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A Rep. Jennifer Conlin (D-Ann Arbor) bill requiring a yearly report on payday lending practices in Michigan was recently introduced in the House.

The Gov. Gretchen Whitmer administration is being asked to spend $300 million to cover the costs of reopening the Palisades nuclear power plant in Van Buren County's Covert Township, MIRS has learned.

The Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapses themselves didn’t present a threat to the economy, but investors' fear of losing money is a real threat.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority and the Department of Treasury are double-checking to make sure the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank didn't impact their portfolios, but at first blush officials don't believe it did.

Most state government workers are still working a combined in-person/remote work schedule post-COVID-19, according to work-from-home rules obtained by MIRS.