Blog by Team MIRS

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson reported that statewide voter turnout was down 25 percent in the 2024 August primary from 2020, but Ottawa County saw a 10 percent increase.

Thirty-eight percent of Americans who are not voting for Harris cite her gender as playing a role in their decision, according to a recent survey. The data also reported that 1 in 6 of respondents do not think that a woman is capable of the role of President.

Hearings on new charter school transparency mandates are among the first things on the agenda for Senate Education Committee Chair Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia).

Michigan lobbyists will need to change how they operate when offering tickets or accommodations at a policy conference to legislators after a pair of Secretary of State interpretative rulings became official.

Cannabis insiders say the Michigan cannabis market could soon be past the saturation point, and as other state markets come online it could plateau the amount of tax pulled down by the state.