Five Things We’re Reading

Jan 7, 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.

The 10 Most Popular HBR Articles of 2024 – Covering a range of topics, these are the most-read articles from last year.

Why Do We Drop a Ball on New Year’s Eve? The Times Square Tradition, Explained – Here’s an in-depth look at this well-known tradition and its evolution throughout the years.

How Tech Breakthroughs Changed Health in 2024 – How did AI impact the changes we saw in health care last year?

Joe Rogan, the RenCen and ICE: Free Press Columnists Share Fears, Hopes for 2025 – Eight opinion writers shared their honest answers to what they hope, or fear, in the new year.

24 Things that Made the World a Better Place in 2024 – Despite being a rough year worldwide, from exploration to vaccines to lost cities there were also moments of positivity.

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