The MIRS team gathers to make their nominations for the MIRS Republican Legislator of 2023, with assistance from guest reporter Rachel Louise Just, a multimedia journalist previously with News Channel 3. 

In his first-ever interview on the subject, retired GOP political operative Steve Linder explains how he didn't do anything wrong while developing Michigan's medical marijuana law, detailing how he was betrayed and "put in harm's way" amid what became the Rick Johnson public corruption and bribery scandal:  "...people who betrayed me. This was a betrayal. Rick Johnson betrayed his oath to the people of Michigan."