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The humble penny is rapidly vanishing from American cash registers, and a new policy brief from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) warns that lawmakers are running out of time to manage the fallout.

Lue Yang – a Hmong refugee and St. Johns married father of six – who was detained and threatened with deportation by federal immigration officials for a 30-year-old expunged home invasion conviction on his record, was released to his family Wednesday afternoon.

Slotkin Accuses Trump Administration Of 'Weaponizing' FBI

U.S. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) described the United States' health care system as being in a “crisis" that, in the long term, should include affordable insurance programs, which “likely means . . . a reasonable proposal that opens up Medicare for people who want it."

Trump Symbolically Pardon's Michigan's 2020 GOP Electors

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 11/5/2025) Michigan organizations that provide food assistance and early childhood education warn that the ongoing federal government shutdown is cutting off services for children and families, and could force more programs to close if funding is not restored soon.   During a virtual press conference Wednesday, leaders from early education programs and anti-poverty agencies said families are beginning to lose access to meals, childcare and class

Around 1.4 million Michiganders are not getting food stamps until the federal government has the money to pay for the food assistance program, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was alerted Thursday. 

The Wayne County Airport Authority is asking the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to stop airing a video at the security checkpoint in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames the federal shutdown on Democrats. The request comes after the airports at Grand Rapids and Lansing have opted not to play the video.

A top global economist for one of the country’s biggest banks told state legislators earlier this month that he does not expect interest rates to come down anytime soon nor an influx of manufacturing investment in the United States, but supply chains could move to closer, friendlier nations to avoid risks related to China.

At least five Hmong refugees who have purportedly lived legal, productive lives in Michigan for years face deportation and an uncertain future if they're sent to their ancestral home of Laos or Thailand, as federal officials appear to be preparing to do, state lawmakers said Thursday at a Capitol press conference.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made a return trip to the White House on Tuesday, making the case directly to the President that his emergency tariffs were hurting Michigan's auto industry. She is also asking that Michigan be allowed to continue a Medicaid provider assessment to prevent the system from potentially having to drop patients due to costs.

The resumes for federal employees laid off from their jobs and military veterans would get pushed to the top of the pile for state and local government jobs under legislation House Democrats introduced Tuesday with support from organized labor.

The U.S. Department of Justice this week asked Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to send it numbers on how many non-citizens and felons are voting in Michigan and what the state is doing to scrub out duplicate voter registrations in compliance with federal law.

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/10/2025 ) (FLINT) – Healthcare organizations will have to hire new staff specifically to handle new...

Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) called for a federal investigation into what he called “the growing scandal involving the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.”

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/07/2025) (TROY) – Four Democratic lawmakers representing parts of Oakland County spoke to a filled room...

'No Kings' Protests Planned Across Michigan On Saturday

Senate Health Policy Dedicates Nearly 2 Hours To Medicaid Hearing

The U.S. Census reported that the city of Detroit's population grew by 6,791 people in 2024 and that it undercounted the Motor City's growth from 2021-23 by 5,696 for a total of 12,487 residents, making Detroit now the country's 26th largest city at 645,705, jumping over Portland, Oregon.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that signals the federal government's strong support for immediately building a planned barrier on the Chicago River to prevent Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes. The move presumably removes any hesitation the state of Illinois had about Trump's commitment to finishing the project.