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WEB6 days ago · BY: Anna Liz Nichols - September 5, 2024. After the body of a 2-year-old child who had wandered off last year in Clinton County was found in a river, one Michigan lawmaker wants to expand Amber alert criteria in the state to allow alerts for children with special needs to be issued. Amber alerts, named after 9 …
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WEB3 days ago · The Michigan Advance is a nonprofit outlet featuring hard-hitting reporting on politics and policy and the best progressive commentary in the state. We’re part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization. Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
Gilchrist: ‘Exciting and humbling’ to be Michigan’s first African ...
WEBDec 28, 2018 · On Jan. 1, Garlin Gilchrist II will make history when he is sworn as Michigan’s first African-American lieutenant governor. Gilchrist spoke with the Michigan Advance this morning in one of his first in-depth interviews since the Nov. 6 election and said his history-making role is both an “exciting and humbling opportunity.”.
Trump’s Howell event was a ‘blatant’ violation of Michigan …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · An event Tuesday labeled as a press conference by former President Donald Trump was instead a “blatant” violation of state election law, which ironically also featured a former state legislator who helped pass the law making it illegal. That’s the conclusion of election attorney Mark Brewer of ...
Potential double voting under investigation in Macomb County …
WEBAug 17, 2024 · Four individuals in St. Clair Shores are under investigation for possible double voting, and could face felony charges according to Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini. St. Clair Shores Clerk Abby Barrett reported the instances of possible double voting in which four individuals cast more than one ballot, …
Webasto-Detroit workers say company is violating labor law to …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Workers at the Webasto-Detroit auto parts plant are raising legal action against their employer for reported federal labor law violations. On Wednesday, workers filed charges with the U.S. Department of Labor that accuse leadership at Webasto, a German-based auto parts maker, of implementing rules and procedures intended on intimidating workers. According to the lawsuit, as […]
Slotkin and Rogers will need some independent ‘Friends’ to make …
WEBUpdated, 7:47 a.m., 8/11/24 With Michigan’s U.S. Senate race now down to the two candidates most people thought would end up with their party’s nominations, the campaigns for both Democrat Elissa Slotkin and Republican Mike Rogers must now switch their appeals to a broader-based general election audience. Slotkin, a U.S. House member from Holly, made […]
Whitmer: 700K Michigan households will get tax refund checks …
WEBDec 14, 2023 · Beginning Feb. 13, more than 700,000 Michigan families will receive tax rebate checks averaging approximately $550. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the rebates Thursday morning, which will come ahead of schedule, as part of $1 billion in tax cuts she signed into law earlier this year that also decreased taxes on retirement income. The Working Families […]
Here’s what you need to know about Michigan’s gun laws that …
WEBFeb 13, 2024 · Here’s what you need to know about Michigan’s gun laws that take effect Tuesday. Several new gun laws concerning storage, possession and purchasing firearms go into effect Tuesday. Exactly one year ago, a mass shooting on Michigan State University’s East Lansing campus resulted in the deaths of three students and serious injuries for five ...
Minimum wage to increase after the Michigan Supreme Court …
WEBJul 31, 2024 · Come February, the minimum wage will rise significantly and tipped wages will begin to phase out after a Michigan Supreme Court opinion published Wednesday found that the Legislature subverted the rights of citizens in 2018 by using an “adopt-and-amend” strategy to kill two ballot initiatives.
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