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Meet Up with Mallory
The legislature is returning to regular session days after a summer of in-district work. This means our regular Friday coffee hours at 10:00 am on our social media channels will also be returning! You can watch them live here. Can’t make it? No worries, all live...
Opinion: Pave the way for clean transportation
Michigan’s auto industry helped build our state and continues to be one of its top job producers. Now, we’re seeing automakers hit the gas on high-tech improvements for the next generation of clean and electric vehicles....
Q&A: Michigan lawmaker envisions state as an electric vehicle leader
Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow encounters “misadventures” in electric vehicle charging on a near-weekly basis. McMorrow, a first-term lawmaker who represents metro Detroit, purchased a Chevrolet Bolt last January but regularly finds herself in a bind when...
Michigan state parks could be opened for electric vehicle charging stations
Electric vehicles can offer a lot of pluses, from a peppy launch to zero tailpipe emissions. Driving from Detroit to Traverse City on a single charge, however, is out of the question for all but a handful of EVs, such as the long range Tesla Model 3. A package of...
Michigan CVS stores add new safes to prevent opioid thefts
ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- Michigan officials are hopeful that new technology being added to CVS pharmacies across the state will help make a difference in the opioid crisis. “Decreasing opioid prescription related deaths in our state takes an all-hands-on-deck approach,...
Opinion | Gays don’t need to be ‘fixed.’ Michigan must ban conversion therapy
Think back to the first time you fell in love. Not what you expected out of this op-ed? Well, stay with me. Think back to long before you were sitting here reading this article. Back before your first job. Maybe you’ve got kids now, or maybe you’re married. Think...
Senator Mallory McMorrow Legislator of the Month for April
Progress Michigan has named Senator Mallory McMorrow its Legislator of the Month for April. McMorrow was named for introducing Senate Bill 284 which would protect the rights of LGBTQ youth by prohibiting treatments that seek to force changes to sexual orientation or...
From Auto Designer To MI Senator: Mallory McMorrow
WKAR science reporter Scott Pohl talked with Mallory McMorrow about making Michigan the center of the autonomous vehicle industry. http://www.wkar.org/post/auto-designer-mi-senator-mallory-mcmorrow#stream/0
McMorrow Travels Untraditional Road To Senate
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