MIRS reflects on last week's U.S. Senate debate hosted by WoodTV. What were Democratic Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers' most notable moments?  (2:14)

Also, after a Secretary of State debate on the same night, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II says it's time for a chief privacy officer with a software engineering background to lead the Department of State (13:03). 

MIRS sits down with Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters. He does not think the rhetoric has gone too far in the '26 U.S. Senate race between El-Sayed and Rogers, predicting that "reasonable moderates" in Michigan will surprise the country next month (16:15). 

Additionally, Roxanne Brinkerhoff of the Starfish Family Services talks about how two years ago, her early childhood educators realized 3-year-olds were arriving who were nonverbal (27:32). 

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