MIRS Articles Of Note

The Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Fight Like Hell political action committee endorsed in five more congressional races Wednesday, raising the number of seats she's playing in to 11 U.S. Senate and 23 U.S. House races, each with one candidate from Michigan.

Rachel May, a 35-year-old bartender at Applebee's, opposes Michigan phasing out its tipping system. She wants state officials to know she chose to be part of the tipped worker industry, and "we're not some poor little servants that are underpaid."

A Court of Claims judge Tuesday quickly quashed former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s request to force the Bureau of Elections from keeping his name on the Nov. 5 ballot.

The ACLU of Michigan and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a member of the Kalamazoo Board of County Canvassers who acknowledged his willingness to violate election law if he disagrees with the upcoming presidential election results.

Cybersecurity is an ongoing challenge for state and local governments that cannot be ignored, panelists said at a National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) forum earlier this month.