MIRS Articles Of Note

Michigan lawmakers have asked the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for a review of a decision to euthanize a beloved elk in Rogers City.

A Calhoun County House candidate filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking a court to stop the Board of County Canvassers' re-tabulation of Battle Creek’s absentee ballots in the 44th District House race. The judge, however, ordered the re-tabulation to continue.

Residents could not have their "reproductive health data" processed for information or sold to other businesses without consenting specifically to it, under legislation by Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak), which received committee testimony Tuesday.

A conversation-starter proposal to raise the state’s 6 percent corporate income tax (CIT) to 10 percent with the additional revenue going to give public school teachers an estimated $20,000-a-year raise was circulated on the House floor today for co-sponsorship.

A follow-up audit of the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) found it had not created a way of evaluating the effectiveness of virtual learning, and its impacts on learning. But the department argues it doesn't have the authority to conduct such a review.