LAD schedules clinic July 20 in Fraser
Legal Aid and Defender Association (LAD) will conduct a free legal aid clinic for low income eligible residents who qualify for services on Friday, July 20 at H.O.P.E. Center, 33222 Groesbeck Highway in Fraser.
Those seeking assistance are asked to arrive before 10 a.m. to register.
LAD staff will assist only those persons registered before 10 a.m.
Additional information can be obtained by calling 586.465.1344.
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Prisoners banned from food stamp program
Michigan has a new law making it illegal for prison inmates to participate in the state’s food stamp program.
The state says Lt. Gov. Brian Calley signed a bill last week making it illegal for prisoners to get Bridge Cards, a type of debit card that Michigan uses to provide food assistance.
The law also requires the ending of Bridge Card access to imprisoned people who’ve previously been issued one.
The law requires the state Department of Human Services to perform a monthly incarceration match to help determine Bridge Card eligibility.
Calley says that codifies policies already in place within the department.
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Court to take up ‘Sister Wives’ case
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments this month on whether the stars of “Sister Wives” can continue challenging Utah’s polygamy ban even though they won’t be charged under it.
Police in Lehi opened an investigation on Kody Brown and his four wives after the reality TV show debuted in 2010.
The Browns later sued, saying Utah’s bigamy law violated their right to privacy.
Utah County prosecutors announced last month they were closing the case without charging the family.
They said they have adopted a policy to not charge consenting adults in polygamous relationships unless they commit some other crime.
The Browns’ suit against Utah County, the governor and state’s attorney general claimed Utah’s bigamy statute violated their constitutional rights to due process, equal protection, free exercise of religion, free speech and freedom of association.
Brown moved his wives and 16 children from Lehi, about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City, to the Las Vegas area in January 2011 after Utah authorities launched their bigamy investigation.
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High court ruling may impact tribal land case
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas legal fight over the Wyandotte Nation's efforts to build a Park City casino could be swayed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month in a different case.
U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson recently ordered both the state and Interior Secretary Kenneth Salazar to address the impact of the June 18 high court opinion in a case involving acquisition of land in trust for Indian tribes.
Robinson wants written arguments on how the decision affects Salazar's request to dismiss the state's claims.
Kansas is seeking an injunction prohibiting the Interior Department from acquiring Park City land into trust.
Kansas intervened after the Wyandotte Nation sued to force the Interior Department to accept Park City land the tribe bought in 1992 into trust.
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