Blog by Team MIRS

Local clerks would need to monitor their drop boxes with video cameras by 2026, under an amendment to the Proposal 2 implementation bills that passed the House and Senate Wednesday.

Michigan's 15 public universities can sell the general public beer, wine and other alcoholic drinks at football games and other sporting events, under legislation the Senate passed, 36-2, Wednesday.

If House Democrats bring up the National Popular Vote (NPV) on the floor any time soon, House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo)foresees the number of Republicans supporting it will be "Zero."

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission is seeking an independent review of the racial composition of the judges about whom the Commission receives complaints and the disposition of those complaints.

The Michigan Civil Rights Commission (MCRC) wants a formal legal opinion from Attorney General Dana Nessel on whether banning and censorship of books in educational institutions violates the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act