Blog by Team MIRS

The large number of election-related Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and “frivolous” lawsuits can be a strain on the state’s funding sources, Attorney General Dana Nessel told the National Press Foundation (NPF) fellows earlier last week.

Before the state’s term limits law went into full effect in 1998, which broomed out legislative incumbents on a regular basis, Democratic and Republican caucuses had to rely on retirements or unseating incumbents to pick up seats.

This week, Sens. Mary Cavanagh (D-Redford Twp.) and Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) introduced the “Freedom to Plan Act,” a bill package that would require both Medicaid and private insurers to provide coverage for oral hormonal and emergency contraception - with or without a prescription.

A now-76-year-old Canton man lost, again, his federal court case stemming from a $400 traffic ticket he earned by trying to drive around a police barricade of a fatal traffic crash.

Michigan's $10.33-an-hour minimum wage will increase from around $12.25 to $12.30 an hour and tipped workers will see their base wage go up from $3.93 an hour to around $5.90 an hour by Feb. 21, 2025, under a Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday.