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MPSC Deems Power Grid Plans Inadequate After Power Outages

09/09/22 10:26 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
MPSC Deems Power Grid Plans Inadequate After Power Outages
The Michigan Public Service Commission called the power distribution plans from five utility companies “insufficient,” the reliability of the electric grid inadequate” and current plans to fix the situation as not going far enough.

COVID Deaths Sit At 38,121, Roughly Population Of Muskegon

09/07/22 11:43 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
COVID Deaths Sit At 38,121, Roughly Population Of Muskegon
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 09/06/22) An average of 33 people have died every day this year of COVID-19, according to statistics reported by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), putting Michigan's total COVID death total at 38,121 since 2020.

Problem Gambling Increases Among High School, College Students

09/06/22 10:57 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Problem Gambling Increases Among High School, College Students
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 09/02/22) Between 60% and 80% of high school students said they have gambled over the past year, according to statistics from the National Council on Problem Gambling.

Don't Let The Hawaiian Shirts Fool You; These 'Bois' Talk Civil War 2

08/30/22 10:37 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Don't Let The Hawaiian Shirts Fool You; These 'Bois' Talk Civil War 2
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/29/22) A few years ago, an obscure 1984 film called “Breaking 2: Electric Boogaloo” gave rise to a long-running internet meme that morphed into a code for anti-government extremists that was dubbed “Civil War 2: Electric Boogaloo.”

MICRC Rejects Budget Penalizing Absentee Commissioners, Drafts Dormancy Policy

08/19/22 02:23 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
MICRC Rejects Budget Penalizing Absentee Commissioners, Drafts Dormancy Policy
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/18/22) The Michigan Independent Redistricting Commissioners rejected a budget plan that would tie salaries to attendance at the meetings but continued to discuss a plan on how the commission could go dormant.