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(WXYZ) - New laws in 2017 will raise fees, wages and expand on existing regulations. On January 1st, the minimum wage increases from $8.50 to $8.90 per hour. You’ll likely need every penny. In 2017 you’ll be paying more at the pump, gas tax is increasing more than 7 cents! In 11 days, renewing your car registration will cost you at least 20 % more. Owners of hybrids will be paying an additional $47 on top of a 20% increase to the base fee. Owners of electric vehicles will h

Substance Abuse and Driving When you drink alcohol, or use other drugs, and drive, you endanger your life, and the lives of your passengers and others on the road. Each year, thousands of people are killed or permanently disabled because someone drove while intoxicated or impaired after consuming alcohol or other chemical substances. Michigan takes a strong stand against intoxicated and impaired drivers. Driving While Intoxicated or Impaired is Illegal Drink or use drugs and

THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (EXCERPT) Act 175 of 1927 762.11 Criminal offense by individual between ages 17 and 24; assignment to status of youthful trainee; consent of prosecuting attorney; exceptions; employment or school attendance; electronic monitoring; definitions. Sec. 11. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), if an individual pleads guilty to a criminal offense, committed on or after the individual's seventeenth birthday but before his or her twenty-f

A bill intended to give underage drinkers a second chance passed overwhelmingly in the state House of Representatives on Tuesday. Under the legislation that passed on a 105-1 vote, a first minor in possession of alcohol offense would become a civil infraction, punishable by a $100 fine, instead of the current misdemeanor charge that carries a $100 fine and up to 90 days in jail. More than 6,000 minors -- many of them in college towns -- got popped for trying to buy or consume