Michigan lawmakers consider bills to offer a ‘Second Look’ at …
Dec 9, 2024 · In the flurry of end-of-session bills descending onto the floors of both chambers of Michigan’s state legislature, lawmakers are considering bill packages to offer individuals in prison a “second look” at their sentences or productivity credits to get out early. Proponents of the bills proclaim that Michiganders want reforms to the state’s criminal justice system that offer second ...
Supreme Court order complicates conversation as paid family …
Dec 11, 2024 · Members of the Senate Housing and Human Services Committee on Thursday voted to advance policy creating a state-level paid family leave program, amid frustrations with a separate paid sick leave policy put in place through a decision by the Michigan Supreme Court. Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) offered testimony on her Senate Bill 332 and Senate […]
Michigan House unites to pass school safety package
Dec 11, 2024 · Under House Bills 4095 and 4096, all schools in Michigan would be required to adopt uniform terminology for emergency response starting in the 2026-2027 school year.. Michigan State Police would be mandated under the legislation to create language all schools use, so terms like “lockdown” and “shelter in place” mean the same thing across the board and law enforcement can respond ...
Senate committee votes forward bottle bill proposal amid criticism …
Dec 10, 2024 · Last week, members of the Michigan Senate Energy and Environment Committee voted to move a potential expansion of the state’s bottle deposit law back to the Senate floor following testimony from retailers, wholesalers, representatives of the beverage industry and environmental advocates. The proposal, introduced by state Sen. Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo), would place the issue of […]
Analysts project modest 2025 economic growth in Michigan, while …
5 days ago · In the prelude to budget planning for the next fiscal year, analysts from the Michigan Treasury and the House and Senate Fiscal Agencies met Friday for the first Consensus Revenue Estimating Committee meeting of 2025 to project how much funding will be available in the coming fiscal year. Alongside sharing their forecasts on available revenue […]
House Appropriations met with calls of ‘shame’ for approving ...
Dec 12, 2024 · Updated at 6:55 a.m. – 12/12/24 Members of the House Appropriations Committee faced an uproar on Wednesday after voting to approve subsidies for a bundle of projects, including a controversial mining project in the Upper Peninsula. Alongside funding for the University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory to construct high-performance computing facilities in Ypsilanti, […]
Michigan lawmakers could crack down on leaving dogs outside …
Oct 2, 2024 · Temperatures are starting to drop for the year in Michigan and a group of state lawmakers have introduced legislation to firm up clear definitions of what appropriate shelter means for dogs in Michigan. Failing to provide “adequate care” for animals in a person’s care meaning sufficient food and water, exercise and medical attention as well […]
As Trump touts plans for immigrant roundup, militias are standing …
Dec 8, 2024 · President-elect Donald Trump has reaffirmed that once he takes office he plans to declare a national emergency and use the military on American streets to accomplish his promises to round up and deport millions of undocumented migrants.. Many experts’ concerns about this program have included the facts that immigrants contribute enormous value to the U.S. economy and mass deportation would ...
Lawmakers push for action on revamped water affordability bills …
Dec 3, 2024 · On Monday, lawmakers from both the House and Senate joined with local government officials, and representatives from the Area Agency of Aging Association of Michigan, Chippewa Luce Mackinac Community Action Agency, Michigan Nurses Association and Michigan Catholic Conference, to call for support on a slate of bills aimed at addressing water affordability concerns in the […]
Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Oxford school shooter, asks judge to …
Dec 2, 2024 · The mother of the Oxford High School shooter who was convicted earlier this year on criminal charges of involuntary manslaughter for the four students her son killed back in 2021, is asking a judge to throw out her conviction citing a “sham prosecution grounded in prosecutorial overreach”. The filing, which seeks to gain an acquittal […]