Five Things We’re Reading

Feb 11, 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.

Why “Living Intelligence” Is the Next Big Thing – While AI may be getting the most attention, there are two other technologies that are quickly advancing and will play key roles in innovation.

Red States Create Their Own DOGE Efforts To Cut State Government – Conservative states are echoing the Federal government and creating committees to undertake similar reviews of their state governments.

What We Get Wrong About Time – Our perspective of time is shaped by many things, including culture and the era we live in. What do we get wrong in our concepts of time, and how can we shift our thoughts?

Trump’s Immigration Raids Ignore A Looming Global Crisis: There Just Aren’t Enough Workers – An inside look at how deportations will further impact the agricultural industry, which is already struggling to find enough workers.

MSU Professors Host Super Bowl LIX Ad-Rating Party – A look inside a more than 20-year tradition of professors to use the biggest night in advertising as an educational, and fun, experience for their students.

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