A trio of Democratic lawmakers are seeking to update the state’s anti-hate crime law with an expanded definition of hate crime and enhanced penalties. The law has not been updated since its establishment in 1988.
What to know about what happens now after Michigan became the latest state to employ an automatic expungement system designed to clear old criminal records without a court hearing.
Lawmakers can’t muster enough support to require hands-free devices while driving. Distracted driving crashes are up, but opponents object to possibility of license suspensions, points.
Republican officials in Livingston County adopt a ‘Constitutional County’ resolution urging sheriff, prosecutor not to enforce Michigan ‘red flag’ gun control legislation that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign into law.
Rick Johnson admits having a lobbyist hire his wife as a consultant and hiding cash payments in a limited liability company. Some say he’s further proof Michigan’s lobbying laws need reform.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed laws on background checks and safe storage, and will soon sign a red flag law. Democrats say they are now looking to limit large-capacity magazines and hold gun manufacturers liable for gun violence.
The first-of-its-kind ordinance would have escalated the culture wars over books in public and school libraries. But a network of fast-responding librarians went to work raising opposition. By Tuesday evening, the draft law was shelved.
Called ‘foolish’ and ‘silly,’ a 1931 ban prohibiting unmarried couples from ‘lewdly and lasciviously’ living together is repealed by the Michigan Senate.
The push to establish a ‘red flag’ law in Michigan is the final piece of a three-pronged plan by Michigan Democrats to start addressing gun violence. It is opposed by some gun rights groups.
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein said he will miss oral arguments next week after choosing to “participate in short-term mental health treatment outside the state.”
Police were called after an alleged assault at a weekend meeting of the Michigan Republican Party’s state central committee meeting, following feuding over Kalamazoo County delegates.