The Department of Corrections will start using the TextBehind system in January. It requires those wishing to send mail to an inmate to register.
Michigan Government
Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.
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Michigan preservation grants are reviving historic buildings along shoreline
Restoration projects underway along the Great Lakes shoreline range from the Mackinac Island City Hall to a century-old theater in Alpena,
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Meet the one Michigan county that predicted Trump’s rise, fall and return
Saginaw is the only Michigan county to vote for every presidential winner since 2008, including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden — and Trump again. Local experts explain why.
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5 things to know: Automated tickets coming to Michigan work zones, school buses
Michigan drivers will soon be subject to automatic traffic enforcement near construction zones and at school bus stops. Here’s what to know about the new law, designed to deter rulebreakers.
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Michigan Senate OKs hate crime, birth control access bills in marathon final push
While House lawmakers calling it quits for the year, the Senate worked through the night in a record 29-hour meeting. Here’s what’s headed to the governor.
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Michigan transparency plans die again, keeping public in the dark
Michigan is one of only two states in the nation that fully exempts its governor and Legislature from public records requests. That won’t change after majority Democrats fail to finalize a plan by the end of the two-year session.
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Michigan lame-duck Legislature: House ends year with tears, fingerpointing
The clock is ticking on Michigan’s Lame-duck Legislature. Here’s the latest.
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Michigan House kills hundreds of bills. See what died on final day of Dem control
Government transparency, gun reforms, polluter pay proposals among more than 250 bills that died as the Michigan House abruptly adjourned for the year, ending Democratic control of the lower chamber.
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Immigration helps Michigan gain 57K residents, losses to other states shrink
Michigan’s population rose 0.6% as more than 67,600 migrants moved to the state from July 2023 to July 2024. Also, losses to other states shrunk and the birth-death gap narrowed.
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Michigan lawmakers finalize $247M in state subsidies, minus copper mine money
Michigan Senators Wednesday approved nearly $250 million in project incentives but left out money for a UP mine in the process.