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A Michigan Legislative committee today will consider a measure that repeals the mandatory minimum sentence for a first time conviction on a felony firearm charge. The bill effectively gives more sentencing discretion to judges, and also allows judges to hand down a sentence consecutively with other sentences. It’s part of …

Local governments would get first crack at buying used snow plows from the state under a bill due for a vote in the Michigan House. Right now the state puts old equipment up for auction on a state-run website called MI Bid. Some local governments, particularly in the U. P., …

A Michigan House committee is debating who should be on the hook to pay to get rid of bed bugs if there’s an infestation – the landlord or the tenant. A bill currently before the House Judiciary Committee would put the onus on the tenant. But some lawmakers question if …