Michigan’s Not Good For Wind Power, So Consumers Energy Customers Will Pay More
Under 2016 state regulation rewrite, electric utility monopoly makes money either way
Conflict Of Interest: Officials With Turbine Tower Leases Approve Wind Development
‘First you harvest the (local) officials, then you can harvest the wind’
Olympic Pool Holds 12 Times Annual Road Runoff Saved By $475K Great Lakes Grant
Total Great Lakes Restoration Initiative spending at $300 million a year
Taxpayers Pay $50 Million For State Police Double-Dipping Program Since 2015
Incentives let active officers also receive pensions during last six years on the job
EPA Gives Over $6M For Environmental Justice Activism
Great Lakes program will give Wisconsin tribe $80k more
Mission Creep: Money Touted As Protecting Lakes Goes To ‘Environmental Justice’
Wild rice beds, turtles, rare plants also get money sold as protecting Great Lakes
Bill Would Allow Banks To Offer Secretary Of State Services
Stories of long wait times prompt effort to have banks renew licenses and car registrations
Large Hospitals Want State Monopoly On New Cancer Treatment
And a state commission will give it to them unless legislature acts
New York Times Fits Narrative By Misreporting CapCon Article
Request for correction gets a form letter, no correction
Federal Appeals Court Doesn’t Buy U-M’s Story On Speech-Chilling Bias Response Team
Orders district court to reconsider the operation’s ‘implicit threat of consequence’
Michigan’s Corporate Subsidy Board Faces Tough Questioning
There’s a better way to help small business
City Enters Local Broadband Business By Saddling Costs On Private Vendors
Marshall exempted itself from costly license and right-of-way costs competitors must pay
Detroit School District Enrollment Up For First Time This Century
Superintendent says Detroit's conventional school district gained 700 students
The Student Debt Problem is Widely Misunderstood – Here Are Some Solutions
Student loan debt is around $1.5 trillion
Clock is Running out for Michigan Legislators to Help Cancer Patients
Lawmakers should look out for patients instead of big hospitals
Kmart Property is MEGA Reminder Not to Extend Subsidy Program
Good Jobs for Michigan is modeled after the failed MEGA
State Taxpayers Giving Company $7 Million To Move 21 Miles
Insurance firm gets to keep income tax its employees pay
Flint Schools Back In Debt After One-Year Hiatus
District may have overspent budget after finally paying off past debt last year
Legacy Media, Journalism Prof Question Mystery News Site
NY Times mischaracterizes CapCon article referenced by site
Public Servants Should Deliver More Than a List of Adjectives
Cheerleading a program without providing evidence is not enough
Resort Owners On Subsidy Agency's Committee, Get Its Subsidies, Praise It In Newspaper
Spokesman says it’s all legal
Charter Schools Targeted By Veto To Protest At Governor’s Detroit Office
Regular district schools get raise but not charters, which have more poor and minorities
Court Denies Records Request For Controversial Activist’s Texts With Mayor
Nikki Joly could get life for arson that killed five pets
Lawmakers Should Let Good Jobs for Michigan Expire
Research shows state jobs programs are ineffective, expensive and unfair
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