MIRS Articles Of Note

he Calhoun County Board of Canvassers officially certified on Monday the election results showing Republican Steve Frisbie won House District 44 by 58 votes over Rep. Jim Haadsma (D-Battle Creek).

Sex education in public schools would move away from the "no-sex-before-marriage" morality message to one stressing medical realities, affirmative consent and inclusiveness of those of different sexual orientations and identities, under bills introduced last week.

In a rare move, Oakland County's prosecutor authored a legal opinion saying Attorney General Dana Nessel can investigate the Oxford school employees' response to a fatal 2021 mass shooting – without invitation from the prosecutor.

The latest proposal to ask voters to expand the state's 10-cent bottle bill to include other containers received a thumbs-down from the Michigan Environmental Council, which doesn't like that the proceeds from the measure would be used to expand recycling capacity and not environmental cleanup.

While other Democratic governors are putting the wagons in a circle to inoculate programs that might be bashed by the incoming president, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is charting her own course on how to deal with the new Donald Trump White House.