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Lawmakers in a Michigan House committee approved bills this week aimed at better managing the state’s aging prison population. The measures would allow a prisoner who is old and needs regular medical attention to be paroled to a medical facility to finish out their sentence. State Representative Al Pscholka, R-Stevensville, …

Lawmakers in a Michigan House committee approved bills this week aimed at better managing the state’s aging prison population. The measures would allow a prisoner who is old and needs regular medical attention to be paroled to a medical facility to finish out their sentence. State Representative Al Pscholka, R-Stevensville, …

State lawmakers are going to take a closer look at issues at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans in the wake of troubling findings by the state auditor general. An audit released Friday found the facility failed to properly keep track of its residents or its nonnarcotic drugs, did not …

State lawmakers are going to take a closer look at issues at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans in the wake of troubling findings by the state auditor general. An audit released Friday found the facility failed to properly keep track of its residents or its nonnarcotic drugs, did not …

With spring just around the corner, anglers will soon have to tear down their ice shanties. The deadline for shanty removal in the northern Lower Peninsula and on the Michigan-Wisconsin boarder is midnight March 15th and March 31st in the Upper Peninsula, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. …

With spring just around the corner, anglers will soon have to tear down their ice shanties. The deadline for shanty removal in the northern Lower Peninsula and on the Michigan-Wisconsin boarder is midnight March 15th and March 31st in the Upper Peninsula, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. …

Controversy is brewing in a Michigan House committee over a polarizing series of bills that aim to crack down on people who drive without car insurance. The legislation, would among other things, call for the Michigan Secretary of State’s office to revoke the registration of someone driving without insurance. And …

Tampons would be exempt from the state sales tax under legislation introduced in the Michigan House. State Representative Sarah Roberts is sponsoring the measure and says feminine hygiene products are necessary items for women – and other necessary items such as prescriptions are exempt – so why not add tampons …

Six people are dead and two others injured after being targeted at random during a weekend shooting spree in Kalamazoo. Police arrested 45-year-old Jason Dalton of Cooper Township for the nearly seven hour shooting rampage that spread across Kalamazoo County. The shootings began around 5:40 p.m. Saturday when a woman …

Six people are dead and two others injured after being targeted at random during a weekend shooting spree in Kalamazoo. Police arrested 45-year-old Jason Dalton of Cooper Township for the nearly seven hour shooting rampage that spread across Kalamazoo County. The shootings began around 5:40 p.m. Saturday when a woman …