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LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State Police announced amendments to its pursuit policies Thursday to better protect the lives of innocent bystanders and law enforcement. The new policy takes effect immediately, according to Col. James F. Grady II, the director of the Michigan State Police. Now, MSP enforcement members may only engage in a pursuit if there is probable cause to believe the driver or

Republicans said it would help poor kids escape “failing” schools, but Democrats said it would just cut private school costs for the rich, leaving the poor kids behind in increasingly underfunded public schools. The legislation could cost taxpayers $140 million a year. Seven of the 16 Republicans who defied their party leadership and voted against SB 233 last year switched their votes this

FRANKFORT, Ky. (WKYT) - The Kentucky Senate approved House Bill 5 (also known as the ‘Safer Kentucky Act’) Friday afternoon by a 26-8 vote. The bill ultimately passed easily in spite of push back from Democrats, as well as five floor amendments efforted by Republican Senator Whitney Westerfield (R-Fruit Hill), who called the bill “a serious mistake.” “This bill casts a net that is this wide

PHILADELPHIA, Pa - The case to block a Delaware ban of certain weapons such as AK-47s and AR-15s had its next step Monday in The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit with oral arguments. The Delaware State Sportsmen's Association is claiming this ban violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. If so, they then question if the district errored when refusing to grant a preliminary