MIRS Monday, August 4, 2025

What benefits do traditional partisan donors and volunteer bases see in backing Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan's run for governor? Also, why do some public officials view 2025 as one of the final chances for a long time to get a new road funding deal done? 

MIRS talks about all this and more with Luke Londo, Hazel Park's independent city council member and a former Metro Detroit communications professional (1:27). 

Does ending or downsizing Biden-era clean energy tax credits create economic uncertainty, making it more difficult to attract new manufacturers and industries to Michigan? Frank Houston of the BlueGreen Alliance, Robert Joerg of the Michigan Laborers District Council and Bentley Johnson of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters think so (24:54).