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The straight ticket voting checkbox would be absent from the Michigan ballot, under a bill that cleared the legislature Wednesday night. The legislation passed mostly along party-lines in both the House and Senate. Majority Republicans backed the measure saying it would allow the voting public to fully engage in the …

University of Michigan researchers are reporting some good news Wednesday regarding drug use among American teenagers. The news is contained in the results of the latest national survey from the U of M “Monitoring the Future” series. It says the use of both alcohol and cigarettes have reached their lowest …

A bill to eliminate the parental rights of a rapist cleared the state Senate Tuesday. Under current law, parental rights can be terminated after a rape conviction, but this legislation would ask for only clear and convincing evidence to terminate parental rights. Supporters of the legislation say rapists should not …