Michigan Capitol Confidential

Lansing Math: Michigan pays $340,000 per (promised) job at Gotion factory

New $175 million round of corporate welfare brings state’s tab for Mecosta County project to $800M Read more

Despite billions in corporate welfare, Michigan’s jobs market still back of the pack

The Michigan economy since the COVID-19 pandemic has not been a pretty picture Read more

Michiganders pay high rates for unreliable electric service

Michigan residents pay outsized rates for some of the least reliable electric service in the country. Read more

Court: New Buffalo mayor violated citizen’s First Amendment rights

Property owner criticized restrictions on short-term rentals; mayor had police haul her out of city council meeting Read more

Faithful electors in Michigan are the antidote to National Popular Vote

Binding the Michigan elector to the Michigan electorate would protect state’s battleground status Read more

The CapCon Guide: What to know about right-to-work in Michigan, post-repeal

Government employees can’t be forced to pay unions, even after Michigan loses right-to-work status Read more

Michiganders want energy choice; Michigan can’t deliver it

Michigan’s Electric Choice program has more people waiting for it than using it Read more

Germany closes its last 3 nuclear plants

In America, nuclear energy is clean energy. But the Germans see it as too risky. Read more

Want to sell control of your water heater to Consumers Energy?

Monopoly power utility offers Michigan customers small-time money for shutoff privileges Read more

Stabenow hasn’t returned FTX funds, but donated $25K to nonprofit

Stabenow campaign records show one donation in 2023: $25,000 to the Historical Society of Michigan. 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

Winners and losers, carrots and sticks: The parable of the EV

Every time government picks the electric vehicle as a winner, the public loses Read more

Michigan English teachers use 1619 Project in professional development seminar

‘Teaching race in America’ is the theme of the Aug. 9 seminar at Oakland University Read more

Ann Arbor hopes to create solar-powered utility

Ann Arbor says its sustainable utility would run on solar power and battery storage Read more

Michigan legislature ducks action on energy reliability

Michigan lawmakers were shocked, shocked by mass power outages, but they have done nothing about the problem Read more

Biden wants to juice EV demand by killing the gas engine

In Michigan, Whitmer wants 2M EVs on the roads by 2030; In Washington, Biden wants to stop sales of gas engines “as soon as 2035” Read more

Biden signs bill terminating COVID emergency

Congress votes to end emergency a month ahead of scheduled lapse, and White House agrees Read more

Michigan teacher relieved to learn she won’t be pushed back into union

Know your Janus rights: Government employees are exempt from forced unionization Read more

Testimony reveals that National Popular Vote has many critics in Michigan

On an Elections Committee stacked 6-2 for Dems, written testimony comes out even Read more

Why the Mackinac Center sued over Biden’s student loan pause

Student loan pause not only costs taxpayers $5B per year, it is unconstitutional Read more

A picture is worth three words: Character is destiny

Photo of 2001 swearing-in ceremony captures troubled state of Michigan in 2023 Read more