Whitmer signs clean energy package; it will cost you
By 2040, Michigan utilities will be forced to run mostly on solar panels and wind turbines Read more
Michigan House passes financial disclosure bill
Critics blast the timing and lack of teeth in the bills as lawmakers pass legislation in 3 weeks Read more
Scripps: One-half percent of Michigan’s land needed for wind, solar projects
Land devoted to wind and solar would go from 17,000 acres to 209,000 under state zoning plan Read more
Michigan energy transition will cost people their jobs, lawmakers admit
Lawmakers create bureaucracy to make plan for workers displaced by energy transition Read more
Michigan Senate passes financial disclosure bills, but critics blast timing
Facing a Dec. 31 deadline, lawmakers submitted the first bill on Oct. 24 Read more
Michigan House takes solar, wind siting power from local communities, gives to governor
The Michigan Public Service Commission is appointed by the governor Read more
Michigan House, Senate pass 100% clean energy bill
‘Reliability and affordability is going to explode,’ one lawmaker warns Read more
Michigan lawmakers approve $114 million bailout for school districts, $30M for Highland Park
Unpaid water bills and school debts are assumed by the Michigan taxpayer Read more
100% clean energy bill heads to Michigan House
Bill takes two different stances on nuclear energy, depending on the date Read more
Michigan financial disclosure bills double fines, strengthen spousal disclosure
Senate oversight committee approves bills at 12-minute meeting Read more
Michigan bill would require governments to negotiate minimum staffing
Delie: Bill is not a matter of public safety, but a needless expansion of government Read more
Whitmer differs with Benson — and Whitmer — on financial disclosure for spouses
Governor cites identity politics for her concern, but bills treat all spouses equally Read more
McMorrow admits EV transition is government-driven
Senator says EV transition is good business, but admits the driver is government regulation Read more
Michigan 100% clean energy bill gains 30 pages, passes committee in 16 minutes
Senate Bill 271 was amended behind closed doors Read more
Michigan financial disclosure bills need teeth, authors admit
Penalties should include high fines, denial of office for non-filers, experts say Read more
Michigan financial disclosure bills go easy on non-filers
Filing an inaccurate disclosure would cost $1,000 under Michigan bills; not filing at all would cost half that Read more
Now is not the time to throw out teacher standards
Senate bill would nix important job-performance measurements Read more
Municipal groups urge local control as Lansing eyes statewide wind, solar permitting
Michigan Public Service Commission, not local communities, would be the permitting authority for wind, solar projects Read more
One senator’s solution to Michigan’s job-killing energy transition: a new bureaucracy
Energy, auto industry and construction workers viewed as the victims of transition Read more
Michigan’s homeless bill of rights is a boon for litigators
Under House Bill 4919, relief would come via trial lawyer Read more
Michigan bill would force schools to administer medical pot
Public and private schools would be required to furnish two staffers to administer, observe, student medical marijuana use Read more
Despite talk of transparency, in 2023 Lansing is opaque as ever
Word and deed are in conflict in the state capital Read more
No, Michigan climate policy won’t improve the weather
Protecting the vulnerable means keeping their lights on Read more
Michigan House bill would restrict landlord use of credit scores
Landlords report increase in fraudulent applications for rent Read more
Michigan senator says Democrats copied and pasted his veterans legislation
Four versions of the same bill sit in committee Read more
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