Michigan advocates admit solar still can’t compete
Two bills would mandate unlimited giveaways to homes, businesses that install solar panels Read more
Michigan bill bans PFAS in food packaging
Senate Bill 327 would give companies until Jan. 1 to stop packaging food using PFAS Read more
Michigan bills would make all juvenile crimes eligible for parole
Bills would make life sentences parole-eligible after 10 years Read more
Senate bill package expands Michigan’s green energy giveaway
Senate Bills 302 and 303 would allow local governments to finance enviromental hazard projects on individual properties Read more
Lansing is bogged down in symbolic legislation
May has 11 separate awareness-related designations Read more
Interstate voting compact takes another step toward reality
In Minnesota, ‘National Popular Vote’ bill is a governor’s signature away from becoming the law Read more
Michigan Senate enables state environmental regulations to exceed federal
Gov. Rick Snyder signed a ‘no more stringent’ law in 2018. Senate Bill 14 would gut it. Read more
Michigan Senate passes bill to make Juneteenth a state holiday
Similar House bill sits in committee Read more
Frequently Asked Questions: The CapCon Guide to Lansing
Michigan sends 148 lawmakers to represent 10 million people. Here’s how to find out what they’re up to Read more
Highland Park bailout passes Michigan Senate
In party-line vote, Michigan’s upper chamber approves $20M water bill bailout for Detroit suburb Read more
Michigan House bill lets government schools deduct union dues from paychecks
House Bill 4233 would repeal prohibition on union financing through taxpayer-funded resources Read more
Michigan bill would require 100% renewables by 2035
Senate Bill 271 takes two different views on nuclear: It’s not renewable before 2035, but is renewable afterward Read more
Senate bill would turn public workers’ personal info over to unions
Government employees are exempt from forced unionization, but Michigan bill would require the state to give their contact data to organized labor Read more
‘We’d like it to be a mandate’: Michigan bills will seek 100% clean energy by 2035
Speeding Michigan’s energy transition away from reliables to renewables is the top aim of the Clean Energy Future Plan Read more
Michigan lawmakers have not tried to solve union ‘free rider’ problem
One in three bills in Michigan in 2023 has been labor-related. None try to solve a long-claimed problem. Why? Read more
‘National Popular Vote’ scheme would let California choose Michigan’s president
House Bill 4156 would disenfranchise Michigan voters in presidential elections Read more
Michigan Legislature still lacks energy reliability bills, but House hearing comes Wednesday
Lawmakers promised oversight for Michigan’s biggest utility companies, then rammed through right-to-work repeal instead Read more
Two Michigan House bills shower favors on unions
House Democrats aim to make union dues tax refundable, give organized labor extra political privileges Read more
House labor committee approves right-to-work repeal; full House to consider bill
Spring break deadline leads to rushed hearing, says committee chair Haadsma Read more
Energy reliability is not on the agenda in the Michigan Legislature
None of the 3 energy-related bills submitted in 2023 would improve energy reliability in Michigan Read more
The good news and bad news in House Bill 4001
Tax cut survives, but spending package includes $1.65B in corporate welfare and handouts. Read more
Michigan Senate Republicans held the line on House Bill 4001; will Democrats change the rules?
Two months into majority leadership in the legislature, Democrats look to change the rules of the game Read more
Michigan House votes to cancel tax cut, replace it with $180 checks, corporate welfare
13 of 18 ‘no’ votes from Senate Republicans could preserve a tax cut Read more
Senate Republicans can stop Whitmer’s attempts to trade income tax cut for corporate welfare
Whitmer’s great switcheroo must work on a tight timeline. Will Senate Republicans preserve a tax cut for their voters? Read more
Lawmakers spend a quick $706M of Michigan’s money
More than half the money, $450M, will be spent on state-funded economic development plans Read more
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