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

The Michigan Supreme Court has disposed of about half of the cases it had finished at this time last year and the year before that, but the word from inside the high court is that justices are not concerned and that there's confidence that everything will be adjudicated by its July 31 deadline.

Attorneys for Concerned Pastors for Social Action filed a motion Friday seeking contempt charges against the city of Flint and its mayor for missing court-ordered deadlines to replace the city's lead water pipes.

The State Officer Compensation Commission (SOCC) Wednesday recommended that Michigan Supreme Court justices receive a 7% salary increase, but no raises for the other elected state officials, out of concern the Legislature wouldn't approve it anyway.

Victims of older sexual assault cases could bring their cases to court much later after the attack than is currently allowed, under revised post-Larry Nassar legislation that was highlighted Thursday at a morning press conference.