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Colorado-based abstinence program provided false and misleading information to Michigan students

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege. The program has already come under fire for bei... »

Enbridge may gain from Keystone XL delay

The State Department’s decision to spend more time considering a permit for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline may boost the outlook for a competing pipeline planned by Enbridge, owners of the pipeline that burst in Calhoun County last year. Over the s... »

Republicans seek overhaul of workers’ compensation rules

Michigan workers who are hurt on the job could face reduced workers compensation benefits if legislation passed by the state House becomes law. »

Lawmakers respond to First Amendment analysis of SB 137

As the Michigan House prepares for a possible vote today on the controversial anti-bullying bill that passed the Senate last week, legislators are reacting to the analysis of that bill by a prominent First Amendment scholar published earlier this week. »

Scott resigns in wake of recall

Recalled Republican Rep. Paul Scott (R-Grand Blanc) has announced that he is stepping down as representative immediately and will no longer participate in votes even though he is not officially out of the Michigan House. In an interview with the subscr... »

BREAKING: Speaker’s office says SB 137 ‘is not what final law will look like’

Ari Adler, spokesperson for Michigan Speaker of the House Jase Bolger (R-Marshall), says the controversial anti-bullying bill passed last week by the state senate is not what is likely to pass the House. »

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