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A new law takes effect Wednesday in Michigan, increasing the number of weeks claimants are eligible to receive unemployment benefits and the maximum benefit amount they can receive each week.

In all, there are three projects, including two involving underwater cables beneath Lake Michigan. The intent is to extend broadband service to roughly 30,000 largely rural Michigan residents. Work on the broadband projects is expected to take several years.

"To me, these are nothingburgers. If they're even real," said one pro-Trump podcaster, of the thousands of documents that were released this week, including several that named the president.

Intrigued about what's going on in Michigan this weekend? Or just need help deciding your plans? Here are 24 events happening across the state August 22-24 that we think are worth your time.

A new federal law allowing incarcerated individuals to access Pell Grants has created new educational opportunities. Jonathan Roden, a former prisoner who, after serving 23 years, is now back inside a Michigan correctional facility as a coordinator for a new Wayne State University program.

Lawyers say federal authorities are keeping a Michigan man in custody in a deportation case, despite his life-threatening leukemia. The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is seeking a bond hearing for Jose Contreras-Cervantes. It could allow him to return to his Detroit-area family and doctors while his case winds through immigration court. The Trump administration is refusing to agree to bond hearings for immigrants if they entered the U.S. illegally.

Records show that parents of Michigan students who receive special education services are increasingly having to fight for services that are supposed to be guaranteed by law.

Dozens with the group The Rent Is Too Damn High descended on the state capitol to call on Michigan lawmakers to pass a package of bills protecting renters.

Prescription drug ads were once banned on broadcasts. But companies argued that infringed on free speech, and the drugs could help people. The FDA now permits pharmaceutical ads.