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Michigan has its first new U.S. senator in 14 years.
"This is about all violent crime in southeastern Michigan," says Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
The White House says the president also will highlight the role of his decision to rescue the auto industry in saving American jobs.
Newly elected Wayne County Executive Warren Evans will need to untangle the county's finances, the jail project, and underfunded pensions.
The president's stop in Detroit on Wednesday will reflect on his decision to bail out the auto industry, while citing the return of manufacturing jobs to the region.
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation designed to create an economic development district in Detroit.
On a frigid and windy New Year's Day, the 56-year-old Republican was sworn in just after noon on a platform over the Capitol steps facing downtown Lansing.
A look at some of the new laws taking effect Jan. 1 in Michigan and across the nation.
The measures set the legal limit at 0.08 percent instead of 0.10 percent.
As one of only two Democrats on the seven-member court, Bernstein is unlikely to crack the court's conservative sway.
The measure blocks collective bargaining for university athletes by saying they aren't public employees.
A new year means new laws.
Should he run, Snyder might join the "practical" candidates in the GOP field, such as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
The court ruled 6-1 that more than 450 districts had to prove the specific amount of the purported unfunded mandate