It is legal to speak your mind, advocate for yourself or record police activity in most circumstances. Still, attorneys and a former law enforcement officer say there’s no guarantee your rights will be respected in the moment — or that it’s always safe to exercise them.

Today, a conversation with the co-director of the National Center for School Safety about the role new state firearm laws may play in preventing school shootings.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is warning residents of scam text messages asking for payment of overdue road toll balances in Florida.

The work on the Flint water crisis settlement fund continues and there are some key deadlines approaching. Attorney Trachelle Young discusses what's next in the process.

Four projects are planned to expand Michigan's "advanced aerial mobility" leadership.

Today, the dangers that remain in Lake Erie, 10 years after a water crisis in Toledo made the water undrinkable for three days. Also, Traverse City voters prepare to decide on a nearly $200 million bond measure to improve energy efficiency for their schools. Plus, in case you missed it, highlights and hot takes on hot political races from our Issues & Ale event in Lansing this week.

Michigan's Secretary of State is planning a new tool for the safety of election workers.

Five Republican lawmakers are echoing cries from a union for corrections officers for state leadership to take action to address an understaffing problem in state prisons that they say is exhausting and demoralizing officers.

A few weeks ago, Sheriff Chris Swanson told reporters that an investigation into the murder of a man in Fenton had “stalled”. That wasn’t true. There was a suspect, but his whereabouts were unknown.

In the wake of an assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump last weekend, many people are raising questions about the Secret Service's protocols at the Pennsylvania rally where the shooting occurred.