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Fine for parents in Michigan who listen to their children's landline phone call. If a state representative gets his way, parents will soon be exempt from the eavesdropping law, which could also land them in prison for up to two years.

Fine for parents in Michigan who listen to their children's landline phone call. If a state representative gets his way, parents will soon be exempt from the eavesdropping law, which could also land them in prison for up to two years.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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