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MIRS Articles Of Note

Funeral Homes Grumble Over Post-'Wild West' Era COVID-19 Reforms 

05/15/24 01:20 PM By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Funeral Homes Grumble Over Post-'Wild West' Era COVID-19 Reforms 
A House panel is looking to wrangle together post-mortem care regulations amid an atmosphere described by Paul Gittler, CEO of Macomb County-based funeral home provider Heritage Services, as the “Wild West.”

Consumers Puts In Power Traffic Cops, Buries Lines, Installs Iron Poles To Harden Grid 

05/14/24 12:52 PM By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Consumers Puts In Power Traffic Cops, Buries Lines, Installs Iron Poles To Harden Grid 
Consumers Energy officials said Monday the company is installing devices on the Michigan grid that would act like traffic cops with power to be able to isolate outages into a smaller area and keep the power on for more people.

Clean Water Advocates Want Data Centers To Fully Rely On Renewables 

05/14/24 12:48 PM By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Clean Water Advocates Want Data Centers To Fully Rely On Renewables 
A coalition of clean water advocates Monday called on legislators to "slow down" and do some additional work on SB 237 and SB 238, which provide use and sales tax exemptions for mega-sized data centers, and which advocates say should be amended to require full reliance on renewable energy sources.

Former House Speaker, Wife Fingerprinted 

05/13/24 02:09 PM By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Former House Speaker, Wife Fingerprinted 
Former House Speaker Lee Chatfield and his wife were photographed, fingerprinted and submitted a DNA sample as court-ordered Friday in their criminal case at 54B District Court.

DHHS Puts $1.3M In Opioid Settlement For Heroin Babies 

05/13/24 02:03 PM By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
DHHS Puts $1.3M In Opioid Settlement For Heroin Babies 
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is putting $1.3 million from the opioid settlement toward keeping babies exposed to addictive drugs with mothers in the same room after birth.
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