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Spending bills totaling around 645-million-dollars are heading to the governor after passing the Michigan Legislature this week
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Whitmer said repealing abortion restrictions is necessary to align state laws with the reproductive rights amendment adopted last year by a 57% to 43% margin
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The idea of overruling local government control faced push-back from both Republican lawmakers and local government organizations.
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Michigan legislation to repeal several abortion-related regulations got its first committee hearing Thursday
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The House agenda this week includes repealing the law that requires schools to get a state waiver to start classes before Labor Day and legislation to set the minimum age to get married at 18 years old
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State law currently allows parents to marry off a child as young as 16 with their signatureMichigan would become the tenth state to ban child marriage without exception if the bills get signed into law
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Critics of the bills question whether they define conversion therapy too broadly
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The bills spell out what the new changes mandated by the voting rights constitutional amendment
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Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature said they were still digesting the contents of the report
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The Legislature returns to Lansing tomorrow with plans to finalize the new state budget for the coming fiscal year.