MIRS Articles Of Note

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Friday appointed former U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday she will be giving the 2025 State of the State message on Feb. 26, marking the latest this annual message has been given to the Legislature in non-special session years since it began being delivered verbally in 1873.

More than 340 people signed an online petition posted four days ago in support of a bill designed to prevent dogs kept outside from freezing to death in Michigan's cold winters.

Michigan's requirement that a certain amount of the Lower Peninsula's electricity must be generated within the borders of the Lower Peninsula violates the U.S. Commerce Clause and can't be enforced, a U.S. appellate court ruled Thursday.

Rep. Carrie A. Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor)’ bill to allow municipalities to determine their own policies on rent stabilization was the first Democrat-sponsored bill to be referred to the House Government Operations Committee this term, a fact that she said she’s proud of.