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Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that to encourage large data centers in Michigan. Environmental groups are raising concerns over the centers’ needs for water, land, and electricity.

Today, new safety rules for Michigan schools, four years after Oxford. Also, a Michigan perspective on recent big developments in AI. And artist Jarod Lew’s warm, intimate photographs catch facets of family experience and Asian American life.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills that make up the Michigan Hate Crime Act. The bills expand the definition of hate crimes, include protections against crimes or threatening behavior based on characteristics such as sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and increase penalties for hate crimes.

A new handbook prepares Michigan legal practitioners for work with Tribes, and aims and to demarginalize Tribal communities in legal education.

There’s always a debate as to whether judges should be appointed or elected. The one thing everyone agrees on, at least in theory, is that judges should…

DETROIT (AP) - A candidate who lost an election for Detroit's 36th District Court is getting his robe another way. Gov. Rick Snyder says he's appointing…

We sat down with entrepreneur, author, clothing line creator, and film and music producer Russell Simmons to get his take on the state of police and…

GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. – Officials in a Detroit suburb where five police officers were suspended for their roles in videos in which a black man is seen…

There appears to be a lot of interest in a new kind of court in Washtenaw County.More than 80 lawyers, mediators, and probation officers packed Judge…

In Michigan, people can no longer use trespassing laws to avoid being served court papers at their doors.At the end of 2013, a new law took effect to…