MIRS Articles Of Note

State and federal government representatives were at the site of the former Palisades Nuclear Plant Monday to announce a $1.52 billion Department of Energy (DOE) loan and a $1.3 billion federal grant to accomplish the historic task of restarting the first shuttered nuclear facility.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is considering giving Dow Chemical $120 million in Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) Fund money so it can update its R&D, expand its silicon manufacturing and update the infrastructure at its Michigan Operations Industrial Park in Midland.

Michigan ripped to the top of the job growth market in the cannabis space and came in second behind California for the number of cannabis jobs per state as of March, according to a new industry report.

Hospitals would need to stock up on IUDs – or T-shaped birth control that's inserted into the uterus – to offer to women immediately after they give birth, under legislation considered Thursday by the Senate Health Policy Committee.

Local clerks began offering absentee ballots Thursday as Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and local election officials held separate news events to assure the public that voting in Michigan is as secure as ever.