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Scripps: One-half percent of Michigan’s land needed for wind, solar projects

Land devoted to wind and solar would go from 17,000 acres to 209,000 under state zoning plan

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Michigan energy transition will cost people their jobs, lawmakers admit

Lawmakers create bureaucracy to make plan for workers displaced by energy transition

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Michigan Senate passes financial disclosure bills, but critics blast timing

Facing a Dec. 31 deadline, lawmakers submitted the first bill on Oct. 24

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Michigan House takes solar, wind siting power from local communities, gives to governor

The Michigan Public Service Commission is appointed by the governor

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Michigan bill would make some arcades illegal gambling establishments

Will Chuck E. Cheese become a den of iniquity?

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Michigan House, Senate pass 100% clean energy bill

‘Reliability and affordability is going to explode,’ one lawmaker warns

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Michigan lawmakers approve $114 million bailout for school districts, $30M for Highland Park

Unpaid water bills and school debts are assumed by the Michigan taxpayer

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Case closed: Flint Water Crisis ends without a single prosecution

Nessel distances herself from failed effort; Michigan taxpayers have spent $60M; the final bill will be bigger

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100% clean energy bill heads to Michigan House

Bill takes two different stances on nuclear energy, depending on the date

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Michigan financial disclosure bills double fines, strengthen spousal disclosure

Senate oversight committee approves bills at 12-minute meeting

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Michigan bill would require governments to negotiate minimum staffing

Delie: Bill is not a matter of public safety, but a needless expansion of government

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UAW reaches tentative agreements with Stellantis and GM, ending strike

All three automakers are headed back to work; four-day work week left out of deal

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Automakers pump brakes on EV transition

Ford, GM and Honda all backtrack from EV projects in same week

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Three years later, Michigan court rules Michigan State illegally withheld information

Michigan lawmakers must close FOIA loopholes

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Whitmer differs with Benson — and Whitmer — on financial disclosure for spouses

Governor cites identity politics for her concern, but bills treat all spouses equally

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Ford’s UAW strike has ended; will BlueOval Battery Park resume?

Union leadership and state officials had linked pause to the strike

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McMorrow admits EV transition is government-driven

Senator says EV transition is good business, but admits the driver is government regulation

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Michigan 100% clean energy bill gains 30 pages, passes committee in 16 minutes

Senate Bill 271 was amended behind closed doors

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Michigan financial disclosure bills need teeth, authors admit

Penalties should include high fines, denial of office for non-filers, experts say

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Michigan financial disclosure bills go easy on non-filers

Filing an inaccurate disclosure would cost $1,000 under Michigan bills; not filing at all would cost half that

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Ford halts work at Marshall site, but state keeps spending

No pause in Michigan Strategic Fund’s $65M giveaway to embattled BlueOval Battery Park

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Now is not the time to throw out teacher standards

Senate bill would nix important job-performance measurements

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Michigan House Ethics Committee has not met since June

Transparency legislation is languishing, vice-chair claims

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Whitmer might sign fewer laws with Democratic majority

With a Republican legislature, Whitmer signed 278 laws last year. She’s below 200 in 2023.

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Lansing treats taxpayer money like Publishers Clearing House

Lawmakers bring home large, taxpayer-funded checks to their communities. Literally and figuratively.

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