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Hall's Office Shooting Down Senate's Increased Hunting, Fishing Fees Upon Arrival 

Why All Four U.S. Senate Candidates Can Declare Victory After Finance Deadline 

No Kings Protests See Signature Gatherers Galore 

Army Corps Of Engineers Line 5 Permitting Expected This Fall; Last Permit Next Fall 

The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA) is apologizing for canceling an annual event for women veterans scheduled for this past weekend without talking things out with “the appropriate leadership or stakeholders.”

It’s been two weeks of the House not holding session after passing the state budget. And with no new legislative action in the lower chamber and a record low number of Public Acts signed this year, MIRS wanted to answer the question on everyone’s mind: Why do House bills start at HB 4001?

Republican Shelley Wright of Harrison Township has filed for the 12th Senate district to take on incumbent Sen. Kevin Hertel (D-St. Clair Shores), giving the GOP its first challenger in likely the state's most competitive Senate District in 2026.

The Wayne County Airport Authority is asking the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to stop airing a video at the security checkpoint in which Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blames the federal shutdown on Democrats. The request comes after the airports at Grand Rapids and Lansing have opted not to play the video.

Democrats Run Away With Q3 Fundraising, Except In MI-10

County Clerks Unanimously Oppose Ranked-Choice Voting 

Who Won The Attorney General Budget Battle?

Senate Approps Panel Passes House & Senate Earmark Request Bills

Election Audit Finds Scant Difference Between Machine, Hand Counts

Whitmer, Hall & Construction Workers Do Ceremonial Roads Deal Signing

Legislation has been introduced to target the “demand” side of human trafficking or commercial sex. The proposed changes allow victims of trafficking to be expunged of crimes they committed while being exploited, and gives prosecutors tools to build cases.

The number of traffic crashes on Michigan roads has slowed since COVID, but the wrecks that do happen are more serious and more deadly, based on MIRS's look into Michigan Traffic Crash Facts data posted on the Michigan State Police's website.

Fourth-term Reps. Greg VanWoerkom (R-Norton Shores), 45, and Pauline Wendzel (R-Watervliet), 35, are engaged to be married, making the couple only the second duo of Michigan legislators to be married to each other while serving, and the first in 50 years.

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget signed Tuesday includes 200 legislative earmarks valued at $275.4 million, far less than the $2 billion in special projects found in the FY 2024 budget when the state was awash with federal COVID spending. MIRS’ spreadsheet outlining all the projects can be found here.

Stevens Surpasses McMorrow In Fundraising - $1.9M Raised In 3rd Quarter Of '25

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 10/08/2025) House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) said Tuesday he's open to working with the Governor on something that's been a part of her economic development wishlist since early 2024: the "HIRE Michigan" program. The plan would be to give away payroll tax exemptions to businesses creating new jobs in Michigan.   Hall's goal is to repeal the defunded Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) Fund law and eliminate the Michigan