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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On Thursday morning in Flint, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a repeal of a nearly 30-year-old law that gave drug manufacturers immunity if their drugs caused harm for Michiganders.
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Almost all the laws will go into effect 90 days after the legislature ends, which is February 13, 2024. The only exception is for the minimum wage increase, which goes into effect on January 1.
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Michigan has become the 12th state to pass landmark legislation that sets a 100% clean electricity deadline for utilities. Michigan is currently the No. 3 state in the US for clean energy investments, with $21.3 billion of investments.
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New Michigan law will require responding agencies to inform tenants and occupants of apartment buildings when there are imminent health and safety threats at the building. If a building cannot be vacated, the bill states a building owner would have to correct the violation in the "shortest reasonable time."
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This question came up - under federal law, the minimum wage for most workers is $7.25 an hour. But just how much that is can vary widely, because of the interplay of state and federal rules on minimum wages and tips.
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Michigan’s “Shopping Reform and Modernization Act” protects consumers when an item purchased scans at a higher price. The law took effect on Sept. 1, 2011
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Insurance Executives Refused to Pay for the Cancer Treatment That Could Have Saved Him. This Is How They Did It.
A Michigan law requires coverage of cancer drugs. One insurer came up with a “defensible” way to avoid paying for treatments that offered Forrest VanPatten his last chance for survival. “We crossed the line,” says a former executive.
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