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06/16/2026

Former MDP Chair Wants Party To Investigate Indicted Members . . . https://zurl.co/gYUYY

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A former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) has asked the MDP for an investigation into five of the eight people indicted in a conspiracy threatening University of Michigan officials.

06/16/2026

Where's The Senate? 21 Days Of Voting Comparatively Low . . . https://zurl.co/cAMVc

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The Michigan Senate has held roll-call votes on just 21 days so far this year, a historically sluggish pace that is less than half the number recorded at the same point in 2008 and 2010, the last time the Legislature operated under split-party control.

06/16/2026

Comment Ascribed To Whitmer In Viral Data Center Video Disputed . . . https://zurl.co/zlP5x

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the CEO of database software company Oracle issued separate statements that a viral comment on social media attributed to the Governor at the June 1 groundbreaking of a Saline data center was not uttered, and that it appears the audio was “manipulated.”

06/16/2026

Rotunda Glass Floor Offers Unique Window To Capitol Building History . . . https://zurl.co/tBMuX

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Laying on the glass floor in the Capitol rotunda is a memorable photo opportunity for visitors to downtown Lansing.

06/15/2026

GOP Gov polls. Mitchell: James 28, Cox 27 Johnson 23, Nesbitt 4, Undec 18. 404 6/11-13. Strategic National (Johnson) Johnson 26.5, James 23.8, Cox 12.4, Nesbitt 5.9, Undec 31.4. 500 6/10-14. Mission Michigan (James). James 38, Johnson 26, Cox 22, Nesbitt 12, Undec 3. 600 6/ 1-4.

06/15/2026

Who is Eric Chung? MIRS sits down with a Dem running in MI's CD-10, learning more about how he went from teacher to constitutional lawyer, and what it was like growing up in a household of Vietnamese immigrants working in Macomb's automotive industry.
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Weekly news and analysis of Michigan politics by the professional journalists of MIRSnews.com

06/15/2026

MIRS sits down with Dan Papineau, the MI Chamber of Commerce's senior director of strategic initiatives. Dan describes why the Michigan Chamber will be pushing against November's question of whether the state constitution should be re-written (14:00).
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06/15/2026

The MIRS podcast recaps the past week's headlines, with news ranging from the delayed opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge to the MI House Speaker floating a 4-month temporary budget for state government if deals don't start moving.
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Weekly news and analysis of Michigan politics by the professional journalists of MIRSnews.com

06/14/2026

Michigan Boys Try To Sell Lemonade, End Up Helping Write A Bill . . . https://zurl.co/xmAGK

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One Friday last summer, the Mielke boys set up their lemonade stand at the Rogers City Famers Market, just as they have the last three summers.

06/13/2026

Senator Accuses Trump's Judicial Nominees Of 'Protecting The Lie' . . . https://zurl.co/yW3Oo

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President Donald Trump’s four judicial nominees for federal judgeships told a Senate panel Wednesday that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election “as a matter of law.”