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After getting $824M in state aid, GM to cut 900 jobs at Orion Assembly

GM CEO claimed investment would not have been possible, except for corporate welfare Read more

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Girl Scouts get $1M in 2024 from Michigan taxpayers

Chapter receiving grant has $20M in assets Read more

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Electric vehicles scar the environment

Moving around energy costs harms the earth more than you know Read more

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Whitmer EV directive is years behind Whitmer environmental plan

‘Exceptions shall be disfavored’ in Michigan’s mandated switch to electric Read more

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Educator behind embattled reading theory to keynote Troy School District conference

Parents blame ‘units of study’ program for their children’s reading woes Read more

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Prior to recall, Green Township board violated campaign finance law

Signs that attacked critics failed to name the source of their funding, as required by law Read more

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Campaign finance violation puts Nessel, Benson on opposite sides

Nessel has advocated for a group Benson referred to Nessel for criminal prosecution Read more

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Growing Michigan Together Council says more education spending will draw people to state

The facts tell a different story; school funding does not play a causal role in success Read more

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Park Township short-term rental owners win court injunction

Township ban will be paused until case resumes in August 2024 Read more

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Ford Marshall plant dubbed worst deal of 2023

Taxpayers spent $1.7B; governor’s allies ran expensive smear campaign against dissenters Read more

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Michigan data privacy legislation exempts governments

Government services could gain an advantage over private businesses Read more

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Growing Michigan Together Council omits energy transition

If Michigan’s energy transition is the path to prosperity, why doesn’t Whitmer’s advisory board say so? Read more

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Public Service Commission ruling on the Line 5 Tunnel is a small pre-holiday win for Michiganders

One bit of good news to balance the glut of Grinch-like energy news coming out of Lansing Read more

Pork Stories

The problem with pork

Michigan lawmakers grant $1B in earmarks annually Read more

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Three Michigan cities swim with the help of state taxpayer funds

Three community pools lap up over $7 million in 2024 state budget Read more

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Whitmer signs clean energy package; it will cost you

By 2040, Michigan utilities will be forced to run mostly on solar panels and wind turbines Read more

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EV battery maker lays off quarter of staff

Our Next Energy ‘on track’ to build facility after $237M welfare package Read more

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Selective subsidies are a losing strategy for Michigan

Corporate welfare does not fuel high-growth states and is not the answer for Michigan Read more

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Two Detroit museums net $4M each in state budget

Detroit museums awarded money from the state budget two years in a row Read more

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The missteps of the Michigan Legislature were many in 2023

Forced unionization, pork, and corporate welfare are the story of first half of the 102nd Legislature Read more

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Grand Rapids Ballet awarded $1.8M in state budget

Ballets’ budget in 2022 was $3.2M Read more

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In Michigan, regulations contribute to high housing costs

Half as many housing permits were issued in 2022 as in 2005 in Michigan Read more

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Ford pares back Marshall plant, and state incentives will follow

Automaker will hire 800 fewer people than planned; investment will shrink by $1.3 billion Read more

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Auditor: 97% of Michigan’s $18B in COVID spending was federal money

A single firm earned nearly $149M producing commercials Read more

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Flint business consultants get $500K from 2024 state budget

Comes on the heels of grants in 2019 and 2020 Read more

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