LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday codifying LGBTQ protections into the state’s civil rights law, permanently outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state. The legislation follows a state Supreme Court ...
LANSING — Michigan Democrats took their first steps in passing a sweeping 11-bill gun safety package Thursday as red flag laws and requirements for safe storage and universal background checks all cleared the Senate along party lines. Two school mass shootings in 15 months, including last ...
By Journal Staff LANSING — If you spent any time on the water last year, chances are you saw Michigan Department of Natural Resources fisheries management units busily completing more than 270 fisheries surveys across the state. Specifically, crews completed 172 surveys of Michigan’s inland lakes and 99 surveys of Michigan’s streams, the DNR said in a news release. The surveys are useful for tracking inland fisheries populations, evaluating stocking efforts to increase angler opportunities, or addressing concerns from anglers throughout the year. Collecting key data on one of ...
DETROIT (AP) — A 55-year-old man has been charged with shooting two Michigan State Police troopers inside a Detroit home. Andre Hardaway of Detroit was arraigned Wednesday on assault with intent to murder and gun charges, the Wayne County prosecutor’s office said. Members of a state police emergency support team and Detroit police officers were at a home Friday when the troopers were shot. Hardaway also was shot and wounded before barricading himself inside the home. He surrendered more than three hours later, the prosecutor’s office said. The troopers and Hardaway were ...
DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University in Detroit will provide free tuition to incoming in-state students with family incomes of $70,000 or less and assets of $50,000 or less. The Wayne State Guarantee was announced Monday. It covers the full cost of tuition and standard fees with a combination of federal, state and other Wayne State scholarships and grants, the school said. It is renewable for up to four years, with the option to apply for a fifth if the student is on track to graduate in that year. “Too many students and their families do not think that college is an option ...
LANSING — The Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division is working to help local communities reduce risks from natural hazards and disasters. The MSP/EMHSD is seeking proposals from communities to implement hazard mitigation projects to be funded through low-interest loans. A total of $500 million in funding is available through the new “Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund Program.” The program was created, and the funding was secured by U.S. Senator Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Hills, chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ...
