Brenda Carter

A Michigan Senate bill proposes prioritizing Child Protective Services (CPS) complaints from school officials after eight reports from a Pontiac school failed to protect two boys allegedly starved and beaten. The legislation, introduced by Sen. Jeremy Moss, aims to escalate complaints from educators, who are mandatory reporters, following CPS closures of all eight complaints over three years.

The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus has proposed reparative justice bills to establish a state office for descendants of slavery, launch a reparations commission, and implement data collection subcategories. The bills aim to address historical harms through research and resource coordination, though they do not include immediate reparations payments. Speaker Matt Hall expressed opposition to funding reparations, and the legislation was sent to a committee with a history of stalling bills.