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A Belleville man accused of conducting surveillance near the Governor’s vacation home entered a guilty plea Wednesday.

Banning conversion therapy was voted on in the Michigan Legislature Wednesday for the first time and the House Health Policy Behavioral Health Subcommittee agreed to move the legislation forward.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer launched a new federal political action committee (PAC) on Monday that will allow her to give donations to President Joe Biden and Democratic congressional candidates, which appears to be the plan.

Many would argue that Michigan doesn't have adequate penalties to punish those who commit hate crimes. That could change, however, under a package of bills currently being considered in the House’s Criminal Justice Committee.

Attorney General Dana Nessel announced last week that her office helped bring charges against a trio of individuals who defrauded the federal food stamp project of $4 million, but an analyst who tracks systems integrity for LexisNexis told MIRS Monday podcast the number is closer to $150 million.