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Coming to Michigan in 2024: $125M of electric school buses

Rural districts will receive priority placement

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Commentary

Michigan lawmaker admits: Free lunch is taxpayer-funded

Universal school lunch is a bill footed by taxpayers, not a gift given by politicians

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News Story

Whitmer climate plan views locals as barrier to progress

In 2024, appointees of the governor will have final say over large-scale wind and solar projects, not local officials

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News Bite

Spending on public school in America now exceeds defense budget

In 2021, education spending eclipsed defense spending by $2B

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News Story

Michigan makes list of ‘Anti-Free Speech’ states

Amicus brief Missouri v. Biden puts state on collision course with First Amendment

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Coming soon to your town: the Michigan Climate Corps

Michigan taxpayers fund governor’s climate mission with $2.6 million over 2 years

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News Bite

Membership plunges again for Michigan and national teachers unions

The Janus effect is still going strong

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Pork Stories

Detroit’s Pope Francis Center gets $7M in 2024 Michigan budget

Group had nearly $5M in net income, $12M in assets in 2023

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News Story

Ballot effort seeks to repeal Lansing control of solar, wind siting

Citizens for Local Choice seeks a spot on the November 2024 ballot

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8 of America’s most expensive cities to heat are in Michigan

Of the top 500 costly cities, 15 are in Michigan

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Pork Stories

Muskegon real estate developer gets $18 million from Michigan taxpayers

Earmarks help company with 250 employees

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Analysis

Michigan roads are falling apart faster than they’re being fixed

In a decade, 48% of Michigan’s busiest roads will be in poor condition

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News Story

EV mandates, energy transition threaten grid, regulator warns

Decline of ‘resource adequacy’ in Michigan will cause shortfalls starting in 2028

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Commentary

An invitation to help CapCon find the news

Michigan Capitol Confidential is going local in 2024

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News Story

Top 10 CapCon stories for 2023

Tales of government activism gone wrong

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Pork Stories

Henry Ford museum, hospital win big in 2024 Michigan budget

Museum campus is already well-funded, without taxpayer aid

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News Story

Michigan paid $245M to the dead, jailed and ineligible

Audit: People under 16 or over 80 got $177 million in payments

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News Story

Half of Ford dealers sit out the EV revolution

Company claimed two-thirds were interested last year, but the fraction keeps getting smaller

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MichiganVotes Bills

Has the first tax hike of 2024 just dropped?

Tobacco tax bill would take nearly $400 million and give a boost to smuggling

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News Story

Mackinac Center to appeal tax rate case

$714M in taxpayer money is at stake

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Commentary

Whitmer’s population council shoots blanks

Growing Michigan Together report long on groupthink, short on ideas for growing state population

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News Story

A tale of two Michigan growth strategies

What Michigan’s growth council can learn from the Mackinac Center

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Nearly half of Buick dealers opt out of EV revolution

Buyout has cost General Motors $1 billion so far

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News Story

Michigan population council wants licensing reform, Whitmer doesn’t

Governor vetoed reform similar to the one her own council is recommending

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Commentary

Taxes matter to Michigan’s population growth

Growth officer and council should take note

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