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In Michigan, over 125 cities and counties use automated license plate readers to help law enforcement locate missing people and catch criminals. However, privacy advocates are raising concerns about potential privacy infringements and data sharing beyond local boundaries. These worries have intensified amid aggressive deportation campaigns. Some cities, like Bay City and Ferndale, have reconsidered their contracts with Flock Safety, the company behind the technology.

Additional license plate reading cameras in Detroit, a five-year pilot program that aims to plant 75,000 trees throughout Detroit, freshwater jellyfish, the new Census category for Middle Eastern and North African communities, and a tech start-up that monitors air quality.

Criticized for a massive backlog at local Secretary of State office branches, Secretary Jocelyn Benson says her department is taking steps to improve…

The COVID-19 pandemic made “business as usual” at the Secretary of State’s offices impossible. Instead of walking in to renew license plate tags, people…

A package of three bills (H.B. 4486, H.B. 4775, and H.B. 4776) would change how an optional state park entrance fee is paid when Michiganders apply to…

Michigan’s Secretary of State says it’s time to modernize her department’s 131 branch offices.Jocelyn Benson spent the past few months visiting each…

A spokeswoman for Republican Gov. Rick Snyder says he's undecided about signing legislation that would require Michigan to create and sell an…

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is offering its opposition to Grand Rapids' plans to use license plate scanning technology for parking…

Another Michigan man who was denied a personalized license plate the state says could be considered “offensive to good taste and decency” is suing on free…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan lawmaker is planning to introduce legislation to regulate the use of devices that photograph license plates.Rep. Sam…