In this week's Christmas edition of MIRS Monday, the team is joined by Crains' politics and policy reporter David Eggert to name MIRS' Senator of the Year. This will be the final installment of the Legislator of the Year series for 2023. 

Also, Mai Xiong, a candidate for Michigan's 13th Warren-based House district, explains her journey from being born in the Ban Vinai Refugee Camp in Thailand to becoming a Macomb County commissioner during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Additionally, Lance Binoniemi of the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association describes how different proposed user fees – like toll roads – could assist the state with road funding.