House votes to end NDAs on public spending projects
Michigan was ranked last for transparency in 2022
Midland woman sues public schools over document charges for records
‘Our hill to die on is to hold public servants accountable for what they were elected to do’
DNR uproots plan to lease forest for solar facility
Legislative, environmental groups’ pushback contribute to change
Michigan electric vehicle maker to close two locations after pocketing $900,000 subsidy
Company returning production to South Carolina
Michigan Dept. of Trans. failed to monitor 29% of sampled vehicle logs — audit
Almost 16k driving usage hours not reported
Troy schools spent $14k on ‘whole language’ literacy conference
District also paid $173k to host balanced literacy consultants
Michigan House resolves to disclose enhancement grants, recipients
Resolution targets pork spending
Michigan spends $6.9M advertising 'cost-free' pre-K
Michigan taxpayers on the hook for ‘free’ education of rich children
Michigan Senate OKs paid sick leave compromise
Proposal would raise minimum wage to $15 by 2027
Michigan economic development agency gives former member $202M in grants
Projects span Detroit, Lansing, Pontiac
Whitmer wants to tax large companies, pot to fix potholes
Second-term governor calls on large companies to pay ‘fair share’ for road plan
Whitmer claims credit for helping Michiganders, but her policies raise costs
Electricity, income taxes, higher due to governor’s policies
Whitmer’s $83.5B budget won’t fix the roads, lawmakers say
Critics chide her lack of road funding plan
Michigan’s net-zero dream would raise electric rates, decrease reliability
‘Tons of pain for essentially no gain,’ former MIT professor says
Michigan senators hold hearings on 9 stranded bills
Democrats seek court order forcing Republican House to forward legislation Democratic House failed to send to Whitmer
Employment decline leaves Michigan near the bottom nationwide
State’s 5% unemployment rate in December was the sixth highest among the states
DNR expert speaks for the trees
Push for solar power could ‘greatly increase deforestation in Michigan’
Michigan has achieved 0.2% of state fleet transition goal
State needs to buy 14,452 more EVs
Michigan energy companies pocket $14B in loans from feds after hiking rates
Over a decade, state regulators approved 17 out of 18 requests for a rate hike
Civil Service Commission considers one-time authorization requirement for dues deductions
Proposal would also change requirement that employees be reminded of right not to join a union
Granholm’s Energy Department ignored warning about conflict of interest in $14B of loans given to Michigan energy companies
Inspector general warned that energy projects posed fraud risk
Michigan will miss goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, climatologist says
State consumes too much power to rely solely on renewable energy
Expert agrees with Billy Bob Thornton in ‘Landman’: Solar, windmill developments are environmentally harmful
‘Landman’ character points out ill effects of solar panel, wind turbine production
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