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Michigan set to become first state allowing residents to become organ donors through tax forms
(CBS DETROIT) – There will be a new way to choose to become an organ donor in Michigan: through your income taxes.
“Michigan will be the first state in the country where you are able to sign up to be an organ donor through your income tax form. So we’re very excited to be leading the way here,” said State Rep. Natalie Price, one of the bill package sponsors.
Price tells CBS News Detroit that the pandemic impacted the number of people signing up to be organ donors because residents weren’t physically going into Secretary of State offices.
“The list of organ donors decreased because people weren’t being prompted as often in person to consider adding their names to the organ donor registry,” she said. “The wait list for organ donors continues to expand. Right now in Michigan, we’re at 2,500 people waiting for their lives to be improved or their lives to be saved. And the available list of donors was getting less and less.”
That’s where Gift of Life Michigan, a nonprofit organization based in Ann Arbor, comes in.
“Actually, a person who works in our lab said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we could add the organ donor registry question to income tax forms? People have to fill it out every year. Wouldn’t it be a great way to get the question in front of more people?’” said Patrick Wells-O’Brien, vice president of communications for Gift of Life Michigan.
The bills have already passed both chambers of the legislature and are now awaiting the Governor’s signature. If you check the box on your income tax forms, you’ll get a little sticker with a heart to put on your driver’s license and be added to an organ donor database.
“That’s the official database of the Michigan Organ Donor Registry,” said O’Brien. “When you’re registered either through our website, through the Secretary of State, through Treasury, it goes into a database, and that’s what we check.”
According to Gift of Life Michigan, if you choose to become an organ donor, you could save the lives of eight people and improve the lives of up to 75 people.
Michigan
University of Michigan basketball fans return to high school lot to find vehicles broken into
Ann Arbor — More than two dozen vehicles in a high school parking lot had their windows smashed and were broken into during a men’s college basketball game at University of Michigan.
Ann Arbor police said the break-ins occurred Sunday, WXYZ-TV reported. Damage was reported to 27 vehicles. No arrests have been made.
Fans watching the Wolverines defeat the Washington Huskies at Crisler Arena discovered the damage as they returned to the lot at Pioneer High School. Cash, purses, wallets and other items were taken from the vehicles, police said.
“Everything was great until we got back out to the car after the game and saw glass everywhere,” Joe Weitz told the TV station.
Weitz, of Kalamazoo, said he had taken his 8-year-old daughter to her first Michigan basketball game.
“It was pretty devastating,” he said. “My daughter was definitely pretty emotional because they went through everything in our car.”
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Transfer cornerback with ties to Michigan coach commits to Wolverines
Michigan defensive backs coach LaMar Morgan is adding a familiar face to his secondary for the 2025 season.
Louisiana cornerback Caleb Anderson, who entered the NCAA transfer portal Jan. 3, announced his commitment to the Wolverines on Sunday night in a post on social media.
The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder Louisiana native was a three-star recruit in the 2020 class and has one year of eligibility remaining. He played for Morgan when he was the defensive coordinator for the Rajin’ Cajuns from 2022-23.
Anderson, who has played in 36 career games, will bring a wealth of experience to a young Michigan cornerback room. He ascended into a starting role in 2023 has 41 tackles, six pass breakups and an interceptions the past two seasons. He is not rated by 247Sports in its transfer portal rankings.
With the Wolverines’ primary two starting corners from 2024 leaving – Will Johnson (NFL draft) and Aamir Hall (graduated) – the position is a top priority in the portal this cycle. He will vie for a starting spot among a cornerback group that includes just one returner with starting experience, redshirt sophomore Jyaire Hill. Starting safety/nickelback Zeke Berry moved to the outside late in the year, giving the Wolverines another option on the perimeter.
Anderson took a visit to Ann Arbor over the weekend before announcing his verbal pledge. He is Michigan’s 13th transfer portal commitment and second cornerback, joining Arkansas’ Tevis Metcalf, a redshirt freshman who primarily played on special teams in 2024.
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