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In this June 15, 2011, photo, filmmaker Michael Bay poses for a portrait at Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles. Bay directed the film, âTransformers: Dark of the Moon.â He filmed portions of the several âTransformersâ movies in Detroit.
LANSING On Dec. 3, two bills were introduced in the House that, if passed, would revive a taxpayer-funded film income-tax credit for films produced bearing a “Filmed in Michigan logo.” The Center Square reported the bills on Dec. 8.
The bills, HBs 6504 and 6506, were introduced by Democrat Rep. Robert Wittenberg, 27th House District, which includes Berkley, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge and Royal Oak Township.
The Michigan Senate on Thursday approved criminal justice reform bills that would end automatic driver s license suspensions for unpaid fines and fees not related to dangerous driving, a practice that advocates say traps people in poverty.
Other criminal justice bills passed by the Senate on Thursday would eliminate mandatory jail time for some misdemeanor offenses and remove a barrier to occupational licenses for people with criminal records. Some of the bills will go back to the House for concurrence on minor changes before they are sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Organizations from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan to Safe & Just Michigan to Americans for Prosperity-Michigan praised the bills as a step in ending the overuse of Michigan s jails.