Blog tagged as Children

Amber Alert Expanded To Missing Special Needs Children Under Filler Bill 

08/30/24 11:51 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Amber Alert Expanded To Missing Special Needs Children Under Filler Bill 
Rep. Graham Filler (R-St. Johns) introduced a House bill that would add missing children with special needs to the reasons to be able to send out an America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response, or AMBER, Alert.

Judge Benched For Ordering Teen Handcuffed For Sleeping In Court 

08/19/24 01:54 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Judge Benched For Ordering Teen Handcuffed For Sleeping In Court 
A Detroit judge who ordered a teenager to be handcuffed and detained for appearing to fall asleep in his courtroom has been temporarily removed from his docket.

Pre-Registering Teens To Vote May Be Coming To Schools 

08/14/24 01:07 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Pre-Registering Teens To Vote May Be Coming To Schools 
Nearly 127,000 teens between the ages of 16 to 17-½ are eligible to preregister to vote, and on Tuesday the Secretary of State asked the Board of Education to help get those kids engaged.

Substance Abusing Parents Fail To Get Parental Rights Back 

07/24/24 01:22 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Substance Abusing Parents Fail To Get Parental Rights Back 
In two separate cases on Friday, the Michigan Supreme Court agreed with lower court decisions that parents with substance abuse issues should be stripped of their parental rights.

DHHS Puts $1.3M In Opioid Settlement For Heroin Babies 

05/13/24 02:03 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
DHHS Puts $1.3M In Opioid Settlement For Heroin Babies 
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is putting $1.3 million from the opioid settlement toward keeping babies exposed to addictive drugs with mothers in the same room after birth.