Michigan Capitol Confidential

State rep blasts taxpayer-funded financial-aid sweepstakes

As Whitmer pushes students to sign FAFSA, Paquette notes that half of Pell grant recipients don’t finish college Read more

37 states have cheaper electricity than Michigan does, report says

Renewable energy standards ‘contribute to higher current electricity prices’ Read more

Michigan food stamp fraud spiked nearly 400% from 2023 to 2024

Criminals pocketed $75,000 in food stamps over three days in 2025 Read more

Michigan House asks taxpayers to fund 800 pork projects

Total more than doubles current record for earmarks Read more

Michigan ratepayers pick up energy tab of 55,732 households

State’s net-zero goals will raise energy costs, expert says Read more

Five years later, Whitmer can unilaterally shut down the state

No law prevents the executive branch’s unchecked power Read more

Livonia to pitch $150M bond proposal on Aug. 5

25-year tax hike aims to construct buildings, fight population decline Read more

Michigan has referred 24 people for prosecution over wetland laws over 3 years

State environmental agency referred 24 people to Attorney General Dana Nessel for prosecution Read more

Michigan voters reject most May 6 school bond measures

Large-ticket requests fail in Midland, Mt. Clemens, win in Dexter, Ferndale Read more

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spent $204,444 on March trip to UK, and Ireland

Eight-person delegation visited Guinness brewery and other attractions Read more

Mackinac Center sues Flint Community Schools

Suit alleges troubled district violated Freedom of Information Act over staff travel records Read more

Trump administration sues Michigan over climate litigation against oil and gas companies

Lawsuit cites Michigan Capitol Confidential story thrice Read more

Michigan schools seek $1.6 billion in new public debt May 6

Residents of 31 school districts will vote on school bonds Read more

Dues-skim union has no bargaining power for home care providers

SEIU can lobby but can’t negotiate contracts for disabled-caregiver stipends, says labor law expert Read more

Michigan cities paid up to $63 million in police settlements from 2022 to 2025

More than $40 million will be paid to six men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 121 years Read more

Grand Ledge may let anyone inspect residents’ pipes

City has used ordinance to inspect thousands of homes, businesses Read more

Two Democratic lawmakers agree: AG Nessel sicced government on business owners during pandemic

Tucker Carlson blasts Michigan’s attorney general over her 2021 arrest of a business owner Read more

Owosso barber still battling $9K in fines from Whitmer lockdown

77-year-old was one of six hairdressers state fined for cutting hair in 2020 Read more

Caregivers protest union effort to skim home helpers’ pay

Lawmakers, not unions, approve pay increases for home help workers Read more

Park Township short-term rental owners seek grandfathered properties

Government has allowed short-term rentals despite a 1974 law banning them Read more

Michigan dentist drills into implicit bias training rule

State agency, not lawmakers, created requirement on 400,000 workers in medical and dental fields Read more

State climate conference to tout clean energy plans that will raise electricity costs

Michigan residents must buy 1.95 million more electric vehicles in next 5 years to achieve state goal Read more

EGLE swoops in on Mundy megasite

Great Lakes department alleges wetland violations at site that is getting $259 million subsidy despite having no buyer Read more

Wayne, Oakland counties paid $11,066 for UAE trip

Whitmer brought along 20 people on first journey to Gulf monarchy Read more

Michigan pays $4M monthly to lease 5,783 vehicles

One drill lease costs $10,840 monthly Read more