Michigan in bottom 10 among states in new report
U.S. News puts Great Lakes State in 41st place, with failing grades in crime, fiscal policy, infrastructure
Unions celebrate compulsory private sector dues as public sector membership wanes
Public employees can invoke their Janus rights, and opt out of paying unions
With COVID emergency over, Michigan senator pushes for remote meetings
With a two-seat majority in the House and Senate, Democrats who run Lansing don’t have a vote to spare
Electric vehicle transition kills hundreds of jobs at GM
Automaker looks to cut $2B in spending, per Detroit Free Press
Biden: COVID vaccine mandates terminate May 11
Visitors to America can travel like it’s 2019. Employees and contractors can work without medical coercion.
Michigan bill would require 100% renewables by 2035
Senate Bill 271 takes two different views on nuclear: It’s not renewable before 2035, but is renewable afterward
Michigan’s plan for energy transition: Leap before it looks
Energy transition fails to consider trade-offs, unreliability of renewable sources
Parents are responsible for their child’s education
Journalist uses tiny percentage of population to smear parents
Report: ‘Net-zero’ Britain will struggle to keep the lights on
Across the pond, a utopian vision runs into reality, bringing a darker, colder new normal
Grand Valley State underwrites identity-based graduation events
‘Grand Valley does not segregate any of its graduation events,’ school says
Granholm envisions all-EV military by 2030
Plan would make U.S. military more dependent on China
Michigan Treasury stiffs workers on new tax cut
Michigan tax authority refuses to update withholding schedules for employers to reflect 2023 tax cut
Michigan’s income tax cut was 16 years in the making
Both parties fail to bring back Michigan’s pre-2008 tax rates
Lansing Math: Michigan pays $340,000 per (promised) job at Gotion factory
New $175 million round of corporate welfare brings state’s tab for Mecosta County project to $800M
Despite billions in corporate welfare, Michigan’s jobs market still back of the pack
The Michigan economy since the COVID-19 pandemic has not been a pretty picture
Michiganders pay high rates for unreliable electric service
Michigan residents pay outsized rates for some of the least reliable electric service in the country.
Court: New Buffalo mayor violated citizen’s First Amendment rights
Property owner criticized restrictions on short-term rentals; mayor had police haul her out of city council meeting
Faithful electors in Michigan are the antidote to National Popular Vote
Binding the Michigan elector to the Michigan electorate would protect state’s battleground status
The CapCon Guide: What to know about right-to-work in Michigan, post-repeal
Government employees can’t be forced to pay unions, even after Michigan loses right-to-work status
Michiganders want energy choice; Michigan can’t deliver it
Michigan’s Electric Choice program has more people waiting for it than using it
Germany closes its last 3 nuclear plants
In America, nuclear energy is clean energy. But the Germans see it as too risky.
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Monopoly power utility offers Michigan customers small-time money for shutoff privileges
Stabenow hasn’t returned FTX funds, but donated $25K to nonprofit
Stabenow campaign records show one donation in 2023: $25,000 to the Historical Society of Michigan.
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