Blog by Team MIRS

DTE is asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to sign an electricity rate increase of more than $450 million, which Attorney General Dana Nessel is saying is far too much.

A federal judicial panel said Wednesday it has “no basis to reject” the Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission’s replacement state House plan

Wednesday U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) criticized the politicization by Republicans of the death of Ruby Garcia, a Grand Rapids resident who was killed Friday by her boyfriend, Brandon Ortiz-Vite, an illegal immigrant

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, program has $1.6 billion in federal funding to get every Michigander connected, but the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office (MIHI) needs to find all the non-connected areas.

Legislative office employees at the Michigan House are currently engaged in an organizing campaign with Teamsters Local 243, the union said Monday, confirming a report MIRS published earlier in the month.