Nonprofit founded by Michigan veterans gets $5M in 2024 budget to build out camp
Michigan has more than a half-million veterans, more than 5% of the state population
Whitmer’s Prop 2 rollout ‘weakens the integrity of our elections’
Implementing legislation goes far beyond mandate of last year’s voting referendum
Michigan bills aim to abolish environmental rules oversight
Lawmakers disdain Environmental Rules Review Committee as ‘corporate polluters’
Ford will lose $4.5B on electric vehicles this year
CEO Jim Farley says company’s future offerings ‘will blow people away’
Rocky Mountain Why: Michigan’s new energy regulator hails from think tank behind discredited gas stove study
Carreon’s background is in electric vehicles. Whitmer wants 2M on Michigan roads by 2030.
Walberg bill to protect gas engine advances to U.S. House
CARS Act would stop an EPA rule meant to curtail the gas engine in the 2030s
What Troy cricket field giveaway says about Michigan
Lawmakers pay for a single cricket field in Troy, rather than defraying costs for all students to play sports
An expensive toss: Michigan park gets $200k for a disc golf course
Berrien County township gets boost from state taxpayers for disc golf course; trade association says a nice one can be had for $25k
In southeast Michigan, a little rain, then 180,000 power outages
It took just 1.13 inches of rain to knock out power in the DTE imprint
Michigan kills paycheck protection for teachers
Sen. McBroom votes with Democrats to pass bill, giving it the dint of bipartisanship
Michigan offered company $28B in corporate welfare, and still didn’t land it
Cash incentive offered to Micron was bigger than Michigan’s budget for state police and corrections
In Michigan, earmarks are not cricket
District handouts in 2024 Michigan budget blow through previous spending levels
Solar panels have a carbon emissions problem
It takes them much longer than reported to become carbon neutral
Congressional panels investigate Ford’s ties to Chinese company
Committe chairs claim ‘significant portion’ of BlueOval Battery Park jobs will be filled by workers brought from China
Solar panel push endangers Michigan’s economy and environment
Democratic senators continue to ignore the downsides of solar technology
Film incentives still don’t make sense for Michigan
Michigan corporate welfare meets Hollywood accounting: What could go wrong?
‘Diatribe’ has no complaints with big government check
Lansing awards $3.5 million to art organization disrupting ‘historical system of oppression’
From cradle to grave: Michigan is rapidly expanding education bureaucracy
Michigan education establishment fails students, gets rewarded with money and influence
Michigan manages to lose students while hiking higher ed spending
Enrollment at public colleges plummets as state gives away additional billions
Mackinac Center sues MSU over Eagle Twp. land deal
University throws a blanket over 1,200-acre gift
Near beers are real beers, Michigan regulators say
Monopoly on nonalcoholic beer distribution hurts brewers
Does Prop 2 render National Popular Vote unconstitutional in Michigan?
Before Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court, National Popular Vote faces a roadblock: The Michigan Constitution
Defying Supreme Court and Congress, Biden unilaterally offers $39B in student loan forgiveness
President blames ‘past administrative failures’ for loans not being discharged earlier
DTE chooses politics over energy reliability
Michigan’s largest utility is suffering from cognitive dissonance: Its CEO warns of a premature energy transition, as company runs headlong into it
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Michigan creates second education department, but the first has failed
MiLEAP and the school aid budget reflect a trend that lowers the quality of education available to Michigan’s neediest students
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