MIRS Articles Of Note

New Senate bills give Michigan seniors and "vulnerable adults," who are unable to live on their own, access to a restraining order system under which they could petition against people they fear won't leave their property, or who have exploited them financially or tampered with their care.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name will remain on Michigan’s Nov. 5 presidential ballot after a federal judge rejected his effort to remove it.

Public school districts would spend nearly 6 percentage points less on their employee retirement payments under legislation that cleared the Senate on a party-line, 20-16, vote Tuesday.

Local governments will be banned from implementing election practices or policies that could arguably make it more difficult for minority Michiganders to vote under legislation approved today along party-lines.

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) is leading Republican former Congressman Mike Rogers 48 to 45 percent due in large part to her near unanimity among Democratic voters, according to Mitchell Research and Communications polling conducted last week for MIRS.