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State voters in 2024 could decide whether good behavior should cut prison sentences. A group pushing the issue must first collect more than 350,000 signatures.
Internet voting cannot guarantee that a submitted ballot represents the actual choices made by a voter. If that vote is maliciously altered, the authors write, there is no paper record of the voter’s true choice.
Police say they are largely choosing to educate motorists rather than slap them with citations for the beefed-up distracted driving law that went into effect on June 30.
Smoke blowing from Canadian wildfires hits Michigan again prompting an air quality alert. Haze from hundreds of fires has remained an issue much of the summer.
The pandemic-induced labor market squeeze has created new opportunities for formerly incarcerated Michiganders. Experts say businesses have become increasingly open to hiring applicants with criminal records.
A Supreme Court ruling backing a Christian website designer who didn’t want same-sex clients has created uncertainty in Michigan over the limits of business owners’ First Amendment rights.
Viking wanted a piece of the growing Great Lakes cruise industry. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration saw a chance to deepen research into climate change. A marriage was born.
The former House speaker bypassed projects with greater need to secure money for a dam and repairs to Lake Shamrock. Wentworth also secured $25M for a Clare health campus led by the same aide.
