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Michigan’s court filing system is modernized by a half dozen bills signed into law by Governor Rick Snyder. The bills take the filing system online, make it more efficient and will save money for cities, according to the bill’s sponsors. Among other things, the bills define the terms of the …

Sentencing guidelines in Michigan will be updated to include criminal intent when smaller crimes are committed under a bill signed into law by the governor. Previously not every statute took into account if someone meant to break the law. The new law would change that by putting a default criminal …

Some good news on the revenue front in Lansing. There could be as much as $700 million more in state tax revenue. And some would like to spend that money on roads, to add to the $1.2 billion plan that was approved earlier this year. The plan was criticized as …