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A statewide gun violence prevention program is keeping hundreds of illegal guns out of the hands of criminals. And the latest state budget marked the single largest investment in public safety since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took office.

Newly signed state laws aim to protect Michigan children from sexual abuse by setting a no-exceptions minimum marriage age of 18—and ensuring that marriages don’t continue in secret. Republican lawmakers fought back against the reforms.

Three men accused of aiding a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were anarchists who considered themselves “the new founding fathers” and were preparing for bloodshed, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.

A man charged with assisting the leaders of a plan to kidnap Michigan’s governor denied any role Monday but conceded he should have contacted police when talk turned to obtaining explosives.