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Right to Life of Michigan has notified the state it will appeal a federal judge’s dismissal of its challenge to the state’s 2022 voter-approved abortion rights amendment.
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A federal judge ordered ICE to release Jose Contreras-Cervantes, a longtime Michigan resident who lacks legal status. The ACLU says he was detained without consistent treatment for his leukemia.
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The laws allow concerned family members, healthcare providers, and law enforcement to seek a court order temporarily barring someone from possessing guns, if they believe they're an imminent threat.
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The new bed management tool is a central database with up-to-date information about where space is available in residential treatment centers statewide.
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The ACLU of Michigan says longtime Detroit resident Juan Manuel Lopez-Campos has been in detention since he was pulled over for a routine traffic violation in Romulus in June.
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In the past, advocacy groups have given Michigan an “F” for the state’s laws against human trafficking.
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Annual proficiency testing in Michigan schools shows reading scores continue to slide. Michigan resentences inmates who received life without parole as juveniles. And this week’s episode of It’s Just Politics.
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A series of Michigan Supreme Court rulings are giving people convicted of murder as young adults the chance at resentencing, sparking hope for some and fear for others.
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Bipartisan bills making it a criminal offense to create and distribute deepfake videos showing a real person in imagined sexual situations were signed into law by Governor Gretchen Whitmer this week.
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The state senate seat representing more than a quarter million Michiganders has been empty since January. Governor Whitmer has said she plans to call a special election, but to date she hasn’t.
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David Taylor and Michelle Brannon, founders of the Kingdom of God Global Church, are charged with money laundering and forced labor. They allegedly forced their group's members to work unpaid in call centers, raising about $50 million to fund the two accused's lavish lifestyles.
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In 2024, police arrested activists at several on-campus protests. The Michigan Attorney General’s office later dropped criminal charges against the protesters.