Law

A few weeks ago The City of Grand Rapids passed a new ordinance allowing recreational bonfires inside the city limits.  Applications for bonfire permits will be available on September 22nd via an online form.  The application fee will be $50, payable to the city, and the permit will last one year if approved...

Every state still has a few laws from "who knows when?" and Michigan is no exception.  Some of these state and city laws have been on the books for over a century, and you can really tell.  Michigan Houses Online shared a blog that highlights 24 Crazy Laws in Michigan That You Probably Didn’t Know About a few days ago and we wanted to give you some highlights: Michigan Laws Cars may not

Everyone gets a kick out of funny laws that happen to be on the books. Some of them are simple carryovers from a time long past, where things were simpler, or weirder, depending on your viewpoint. Some of these laws are just plain odd, and don't make sense.

A Michigan senator who also has been a sheriff thinks the punishment for underage drinking in Michigan is too harsh and he's looking to change it. State Sen. Rick Jones is championing an effort to change the law so that minors caught in possession of alcohol would not be charged with a crime until their third offense.

Last night was the first installment of the "People's Law School" in Grand Rapids.  It's something that has been done in Lansing for several years that attorneys and firms are now bringing to GR. I signed up for it because I've always been fascinated by the legal system and the law...

With Valentine's Day approaching, love is in the air. Even, it seems, in the courtroom.  This week a Florida judge ruled that a man involved in a scuffle with his wife take her out for a romantic dinner at Red Lobster, followed by some bowling.

This might qualify as one of those ideas where the government is clearly overstepping its limits.  Then again... if we're not willing to stop being low-class slobs on our own, maybe we do need to make it illegal. Michael Williams, a district commissioner in Shreveport, Louisiana is pushing for an ordinance that would make it illegal to wear pajamas in public Williams says he thought of it when he