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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

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Caregivers protest union effort to skim home helpers’ pay

Lawmakers, not unions, approve pay increases for home help workers Read more

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Park Township short-term rental owners seek grandfathered properties

Government has allowed short-term rentals despite a 1974 law banning them Read more

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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

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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

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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

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Wayne, Oakland counties paid $11,066 for UAE trip

Whitmer brought along 20 people on first journey to Gulf monarchy Read more

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Michigan pays $4M monthly to lease 5,783 vehicles

One drill lease costs $10,840 monthly Read more

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Michigan zoning laws target dollar stores

Selling low-cost goods? Not in my neighborhood Read more

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Michigan’s updated pandemic playbook heavy on lockdowns, light on proof

Government can’t show its work for emergency plan Read more

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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

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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

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Consumers Energy requests another rate hike one week after approval of $154 million increase

‘Monopolies are gonna monopoly,’ says Mackinac Center expert Read more

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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

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Conservation officers may soon need warrants to enter private land

Bill follows lawsuit against state employees for Fourth Amendment violations Read more

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Farmers, builders accuse state environmental agency of bullying and overreach

Tractors circled Capitol as farmers testified Read more

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Michigan’s $3M bet on EV maker Bollinger Motors hits a bump

Clawback provisions should recoup $949,000 investment, agency says Read more

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Property owners fight back against $25K daily wetland fines

Federal court asked to strike down Michigan’s wetlands law Read more

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SOAR program promised 8,812 jobs, delivered none

Republicans lawmakers want to redirect money from corporate welfare to roads Read more

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Whitmer’s COVID emergency orders survived three years after lockdown

State law still contains insufficient guardrails Read more

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Michigan regulators order family fishing spot filled

Lawmaker calls for funding cuts over pond dispute Read more

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