The legislation by Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, would require manufacturers and distributors to report to the Department of Community Health if their products contain potentially harmful chemicals, and if so in what quantity.

The results would then be available to the public on the department’s website.

For the full article, see Patrick Lyons, "Michigan lawmakers propose more public information about children’s products", Capital News Service via Great Lakes Echo, January 27, 2012.

Michigan voters are split on whether the state should keep its controversial emergency manager law for cities and school districts, according to a Free Press/WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) poll.

And they would rather see a negotiated solution to Detroit's financial crisis than have Gov. Rick Snyder appoint an emergency manager to run the city, says the poll of 600 likely voters done by EPIC-MRA of Lansing.

For the full article, see Paul Egan, "Emergency manager law divides Michigan voters, poll shows", Detroit Free Press, January 29, 2012.

The 18th Amendment, prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in the United States, was ratified by the Michigan legislature on this day. Michigan actually went dry on May 1, 1918, over a year before the 18th Amendment providing for national prohibition became effective. It was estimated that during the years of Prohibition (until 1933), 75 percent of all the booze smuggled into the United States crossed at the Detroit/Windsor border.

Source : Michigan is Amazing

Respondents to the poll by EPIC-MRA of Lansing regarding legalization and use of pot voted against by a 50% to 45% margin. Only 600 people were contacted.

For the full article, see Dawson Bell, "Poll: Michigan voters wary of legalizing marijuana", Detroit Free Press, January 28, 2012.

A majority of Michiganders say they would be willing to pay the state sales tax for goods bought online, although nearly a third are vehemently opposed to the idea.

Those were the findings in a poll conducted by EPIC-MRA of Lansing for the Free Press and WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) and released Friday.

For the full article, see Dawson Bell, "Sales tax on online orders OK with most Michigan voters", Detroit Free Press, January 28, 2012.