This week, Sen. Gary Peters introducted a piece of legislation that aims to ensure applicants for federal positions and security clearances are not being denied due to past marijuana use. “As we work to build a highly skilled federal workforce, it’s crucial that the federal government ...

Sometimes it feels as if the Upper Peninsula is an afterthought in Lansing but a recently introduced piece of legislation, Jordan D’s Law, has significant meaning to Marquette area residents. The legislation is named after Jordan DeMay, who tragically took his own life in 2022 after ...

When dealing with cold cases, more eyes is always a good thing. Northern Michigan University’s Criminal Justice Department will double the number of students working directly with the Michigan State Police to analyze Upper Peninsula homicide or missing persons cold cases in the hope of ...

We all would like to think the unthinkable happened Saturday when a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, striking Trump in the top of the right ear, killing one spectator and injuring two others before Secret Service agents killed the shooter. Sadly, what happened ...

Millions of Michigan households are now receiving a postcard with important voting information from the Michigan Department of State. The postcards inform voters of their options to vote in the Aug. 6 primary election and the Nov. 5 general election: with an absentee ballot, at an in-person ...

The number of overall traffic crashes and fatalities on Michigan roadways fell slightly in 2023, according to recently released data from the Michigan State Police Criminal Justice Information Center. However, crashes involving vulnerable roadways users, such as pedestrians and bicyclists, ...