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JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A man died after falling from an upper gallery at a Michigan prison, the fifth inmate since 2020 to die from falling or jumping at two prisons where railings are only a few feet high. Ervin Robinson II died on Saturday after a fall at the Egeler prison in Jackson County, spokesman Lucas Verran of the Corrections Department said Wednesday. “The matter is still under investigation,” Verran told The Associated Press. Five inmates have died at Egeler or Parnall, another prison in the area, under similar circumstances since 2020, the Detroit Free Press ...

As Trump considers auto tariffs pause, parts exemptions could be key

DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump hinted that he might temporarily relieve the auto industry from “permanent” tariffs he previously imposed on the business. The president didn’t specify how long the potential pause would be or what it would entail, but the auto sector is awaiting how rules might change on 25% tariffs based on U.S. parts, if duties remain on assembled vehicles. Experts have said short pauses aren’t likely to give carmakers enough of an opportunity to adjust their vast global supply chains, though parts exemptions would certainly bolster the industry amid ...

Republican Rogers launches another US Senate bid

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is launching another Republican bid for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, following a narrow loss to Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin last year in a hotly contested open race. This time, Rogers is vying for the seat being vacated by Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who announced earlier this year that he will not seek reelection in 2026. Rogers is aiming to become the first Republican to win a Senate seat in Michigan in more than 30 years — falling just 19,000 votes short of doing that in 2024. In a video announcing his candidacy on Monday, ...

Michigan’s GOP House Speaker, mayor of Detroit push for expanded public safety funding

LANSING — A new public safety trust fund will reduce needless violence around the state of Michigan, the Republican state House Speaker and the Mayor of Detroit, a longtime Democrat who is running for higher office as an independent, declared alongside leaders in law enforcement Monday. However, both officials say the state legislature will have to put politics aside to get it done. Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) has mandated that as soon as the House returns next week from a break, getting bills for a state Public Safety and Violence Prevention Fund over to ...

DNR trails in northern Lower Peninsula, eastern U.P. remain closed indefinitely

All state-managed trails in a dozen northern Michigan counties, including parts of the eastern Upper Peninsula, will remain closed following the severe ice storms last week that downed trees and power lines and caused thousands of residents to be without power and basic necessities. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, along with the Michigan National Guard and partner organizations, is working to safely clear debris and eventually restore safe access, but this will take considerable time and effort. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week declared a 10-county disaster area, which was ...