MIRS Articles Of Note

U.S. Rep-elect Tom Barrett will be in the same Washington, D.C. office that his great-grandfather, Louis Rabuat, occupied when he sponsored legislation adding "Under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance around 70 years ago.

The Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) is looking into how at least 32 Detroit Police Department officers appear to have been working without active law enforcement officer licenses.

Roughly 160 city-run ambulance services would see as much as $70 million in federal dollars for transporting Medicare and Medicaid patients under a program a House committee last week supported having Michigan join.

Bureau of Elections Director Jonathan Brater said in a letter that Sen. Ruth Johnson (R-Holly) had “misconceptions” regarding a question she had about non-citizens registered to vote based on numbers from a verification system.

Will Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II run for governor in 2026? If he doesn't, he'll be the first lieutenant governor since Luren Dickinson in 1930 to not seek the top post after the governor he served under didn't run again, either due to term limits or for a personal reason.