DETROIT Michigan state representatives revealed their plans to transform police and public safety Wednesday morning. The reform plans are coming from Detroiters and many -- Like Rep. Tenisha Yancey -- have law enforcement backgrounds. Yancey said facial recognition technology has to go due to how often it identifies people of color incorrectly. The press conference unveiled the Equal Justice for All plan, which revolves around four pillars of reform: police accountability, use of force protocols, community oversight and reinventing public safety. As a law enforcement veteran, he said the actions of the Minneapolis police toward George Floyd changed law enforcement forever.

WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. Teens at Washtenaw County International High School are working together to tackle period poverty in the state of Michigan. The group talked with the representatives about raising awareness among community members around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. According to Orlyanchik, the financial impacts of COVID-19 has pushed affordable menstrual products even farther out of the reach of those already struggling or unemployed. More and more people are becoming unable to purchase period products for themselves.She emphasized the medical consequences of unsafe or unsanitary period hygiene that may occur when individuals are unable to afford the products they need. Young said that PERIOD@WIHI has taken its advocacy online through virtual meetings, hosting speaker panels, donating menstrual products and sending out newsletters to partnering organizations.

LANSING, Mich. The Michigan House passed legislation Tuesday that would overhaul expungement laws to make it easier for hundreds of thousands of people to clear their criminal record, including those convicted of marijuana offenses before the drugs legalization for recreational use. Seven bills , approved with bipartisan support in the Republican-led chamber, were sent to Senate for future consideration. One measure would, starting as early as 2022, provide for the automatic expungement of certain crimes without applications needing to be filed. Beau LaFave, an Iron Mountain Republican, said he begrudgingly voted against the bill that would ease peoples ability to seek the expungement of crimes committed within a 24-hour period. If the GOP-controlled Senate OKs the bills and they are signed by Democratic Gov.