MIRS Articles Of Note

Medical facilities would be required to store sharps, such as needles, syringes, scalpels and more, in a special box called a sharps container for up to 18-months or until the container is 75% filled under SB 482 , which passed unanimously with immediate effect.

More than 2.6 million Michiganders were enrolled in Medicaid in May 2024 after the year-long redetermination, which means the state added more than 400,000 people since before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and dropped 500,000 people since the end.

House Democrats and their allies have either spent or reserved $17.3 million in television and digital spending for the 2023-24 campaign cycle, while House Republicans have spent or reserved $205,074, based on numbers collected by AdImpact and compiled by MIRS.

Builders and contractors are looking for workers to keep up with the increased demand for building in Michigan.

Use of "gay and trans panic" defenses – a legal strategy to excuse violence against LGBTQ people because the criminal defendant had just discovered their sexual orientation or gender expression – would be officially banned