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The Michigan Supreme Court will decide whether police officers illegally searched the backpack of a passenger in a stopped vehicle. The passenger says…
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An effective food system in the state’s prisons should go beyond just feeding prisoners. That’s the message of some lawmakers in the state Senate.The…
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The state House has adopted bills that would allow prisoners in advanced stages of illness, including cancer and dementia to be paroled for medical…
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The Michigan Department of Corrections defended its plans to change how it feeds prisoners. Department officials testified Wednesday in front of a Senate…
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Michigan has a growing number of inmates who are elderly, terminally ill, or otherwise medically frail. There is an effort underway to allow many of those…
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Experts in mental health and criminal justice were in Lansing Tuesday as part of Governor Rick Snyder’s efforts to overhaul both systems – and help people…
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Police have charged a suspect they believe is responsible for a series of incidents involving racist graffiti on Eastern Michigan University’s campus last…
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A state board voted yesterday to restrict state employee’s collective bargaining power. Ahead of the meeting, hundreds of union workers gathered to…
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State spending plans are moving swiftly through the legislature. A number were voted on last week, many of them with deep cuts from what the governor…
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Some state lawmakers and the Michigan Department of Corrections are battling it out over how much the state should spend on its prisons. Republican…