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
Michigan growth council rejects transparency
Growing Michigan Together Council turns Detroit News reporter away from ‘public’ meeting Read more
UAW strike expands again, as 8,700 workers walk off profitable Ford plant
Kentucky Truck Plant generates $25B in annual revenue Read more
D-Day ship left adrift by Muskegon politics
$2.8M in state earmarks spark battle over legislative intent 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 bills would count recess as teaching time
Teachers of K-5 students could count 30 minutes of recess toward teaching time Read more
UAW strike grows by 4,000; now affects 29,000 workers
Workers at Mack Trucks voted to reject a contract and will join the 25,000 other UAW members on strike 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
Why Michigan loses people to other states
Policies that attract populations to other states are opposed by Whitmer and unmentioned by growth council Read more
Report: Michigan ‘poorest we’ve ever been’ in personal income
Michiganders earn 87 cents for every dollar earned in America Read more
Local parks and rec centers win big in 2024 Michigan budget
Four projects get earmarks totaling $4.25 million Read more
Project-based learning, cooperation with school district, sets Isabella County charter school apart
FlexTech High believes that projects and problem-solving will translate to career success Read more
Kalamazoo church donates its building to nonprofit, which seeks $7M in public and private donations
Kalamazoo Nonprofit Advocacy Coalition gets $250K from Michigan taxpayers in 2024 grant 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
Whitmer changes tune on road funding
Governor now argues it’s possible to fix roads without raising taxes; in 2019, tax hikes were the only strategy Read more
Why we emphasize transparency
Government works best when it’s watched closely. With outdated information, that can’t happen. Read more
In the war over literacy, phonics wins
For years, a ‘whole language’ approach taught students to guess, not to read Read more
There are now 25,000 UAW members on strike
UAW President Shawn Fain expanded the strike by 7,000 workers Friday Read more
Recipient of $65M confident Marshall project will resume
Since Monday, three top officials have portrayed Ford pause as a tactic in UAW negotiations Read more
Nessel tries again to shut down Line 5
Attorney General offers no alternate method for transporting 540,000 barrels of fuel daily Read more
Michigan Education Association is down 37,000 members in a decade
Teachers union has dropped to under 80,000 members Read more
Biden spent 12 minutes at the UAW picket line, 87 seconds speaking
President’s very brief speech followed by San Francisco Bay Area fundraiser Read more
Despite Ford ‘pause,’ board approves $65M for Marshall site
BlueOval Battery Park could have received as much as $270M of $1.7B in corporate welfare already Read more
Ford pauses EV battery project; UAW calls decision ‘shameful’
Though the Ford-CATL project sought non-union labor, striking union sees pause as a threat Read more
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There is no such thing as ‘the state’s dime’
There are no free school lunches, rides on the QLine, or community college classes; taxpayers always foot the bill. Read more