In 2022, the Michigan Supreme Court made a groundbreaking decision, declaring that automatic life-without-parole sentences for 18-year-olds violate the Michigan Constitution. This ruling extended the ...

Business groups also are breathing easier after Democrats ended their rare, once-in-40-years trifecta without enacting ...

A South Korean court on Wednesday cleared the government and an adoption agency of all liability in a lawsuit filed by a 49-year-old Korean man whose traumatic adoption ...

Missouri's minimum wage rose to $13.75 an hour on Jan. 1, but efforts are underway in the legislature and the courts to undo ...

With a new year here, local state representatives took time to reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2025. 108th District State Representative Dave Prestin and State Senator Ed McBroom spoke ...

With the start of a brand new legislative session in 2025, many bills passed and signed into law in 2024 will go into effect ...

There are several new laws and amendments that will take effect in Michigan in 2025. Many of the bills signed into law by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are scheduled to take effect 91 days after the ...

The vast majority of the new laws were not passed with immediate effect. That means they don't begin taking effect until 91 ...

The Michigan Supreme Court decided in July to restore minimum wage and sick leave laws that will go into effect in ...

As the minimum wage gets set for a second increase this year, one business is trying to stay afloat and keep her staff on board ...

Without any intervention, a five-year phaseout of the tipped wage will begin on Feb. 21. That policy will bring the minimum ...

First, the standard minimum wage will increase Jan. 1 from $10.33 to $10.56 an hour for adults and $8.78 to $8.98 an hour for ...