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Michigan's unemployment agency has reached a tentative $55 million agreement to resolve a lawsuit filed by workers who were wrongly forced to repay jobless benefits.
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The alleged victim came to the United States from India and is married to one of the accused.
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The decision Monday came after Chambliss paid $845 in restitution to the owner of a vehicle she says she took under duress.
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Bills introduced in the Michigan Legislature would offer many lower-income parents a tax break for every child under 4 years old.
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Last year at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum, kids could learn about how misinformation is made and how to avoid it. Now the media scholar behind the exhibit is adapting it for libraries.
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The group wants WMU to divest from companies with ties to Israel.
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The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s concealed weapons law in an opinion made public Friday.
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Jill Biden was scheduled to speak at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation's annual First Ladies Luncheon, but after losing her voice, she asked another White House official to deliver her speech.
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A state House panel held its first hearing Thursday on legislation to create a right to legal representation for people facing eviction from their rental homes.
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A state House committee held a hearing Thursday on an audit looking into the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency's ability to catch fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic.