MIRS Articles Of Note

In the midst of the flap last year over one of the governor's appointees spending a wad of money on an office coffeemaker, Rep. Joseph Aragona (R-Clinton Township) fashioned a bill to ferret out more suspected government wasteful spending.

Rep. Douglas Wozniak (R-Shelby Township) introduced a bill Tuesday imposing an up to $1 million monthly fine on counties for letting sewage spill into public waterways.

An appeals panel affirmed the conviction and sentence of a Battle Creek mother who cyberbullied a 19-year-old in 2020.

Some Michigan industries could feel an even larger workforce shortage if President Donald Trump follows through on pushing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to arrest and deport 1,200 to 1,500 undocumented immigrants a day.

The Michigan Supreme Court declined to opine on whether a telecommunications company needed permission from a railway company to install underground fiber optic internet cables below a railroad crossing.