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A Michigan House committee has passed a series of bills cracking down on people who make methamphetamine. One of the bills would increase the fines and jail time for someone who is caught making meth near a school or library. A second set of legislation would cut someone a break …

Attempting to get someone to buy certain allergy and cold medicines for the purpose of making methamphetamine would be a misdemeanor, under bills that cleared the full Senate Tuesday. A common ingredient in these medicines is ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, both key ingredients in making meth. It’s currently a felony to …

A state Senate committee late Tuesday approved, on a 4-to-1 vote, legislation that would make some changes to Michigan’s open carry laws. The measure would allow people with the right permit to conceal carry in schools, as opposed to open carry. Current state law doesn’t allow people to conceal carry …