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Share February 02, 2021, 8:58 AM State legislators and a Livingston County attorney object to use of an encryption app on the state-issued phones of at least 18 Michigan State Police officers and civilians.  In his second article on the practice of sending hidden messages, Paul Egan of the Detroit Free Press reports Tuesday: Lawmakers from both parties are calling for changes to state law and/or policy after the Free Press revealed that top Michigan State Police officials have downloaded an app onto their state-issued phones that can put their text messages out of reach ...

Share February 02, 2021, 8:58 AM State legislators and a Livingston County attorney object to use of an encryption app on the state-issued phones of at least 18 Michigan State Police officers and civilians.  In his second article on the practice of sending hidden messages, Paul Egan of the Detroit Free Press reports Tuesday: Lawmakers from both parties are calling for changes to state law and/or policy after the Free Press revealed that top Michigan State Police officials have downloaded an app onto their state-issued phones that can put their text messages out of reach ...

Introduction Michigan has a proud tradition of affordable public higher education, from world-renowned public universities to a system of 28 community colleges that enroll over 350,000 students, all of which engender state pride and drive local and regional economies. It is also a state that has been central to the movement for free or affordable college: the Kalamazoo Promise, announced in 2005, inspired a wave of programs across the country offering a guarantee of free tuition. Today, over 500,000 students attend Michigan’s public colleges and universities.1 For each of these students, p...

Big changes are ahead for people who want to get their criminal records sealed from public view in Michigan.  New laws that take effect this spring will expand the number and types of convictions that qualify for expungement. The city of Detroit on Thursday encouraged people who may be eligible for expungement under the new law to reach out to its Project Clean Slate program. Other programs to assist with expungement are expected to roll out later this year. Here's a rundown of the changes that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law last fall. What is expungement? Expungement seals criminal ...

LANSING – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sounded a hopeful note in her third State of the State address Wednesday, delivered online for the first time in Michigan history amid a pandemic that could soon be significantly reduced because of vaccine distribution. On a night typically dedicated to pomp and procedure in front of lawmakers and dignitaries inside the state Capitol, Whitmer spoke directly to the camera, surrounded by only a few staff members, and used the virtual speech to reflect on challenges and achievements over the last year while calling for unity moving forward. "It's easy...