Michigan will no longer require school districts to hold back third graders who score too low on reading tests. In March 2023, the Democrats in control of state government threw out the third grade reading law, which went into effect in 2016 under Gov. Rick Snyder’s administration. The repeal went into effect this week.

142 Michigan laws taking effect Feb. 13

February 13, 2024

Gun, abortion, energy reform among 142 Michigan laws taking effect Feb. 13

Nearly half of the laws passed by the Democratic-majority Legislature last year are set to take effect this week, including sweeping overhauls to the state’s energy and election policies, repeals of Republican-backed labor laws and abortion restrictions and firearm safety measures long sought by gun control advocates.

New safe storage gun law goes into effect in Michigan on Feb. 13

February 8, 2024

In the aftermath of the Michigan State University mass shooting last Feb. 13, legislators passed a package of gun laws, including a safe storage measure.

The new secure storage law, Public Act 17 of 2023, requires gun owners to keep unattended weapons unloaded and locked with a locking device or stored in a locked box or container if it is reasonably known that a minor is likely to be present on the premises.

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