Govenor Gretchen Whitmer signed the dotted line on the last child marriage bill in the state, banning the practice. State ...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation to prevent child marriage, raising the minimum age for a person to consent to ...
The bills raise the minimum age of consent for marriage to 18 and updates laws to effectively implement the child marriage ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Michigan lawmakers in Lansing on Wednesday voted to ban child marriage in the state. Currently, Michigan allows marriage of children ages 17 and 16 with written consent ...
According to data reviewed by the Times, there have been 48 marriages involving minors in California since 2019 -- and those are only the ones that have been reported.
The marriage certificate appears unremarkable — another piece of government paper. But Mandy Havlik keeps a copy of it as proof of her past. It was issued by the state of Arizona in 1999, a week ...
For the second time in less than a month, a federal judge has upheld Connecticut's assault weapons ban by denying an injunction seeking a temporary halt to the enforcement of the ban as part of a ...
(The Center Square) — Connecticut has banned the harvesting of horseshoe crabs along its coastline amid concerns about the ecological health of the species, which is prized for its life-saving ...
FOX 2 (WJBK) - Michigan became the 10th state in the nation to take a stand against child marriage - and the move has earned praise from advocates against the practice, as well as from those opposing ...
LANSING, Mich. — It has been two months since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the first pieces of legislation to ban child marriage in Michigan. Now, Whitmer is signing a final bill to update ...
LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a series of bills to strengthen and help implement a ban on child marriage she signed into law in July, Whitmer's office said Tuesday. The minimum age ...