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2 days ago | wemu.org | Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

Updated June 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM EDTA federal judge said there's no reason to keep detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and later returned to the U.S., while he awaits trial on federal charges. That's according to a written order from U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw of Tennessee on Wednesday that followed a hearing. The hearing on Wednesday was meant to set conditions for Abrego Garcia's release, including limitations on his travel.

4 days ago | wemu.org | Rick Pluta

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will appear today before a legislative committee to explain how her office is fixing glitches in the state’s financial disclosure portal for lobbyists and lawmakers. The GOP-led House Oversight Committee asked Benson to personally appear after she sent her chief of staff to testify at a hearing last month on why the expensive new system to collect the reports and make them available to the public was not working.

1 week ago | wemu.org | Rick Pluta

The July 1 deadline for the Legislature and Governor Gretchen Whitmer to have a budget deal wrapped up arrives in just over a week and the House and the Senate don’t appear to be close. The House has yet to adopt its version of a budget package. But Republican House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) has proposed a stop-gap budget and called Democrats “not serious” about getting a budget done.

1 week ago | wemu.org | Rick Pluta

The mother of the Oxford High School shooter has asked to be released from prison while she appeals her involuntary manslaughter convictions. The attorney for Jennifer Crumbley filed the request this week with the Michigan Court of Appeals. Her attorney argues that Crumbley should not be forced to remain prison while the legalities of the first-of-its-kind case are sorted out. “At present, Mrs. Crumbley has been incarcerated for over three-and-a-half years,” says the filing dated Tuesday.

1 week ago | wemu.org | Colin Jackson

The Michigan Senate voted Tuesday to update the state’s sex offender registry laws to comply with a recent federal court ruling. The decision blocked increased reporting requirements for people convicted before new, tougher laws took effect. The court also declared unconstitutional a provision that allowed the state police to decide if an out-of-state crime warranted reporting. Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) said that part created a loophole for out-of-state offenders.