The Latest Breaking News from Lansing

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State University Board of Trustees will not waive attorney client privilege on roughly 6,000 documents that have been withheld from an investigation into the university's handling of complaints regarding serial sexual molester Larry Nassar.

LANSING, Mich. — The state Senate on Wednesday approved a bill with nine Republicans in opposition that would remove from Michigan law an unenforced provision that makes it a misdemeanor for an unmarried man and woman to live together.

LANSING, Mich. — A bill that would allow Michigan police agencies to seize guns owned by those deemed a threat to themselves or others passed the state Senate Wednesday and is headed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk for final approval.

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House voted 56-51 along party lines Thursday to approve a package of bills that would allow individuals to ask a judge to confiscate firearms from a person believed to be a risk to themselves or others.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A group of Michigan State University students on Wednesday staged a mid-day walkout in an effort not to let the victims of gun violence, both close and far from their homes, be forgotten.

LANSING, Mich. — More than 1.2 million convictions were set aside Tuesday on the first day of an automatic expungement program created by a 2020 law designed to reopen job and housing opportunities for individuals with old crimes on their records.

LANSING, Mich. — An estimated 1 million Michiganians will have certain misdemeanor and felony records automatically expunged or set aside starting Tuesday as the state begins to implement the final step in a 2020 law designed to give residents a "clean slate."

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A second Michigan State University survivor is saying the Feb. 13 mass shooting put her "face to face" with "one of my biggest fears" — "experiencing a school shooting."

LANSING, Mich. — The Democratic majorities in the House and Senate in their first three months of session have ditched a right-to-work law, revived the prevailing wage for state construction projects, scrapped an abortion ban, boosted low-income tax credits and cut taxes on residents receiving pensions.

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered two significant victories for Michigan labor unions Friday by signing a repeal of the 2012 right-to-work law and a reinstatement of the prevailing wage standard for state-funded construction projects.