Blog by Team MIRS

Legislation creating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) – composed of five Governor appointees and counseled by industry stakeholders – passed in the Senate Wednesday on 20-17 party-line votes.

Reps. Jimmie Wilson Jr. (D-Ypsilanti) and Dylan Wegela (D-Garden City) are re-introducing "Jayden's Law," a bill package allowing access to medical marijuana for registered pediatric patients on school campuses.

If the Legislature is unable to pass implementation language on the financial disclosure elements in Proposal 1 by the end of the year, anyone in the state would have standing to ask the Michigan Supreme Court to step in.

Younger public service workers under age 35 reported positive job morale, but continue to experience financial stress, according to a recent report.

Years after a movie theater chain's complaint about whether they should be reimbursed for paying a sales tax on bottled water and prepackaged candy, legislation aimed at clarifying what is taxable "prepared food" is on its way to the Governor's desk.