An advocate of the open carrying of firearms is protesting the fact that a Republican state convention guard forced him to unload his holster before entering the meeting.

Michigan lawmakers want to crack down on can and bottle smugglers they say are scamming Michigan for undeserved recycling refunds, corrupting a generous 10-cent per container payback policy once infamously portrayed in a "Seinfeld" episode and which beverage officials now claim costs the state millions of dollars annually.

A former trooper at the Grand Haven post has been promoted to command the state police force's Field Services Bureau.

The Michigan House has approved expanding the state's online public sex offender registry to people convicted of certain crimes against children.