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Legislation to make it illegal to pay for parts of an aborted fetus or embryo cleared a Senate Committee Thursday. It would be a felony punishable by up to five years in prison for violators of the legislation. Bill sponsor, Senator Phil Pavlov, says he wants to make sure fetal …

State Senator Virgil Smith will resign from office as part of a plea agreement in a case involving an alleged assault of his ex-wife. As part of the deal, the Detroit Democrat will plead guilty to malicious destruction of property of $20,000, a felony, and serve 10 months in jail. …

While Governor Rick Snyder’s budget proposal for next year includes a nearly 4.4 percent increase for higher education, that doesn’t necessarily mean that tuition increases will be lower. In fact, the current 3.2 percent tuition increase cap legislators have placed on state supported universities is increased under the Snyder plan, …