Five Things We’re Reading

Dec 16, 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 that the MLC lobby team has been reading over the past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do.

A Grad Student’s Wild Idea Triggers a Major Aging Breakthrough – How did a conversation help lead to the latest discovery?

More Americans Prefer to Watch the News Than Read or Listen to It – How are people consuming their news, and is that a change from 2016?

Generative AI Just Killed the Wildlife Video. Should You Care? – Online wildlife videos are the latest victim of AI content that’s tricking even the most tech-savvy viewers. How did the evolution from obvious fakes to realistic videos occur?

A Divided Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates for a 3rd Straight Time – What was behind the divided decision to cut rates?

Nancy Pelosi Calls Female US President in Her Lifetime Unlikely: ‘Marble Ceiling’ – Why does the former Speaker think that while a female president will likely occur in this generation, she might not live to see it?

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