Colin Jackson | MPRN

Former President Donald Trump made a play for Black voters during a campaign stop in Detroit on Saturday. The presumptive Republican nominee shied away from some of his frequent talking points like election conspiracies and claims that prosecutors are treating him unfairly in his criminal trials. Instead, Trump touched on many issues he felt would be relevant to Black voters, including immigration, the economy and criminal justice.

Prisoners in Michigan could see some access to the state’s Freedom of Information Act under legislation that passed in the state House this week.

Michigan’s laws around election recounts could be in for some big changes.

The legislation would make it a felony punishable by up to three years in prison to create and share sexual deep fakes without permission.

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The effort to rename and reshape one of Michigan’s main economic incentives programs made it out of a state House committee Tuesday.