MIRS Articles Of Note

Republican Tom Barrett is leading Democrat Curtis Hertel Jr. in the hotly contested MI-7 congressional district, 48 to 41 percent with 11 percent undecided, according to a July 8-11 survey of 532 constituents by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales, a non-partisan analysis firm.

House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) and House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) are among the 35 House members facing primaries this summer of varying severity.

The fundraising prowess of U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) has struck again.

Within five minutes of President Joe Biden's remarks in Detroit last Friday, the audience began chanting "lock him up," referring to former President Donald Trump. Lon Johnson, a past Michigan Democratic Party chair, said such activity shouldn't be engaged in.

Changes to deer hunting will be coming to Michigan, but not as many as recommended by the Deer Management Initiative (DMI), after several amendments were passed by the Natural Resource Commission (NRC) that kept the status quo.