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Michigan’s House of Representatives hosted its first-ever charity softball game on September 20 at Jackson Field in downtown Lansing.

The softball game was a short 5 innings with the Democrats and Republicans matching up against one another. The Republican caucus scored 7 points in the first inning, and later won the game with a 15-9 lead. The baseball game was mirrored off the Congressional baseball game in Washington D.C. that promotes bipartisanship and community needs. This year, the House donated $20,520 to the City Rescue Misson of Lansing, a local homeless shelter.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointed Captain James F. Grady II as the new director of Michigan State Police (MSP).

Captain Grady has been in MSP for over a decade as the section commander of the Fraud Investigation team, assistant division commander of the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division and was promoted to the director from a leadership position in the Training department.

On September 5, Governor Whitmer announced that Scott Bowen will be the new Director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Bowen comes to the DNR with extensive legal experience being a founding member and partner at a law firm and working as a Judge appointed by then-Governor Jennifer Granholm. Bowen also held multiple positions working as an assistant city attorney and a special assistant attorney general for the Michigan Department of Transportation.