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The AFL-CIO’s “It’s Better in a Union: Freedom, Fairness & Security” bus tour stopped in Warren this week, where union members, community leaders and working families gathered to demand an economy that “puts people before profits and lifts up the voices of workers.”

Voter identification, ranked-choice voting, taxing the rich to pay for schools, chopping local property taxes, a referendum on tipped wages, and how renewable energy projects are sited are possible petitions that could be seen across the state this summer.

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/17/2025 ) Drones, air taxis and other unmanned flying gadgets used to deliver packages are the future,...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/17/2025 ) (DETROIT) – The budget won't be done until a roads plan is done, the Governor told members of...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/16/2025 ) It's not often that you get not one, but two outsiders parachuting into any Congressional...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/16/2025 ) A U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) announcement for U.S. Senate is coming any day now,...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/15/2025 ) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday took to social media to trumpet General Motors' announcement...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/15/2025 ) During a media tour Tuesday, Michigan State Police Director Col. Col. James F. Grady...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/14/2025 ) Sen. Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo), the term-limited chair of the Senate Energy and Environment...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/14/2025 ) Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Cox announced Monday that he has gathered 30,000...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/11/2025 ) Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, an independent gubernatorial candidate, says his first act as...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/11/2025 ) (ANN ARBOR) – The Attorney General says all of her division heads right now are having...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/10/2025 )   Rep. Carrie Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor)  said recently on a podcast  that Speaker Matt Hall...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/10/2025 ) (FLINT) – Healthcare organizations will have to hire new staff specifically to handle new...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/09/2025 ) Educators in Michigan would need to receive implicit bias training and lessons on "key...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/09/2025 ) America Works USA, an organization affiliated with the Democratic Governors Association...

Talk in Lansing right now about possibly creating new revenue for the government to fund schools or other services is helping "frame the moment" for tax-the-rich efforts, says Rachelle Crow-Hercher of the Invest In MI Kids ballot proposal committee.

Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) called for a federal investigation into what he called “the growing scandal involving the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.”

Rep. Mike McFall (D-Hazel Park) introduced HB 4686 last month that decriminalizes psilocybin possession for those with a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis.

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/07/2025) (TROY) – Four Democratic lawmakers representing parts of Oakland County spoke to a filled room...