Owosso barber still battling $9K in fines from Whitmer lockdown
77-year-old was one of six hairdressers state fined for cutting hair in 2020 Read more
Caregivers protest union effort to skim home helpers’ pay
Lawmakers, not unions, approve pay increases for home help workers Read more
Park Township short-term rental owners seek grandfathered properties
Government has allowed short-term rentals despite a 1974 law banning them Read more
Michigan dentist drills into implicit bias training rule
State agency, not lawmakers, created requirement on 400,000 workers in medical and dental fields Read more
State climate conference to tout clean energy plans that will raise electricity costs
Michigan residents must buy 1.95 million more electric vehicles in next 5 years to achieve state goal Read more
EGLE swoops in on Mundy megasite
Great Lakes department alleges wetland violations at site that is getting $259 million subsidy despite having no buyer Read more
Wayne, Oakland counties paid $11,066 for UAE trip
Whitmer brought along 20 people on first journey to Gulf monarchy Read more
Michigan pays $4M monthly to lease 5,783 vehicles
One drill lease costs $10,840 monthly Read more
Michigan zoning laws target dollar stores
Selling low-cost goods? Not in my neighborhood Read more
Michigan’s updated pandemic playbook heavy on lockdowns, light on proof
Government can’t show its work for emergency plan Read more
Gilchrist-led trip spent $245,000 on 2024 overseas trip
Michigan spent $24,000 sponsoring the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom Read more
Carrollton teacher hopes that Michigan lawmaker ‘chokes on a bag of [expletive] and dies’
Video shows teacher’s tirade during public comment at Bay City Commissioners’ meeting Read more
Consumers Energy requests another rate hike one week after approval of $154 million increase
‘Monopolies are gonna monopoly,’ says Mackinac Center expert Read more
Whitmer seeks $7.8M for road funding solution, six years after pledging to fix the roads
Proposal comes after a $5M study on a vehicle mileage tax Read more
Conservation officers may soon need warrants to enter private land
Bill follows lawsuit against state employees for Fourth Amendment violations Read more
Farmers, builders accuse state environmental agency of bullying and overreach
Tractors circled Capitol as farmers testified Read more
EGLE flap leaves 150,000 tons of waste headed for Michigan landfills
As energy company leaves state, business owners allege bullying, intimidation and harassment by environmental agency Read more
Michigan’s outdated food stamp cards cost poor families $846K in stolen benefits
State hasn’t adopted chipped cards six months after fed’s suggestion Read more
Michigan Education board member claims funding cuts after record funding
Only 24% of 4th graders can read proficiently and 24% of 8th graders are proficient in math Read more
Trustee vows to stay on after apparent threat at Grosse Pointe school board meeting
‘Fortunate for you, I’m no Luigi ... but you might be a Brian Thompson’ Read more
Michigan’s $3M bet on EV maker Bollinger Motors hits a bump
Clawback provisions should recoup $949,000 investment, agency says Read more
Property owners fight back against $25K daily wetland fines
Federal court asked to strike down Michigan’s wetlands law Read more
SOAR program promised 8,812 jobs, delivered none
Republicans lawmakers want to redirect money from corporate welfare to roads Read more
Whitmer’s COVID emergency orders survived three years after lockdown
State law still contains insufficient guardrails Read more
Michigan regulators order family fishing spot filled
Lawmaker calls for funding cuts over pond dispute Read more
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