Five Things We’re Reading

May 20, 2025

by Liz Gullett

As MLC’s Communications and Social Media Manager, Liz Gullett keeps clients informed and up-to-date on the goings on in Lansing and the Capitol.

Below are some articles the MLC lobby team has been reading this past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do.

When You’re Overloaded – and Delegating Isn’t an Option – Here are three strategies to help assess when your workload is overloaded.

Soviet-Era Spacecraft ‘Likely’ to Have Re-Entered Earth’s Atmosphere – After half a century, the spacecraft has left orbit. What will likely happen as it re-enters our atmosphere?

The Curious Case of the Pygmy Nuthatch – Are birds sometimes in the wrong place, and time, in movies?

Pilot Project Seeks to Fix Achilles’ Heel of Geothermal Power – How is a team trying to boost clean energy production from geysers?

US Supreme Court Divided Over Judges’ Power in Citizenship Case – What did the oral arguments look like in the case of birthright citizenship?

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