MIRS Articles Of Note

Teachers-Only Housing Being Built In Traverse City With New Grant 

07/31/24 12:26 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Teachers-Only Housing Being Built In Traverse City With New Grant 
Traverse City education and business groups are planning to use a $5 million grant it received in the last budget to create housing units for school employees as a way to address the region's teacher job openings.

Automated, Electric Bus To Cart Tourists Around Sleeping Bear Dunes 

07/30/24 01:56 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Automated, Electric Bus To Cart Tourists Around Sleeping Bear Dunes 
An automated, electric bus may soon be carting visitors around Sleeping Bear Dunes after an Ann Arbor company was awarded a $250,000 grant, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II and National Park officials announced Monday.

Benson Launching Panic Button Pilot For '24 Election Worker Safety 

07/30/24 01:50 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Benson Launching Panic Button Pilot For '24 Election Worker Safety 
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told National Press Foundation fellows in Detroit on Monday that the Department of State plans to roll out a "panic button" communication system for 2024 election workers, contingent on the support of local clerks to help implement it at their voting locations.

Harris Narrowing Deficit In Emerson Poll 

07/29/24 01:02 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Harris Narrowing Deficit In Emerson Poll 
Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris is one point behind Republican Presidential Nominee and former President Donald Trump, 45 percent to 46 percent with 9 percent undecided, according to an Emerson College Poll released Thursday.

You May Not Be In Trouble But You Can't Leave 

07/29/24 12:52 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
You May Not Be In Trouble But You Can't Leave 
Police officers who suspect someone is doing something criminal, but do not give them an avenue to leave the encounter are violating the suspect's constitutional rights, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Friday in three different but related cases.