MIRS Articles Of Note

The new House "Weaponization of State Government" subcommittee is asking the Attorney General's office for financial documents related to the Flint Water Crisis prosecution, which included former Gov. Rick Snyder until the cases were thrown out due to a procedural misstep.

House Clerk Scott Starr was instructed on Wednesday by the House to only present bills to the Governor that passed both chambers in the 103rd Legislature, not the 102nd Legislature.

The Michigan Republican Party (MRP) is grappling with $600,000 in debt after the last campaign cycle, and newly elected Chair Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) is in Washington D.C. this week in an attempt to erase it.

House Oversight Committee Chair Jay DeBoyer (R-Clay) held off, for now, on using his committee's subpoena powers to compel Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to give Election Integrity Committee Chair Rachelle Smit (R-Shelbyville) the last pieces of information she is requesting from the Department,

Penalties would be lowered by 80 percent for family farms that don't report the workplace death of an immediate family member within eight hours under Rep. Jerry Neyer (R-Shepherd)'s HB 4017, which received testimony in the House Agriculture Committee last week.