When those women are incarcerated, families fracture, children lose stability and communities absorb the long-term consequences.There is a better approach: allowing courts to review sentences in cases where abuse, coercion or trafficking were never fully considered.
Opinion | Michigan mothers jailed for surviving abuse deserve to have cases reviewed
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Northern Michigan cleans up after historic floods: ‘I just want to cry’
Throughout northern Michigan, some residents’ homes remain inundated after last month’s historic flooding, while others struggle to find a way to clean up and try to return to normal.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Michigan loaned $35M to mobility center. Debt could cripple it, boosters say
Amid a backlash against public subsidies, Michigan seeks repayment of loan for autonomous testing site. Activists say the nonprofit is doing vital work to keep Michigan competitive.
Posted inMichigan Government, Michigan Health Watch
Michigan teen tobacco use ticks up as prevention funding lags
Michigan spends far less on tobacco prevention than the federal government recommends. As teen use begins to climb again, health advocates say that should change.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | We can prevent an oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac
The pattern is brutally clear: when anchors and pipelines meet, the pipeline loses — and the water pays the price. The public health, economic and ecological consequences of a Line 5 failure would be profound.
Posted inOutdoors Life
Michigan created a buck-centric culture advocates now want to change
A 1921 law forced hunters to kill only one deer for decades, a buck. That policy likely created a culture of capturing that trophy buck in Michigan, which advocates say is a problem and something they’re trying to correct with a new one buck rule.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | I watched kratom steal my sister. Michigan has to stop this now
A bill in the Michigan House would ban the growth and sale of kratom and its synthetic derivatives in Michigan. It is a straightforward response to a documented public health crisis, and it needs to pass.
Posted inMichigan Government
In hard hats and picket lines, Dems woo union workers in US Senate primary
Many influential unions haven’t endorsed in Michigan’s high-stakes US Senate race, but Democrats are courting them. Politicians must ‘earn’ the right to ‘our endorsements now,’ said a UAW official.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Bridge Michigan News Quiz, May 8: The cure for trivia allergies
Got the seasonal sniffles? Get some relief by answering 10 questions about the week in Michigan news
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | A tale of two commencements
Should a U-M professor face professional retribution for lauding pro-Palestinian student activists? No. But with all the words and phrases available to you, why choose ones you knew would be divisive and hurtful to a portion of your own flock?