Edwardsburg man, 26, injured in crash in Newberg Township
A 26-year-old Edwardsburg man is recovering from injuries after a crash on Bald Hill street near Tower Road in Newberg Township. The collision happend around...
Category : Michigan
Whitmer signs bills to legalize sports, online gambling
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation to legalize sports betting and internet gambling. The laws enacted Friday take effect immediately,...
Deer and Elk baiting still illegal in Michigan after Whitmer veto
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed a bill, keeping the baiting of deer and elk illegal in Michigan. The state’s Natural Resources Commission enacted a baiting...
Child support increase coming for some Michigan families
A change in Michigan’s 2020 fiscal year budget will give families receiving child support and cash assistance through an established program. Michigan’s Department of Health...
Michigan lawmakers eye no term limit payday loans
(Nadia Ramlagan/Michigan News Service) Critics of a bill being considered by lawmakers that would allow payday lenders to offer longer term, higher dollar loans say...
Report card, of sorts, details drug usage in Indiana, Michigan
A report card, of sorts, has been released regarding drug use in the midwest. Results of a recent study conducted by Forensic Fluids Laboratories was...
Whitmer vetoes bill that would have ended deer baiting ban
(Associated Press) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as promised has vetoed legislation that would have ended the state’s ban on using bait to hunt deer or...
Governor Whitmer works on new roads plan, warns of budget pressures
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is working on an alternative road-funding plan to promote in her upcoming second year in office after the...
Michigan Supreme Court declines opinion on wage, sick laws
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A divided Michigan Supreme Court has declined to rule early on the constitutionality of Republicans’ lame-duck maneuver to weaken voter-proposed minimum...
ACLU defends Amish lack of plumbing as religious freedom
MORENCI, Mich. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is defending 14 Amish families in southern Michigan in a dispute with a county health department...