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Michigan roads, bridges, on path to get worse over 10 years
We’re fixing the roads, Gov. Whitmer says
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took to the social media platform X April 2 to tout the state’s work to fix the roads under her leadership. “Michigan has fixed: … she attempted to raise the gas tax by 45 cents per gallon.
The 45-cent proposal would have collected $2.5 billion in taxes and spent $1.3 billion on roads … more
Michigan deserves the 3.9% income tax rate
Whitmer should support new bill from Rep. David Martin
… Michigan’s income tax rate from 4.25% to 3.9%. This proposal would help households deal with the soaring cost … non-starter in the Legislature. Specifically, “any proposals on that front” were unlikely to advance.
Her … corporations ($4.1 billion) and political pork (nearly $2 billion), including money for a splash pad, cricket … more
Grand Rapids museum has benefited from a decade of pork
Legislative earmarks go back to at least 2014
… spent.
As CapCon reported in 2016, a voter-approved Kent County ballot proposal increased property taxes by $9.2 million, with funds going to the Grand … CapCon reported in November 2022.
As far back as 2014, the museum received $2 million from state taxpayers, which CapCon reported at the time.
The museum … more
Michigan Senate passes financial disclosure bills, but critics blast timing
Facing a Dec. 31 deadline, lawmakers submitted the first bill on Oct. 24
By a 36-2 margin, the Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed a financial disclosure bill for officeholders.
But the two votes against the bill were a form … Dec. 31 — the constitutional deadline for financial disclosure, due to Proposal 1 of 2023 — asking the public what it wants to be disclosed.
“Why doesn’t … more
Whitmer’s Prop 2 rollout ‘weakens the integrity of our elections’
Implementing legislation goes far beyond mandate of last year’s voting referendum
… July 18 that will implement Proposal 2 requirements and more. … overwhelmingly in favor of Prop 2, expanding voting rights,” she … heard in every election.”
Proposal 2, a Michigan constitutional … well beyond the mandates of Proposal 2, and further weakens the … ongoing costs to implement Proposal 2.
Therese Boudreaux is a … more
Does Prop 2 render National Popular Vote unconstitutional in Michigan?
Before Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court, National Popular Vote faces a roadblock: The Michigan Constitution
… Michigan voters last year in Proposal 2.
Proposal 2 passed in Nov. 2022 by a … wrote in its analysis of Proposal 2022-2:
The proposal would add a provision to … more
Germany defends the internal combustion engine against the rest of Europe
As EU speeds toward the EV transition, Germany asks regulators to pump the brakes
… using electricity, or e-fuels.
“The commission should come forward with a proposal [on] how e-fuels can be used, or how combustion engines which are run … Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy believes Michigan will have 2 million EVs on the road by 2030.
Michigan is on the same timeline as the … more
No, toll roads are not the answer in Michigan
Michigan will spend $4 billion on roads this year. It does not need to tap taxpayers for more money.
… Legislature’s $375 million increase in road funding. Whitmer had a failed proposal earlier that year to raise the fuel tax by 45 cents per gallon.
After … CapCon.
In 2019, the Michigan Department of Transportation budget used about $2 billion in state funds. After the 2015 increase in fuel taxes and registration … more
Nearly half of Michigan’s congressional delegation has overstayed its term limits
Washington Wednesday: Seven of Michigan’s 15 representatives in Washington have ignored “voluntary” term limits, as laid out in the Michigan Constitution
Article 2, Section 10 of the Michigan Constitution says that Michigan’s congressional delegation should … approved non-voluntary term limits when they passed Proposal B of 1992. But a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, … U.S. Constitution offers no such limits.
Article 2, section 10 of the Michigan Constitution reads, in … more
In 2012, Michigan voters rejected a ban on right-to-work
Nearly 60% of Michigan voters rejected the attempted constitutional amendment, and Gov. Snyder signed the right-to-work law a month later
… will of the people.
If Proposal 2 of 2012 had never been brought … pursue an amendment — through Proposal 2 — and things did change. … voters who cast a ballot on Proposal 2, about 58% voted no, compared … spoke, and they said no.
Proposal 2 of 2012 read:
The next … attempted to play coy on Prop 2, arguing that it wasn’t really … more
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