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Big Costs, Little Benefit: MI Healthy Climate plan will cost Michiganders $386B by 2050

Customers will cough up an extra $228.83 per monthly utility bill

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Michigan scores another mediocre rating in national assessment

State scores 35 out of 50 states for labor policy

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Michigan spends six figures begging residents not to commit suicide

Ads target vaccines, firearm storage, menthol cigarettes

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AG Nessel targets Michigan oil companies while her office drives 77 gas-fueled vehicles

Detroit has 348 gas stations, Grand Rapids 83 — all possible targets in climate-related lawsuits

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Michigan welfare fraud doubled from 2023-2024

Criminals loot $254-million food fund while state fails to upgrade card security

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SOAR fund would plummet under state Senate bills

Lowell Republican takes aim at program that promised 8,812 jobs and delivered 0

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Court orders pig hunting ranches to slaughter swine

Ingham County judge ends long dispute over alleged breed in Upper Peninsula

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South Carolina judge tosses climate suit

Michigan plans to file similar climate lawsuit

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Flint lawmaker requests $25 million for phantom group

No website, no address, no IRS record — but a $25M budget ask

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Ohio builds on record of having cheaper electricity

New Ohio law puts Michigan at a further disadvantage, expert warms

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State rep requests $5 million for Lansing fieldhouse while students struggle to read

District taxpayers approved a $129 million district infrastructure bond in 2022

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Public school advocates call for higher taxes

Analyst disputes claims of Invest in MI Kids campaign

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Whitmer asks for $10M handout to grow population

State agencies couldn’t show the math behind request

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Does the state of Michigan owe you money? Find out here

Last year, state returned $150 million to Michiganders

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State worker fired after reporting SNAP theft scheme

$250M-a-month SNAP program faces internal theft allegations

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State turns family care into union cash cow, suit claims

The Mackinac Center says the agency is in violation of the law

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Whitsett’s 2026 earmark requests span Detroit and beyond

Motor City rep. seeks $159M in 2026 budget; only nine of 41 items are in her own district

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Criminals loot Michigan’s $250M monthly food benefits system

While other states upgrade SNAP cards, Michigan leaves poor at risk

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Michigan offered $6B; company said ‘no’

State down 9,000 auto, auto parts manufacturing jobs since 2019

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Secret subsidies: Mackinac Center sues Treasury Department over brownfield records

Michigan doesn’t want to reveal how it spends taxpayer money

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Michigan drivers pay top gas taxes but still hit potholes

Only 67% of gas taxes fund Michigan road repairs

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Whitmer spent $219,622 on June 2025 Australia junket

Records reveal who traveled with Whitmer to Australia — and what it cost

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Nessel hasn’t charged 2nd in command of Michigan State Police accused of misconduct 250 days after report

Employee drove 10,000 miles in taxpayer-funded vehicle

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Dollars for bollards: State rep. invokes New Orleans terror tragedy for road barriers

Thin yellow line would cost taxpayers $5 million

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Michigan’s auto jobs drive South from 8 Mile to I-65

Motor State lost more than 125,000 auto jobs over the last two decades — a 41% drop — while Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, and other states gained tens of thousands

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