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Michigan court hears case over requirement that schools waive legal privileges to get safety fundingMore than 30 school districts in Michigan are suing over a stipulation in the state budget that requires them to waive certain legal rights in order to access funding for school safety.
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A sudden, unilateral move by Republicans in the Michigan House to cut $645 million in funding for multiyear projects has incensed Democratic lawmakers.
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An Ingham County judge announced Wednesday that the City of Lansing and a local property owner were nearing an agreement in an ongoing homeless encampment lawsuit.
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East Lansing City Council members are moving forward with a request to hire two additional officers for traffic enforcement and give officers greater power to address loud vehicle exhausts.
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The lawsuit alleges Lansing's fire chief directed two male employees to check to ensure a female employee was wearing a bra while on duty.
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Zebadiah Soriano wants his involuntary statement suppressed, and he wants a sentence that includes putting his name on the state’s sex offender registry reversed.
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City planners move to recommend controversial zoning plan after hearing objections from nearly 50 residents.
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Michigan lawmakers advanced a major overhaul of the state’s brownfield redevelopment program, expanding available tax incentives, adding new transparency rules, and creating a long-term economic development board. The bills passed the Senate with bipartisan support and opposition.
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Michigan Republicans want the state Supreme Court to overturn a ruling saying that all bills passed by both chambers of the Legislature have to go to the governor.
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A southeast Michigan parent has filed a Title IX complaint with the U.S. Department of Education over claims a transgender student athlete played against his daughter’s volleyball team.
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People in Flint should start receiving letters in the mail this week informing them how much money they will receive from the Flint water settlement fund.