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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week that bans the use of what’s sometimes called the “gay panic” defense.
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If you see a so-called "skill-based" slot machine in a bar, restaurant, or gas station, it is very likely illegal, state authorities say.
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Michigan courts saw an uptick in the number of cases filed at nearly all levels last year.That’s among the data listed in a new state report summarizing the judicial branch’s work in 2023.
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A federal investigation launched in 2018 found that the Wayne County Jail routinely failed to provide critical services for inmates with disabilities. A new settlement lays out requirements for addressing those issues.
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The state Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a 2018 law expanding a three-year statute of limitations to include claims of childhood sexual abuse up to a person's 28th birthday or three years after a person makes a connection between the abuse and injury or trauma is not retroactive.
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Today, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services director Elizabeth Hertel talks about Michigan’s Child Protective Services progress under federal oversight. Then, a 1950s “shark attack” in Lake Michigan. Plus, the Kresge Foundation’s president and CEO Rip Rapson discusses the foundation’s ongoing mission and its 100th anniversary.
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The Michigan Supreme Court ruling allows judges to add restitution when they're resentencing people who were initially sentenced to life without parole.
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Detroit officials are encouraging residents to report illegal block parties after what Mayor Mike Duggan says was a weekend of violence rarely seen in Detroit anymore.
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Michigan State Police say two people are dead and more than a dozen others have been injured in an early morning shooting at a Detroit block party.
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A man fled from Kalamazoo officers after they told him he was being detained. He was convicted of fleeing and resisting police. The question was whether the officers should have chased him in the first place.
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Corrections officers union calling for National Guard to relieve staffing shortages at Mich. prisonsThe Michigan Corrections Organization says a staffing shortage is so severe and dangerous that the National Guard should be called in to help with security.
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A group of Republican state lawmakers is appealing the dismissal of a federal lawsuit to undo some of Michigan’s voter-approved constitutional amendments.