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(MPRN-Lansing) A state House committee has adopted a bill with new restrictions on panhandling. The legislation would replace state and local…
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(MPRN-Lansing) A state House committee could vote Tuesday on a bill to create a crime of “aggressive panhandling.” The bill would replace state and local…
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Flint residents and national groups are suing city and state officials responsible for the Flint water crisis. Along with a Flint-based citizens group,…
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(MPRN-Flint) The American Civil Liberties Union and some Flint residents are asking the federal government to step in to deal with the city’s water…
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(MPRN-Lansing) People would face criminal penalties for coercing someone to have an abortion under a bill in the state House. Republican state lawmakers…
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A federal appeals court says the Livingston County Jail can’t refuse to deliver letters in envelopes from ACLU attorneys to inmates.The ACLU mailed…
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ACLU Staff Attorney Mark Fancher says the Kalamazoo Public Safety Department demonstrated courage, professionalism and integrity when it released a study…
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(MPRN-Lansing) Governor Rick Snyder has signed a law that allows faith-based adoption agencies to refuse to work with same-sex couples or other families…
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(MPRN-Lansing) The state House has begun an effort to scrub outdated laws from the books. Some of the early targets include bans on cursing in front of…
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(Lansing-MPRN) - More low-level offenders will be able to have their criminal records erased from public records under a bill Governor Rick Snyder signed…