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Election Audit Finds Scant Difference Between Machine, Hand Counts

Whitmer, Hall & Construction Workers Do Ceremonial Roads Deal Signing

Legislation has been introduced to target the “demand” side of human trafficking or commercial sex. The proposed changes allow victims of trafficking to be expunged of crimes they committed while being exploited, and gives prosecutors tools to build cases.

The number of traffic crashes on Michigan roads has slowed since COVID, but the wrecks that do happen are more serious and more deadly, based on MIRS's look into Michigan Traffic Crash Facts data posted on the Michigan State Police's website.

Fourth-term Reps. Greg VanWoerkom (R-Norton Shores), 45, and Pauline Wendzel (R-Watervliet), 35, are engaged to be married, making the couple only the second duo of Michigan legislators to be married to each other while serving, and the first in 50 years.

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget signed Tuesday includes 200 legislative earmarks valued at $275.4 million, far less than the $2 billion in special projects found in the FY 2024 budget when the state was awash with federal COVID spending. MIRS’ spreadsheet outlining all the projects can be found here.

Stevens Surpasses McMorrow In Fundraising - $1.9M Raised In 3rd Quarter Of '25

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 10/08/2025) House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) said Tuesday he's open to working with the Governor on something that's been a part of her economic development wishlist since early 2024: the "HIRE Michigan" program. The plan would be to give away payroll tax exemptions to businesses creating new jobs in Michigan.   Hall's goal is to repeal the defunded Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) Fund law and eliminate the Michigan

Holland Restaurateur Who Defied COVID Orders Loses Again In Court

Cannabis Association Files Suit Over ‘Unconstitutional Tax Scheme’

Capitol Commission Looking Into Monitoring Systems For Drones Near Capitol

Speaker Had 'Some Conflict' With Governor But 'We Found Compromise'

After Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers put the finishing touches on the new state budget in the wee small hours of this morning, the Governor was up early taking a virtual/zoom victory lap on all the major TV stations in the state.

1,800 State Government Positions Cut In Budget; Whitmer Says 'No Layoffs'

A $21.3 billion School Aid Fund budget that increases the per-pupil allowance 4.6 percent to $10,050 per pupil, retains the free breakfast and lunch and increases by 25% funding for “at-risk” school districts and English language learners passed the Senate and House Thursday evening, 31-5 and 104-5, more than three months past the July 1 budget deadline.

The Senate passed HB 4951 around 3:14 a.m., imposing the 24 percent wholesale tax on marijuana, aiming to create about $420 million in new yearly revenue. The majority of the revenue will go toward a new Neighborhood Road Fund, focusing on locally managed roads.

Extending The Long Arms Of Legislative Sergeants, More

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 10/01/2025) U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) reported Wednesday raising more than...

Rep. Timothy Beson (R-Bay City) will not be a candidate in the special election in the Tri-Cities area-based 35th Senate District, saying that he has a "great opportunity" in the House and that he's pleased with at least two of the candidates he's met in the current Republican field.

Target numbers for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget have been reached, MIRS has learned.