Michigan Capitol Confidential

Report: DTE peak-hour rates hurt the poor

Poorer customers suffer ‘greater discomfort indoors,’ Detroit News reports, as summer A/C costs approach California levels Read more

1619 Project creator paid $50K for Oakland University teacher seminar

Total cost of teacher confab: $97K Read more

Michigan, Florida go in opposite directions on paycheck protection for teachers

A tale of two states: Florida is growing and becomes freer as Michigan shrinks and caters to special interests. Read more

Green Township residents slam Gotion over environmental secrecy

Leaders in Big Rapids get no answers from battery company on lack of environmental impact studies Read more

CapCon’s agenda: facts and solutions

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James introduces bill that would have blocked Michigan’s Gotion giveaway

Bill would prohibit American tax dollars from going toward companies owned by the Chinese Communist Party 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

Gotion will siphon more water than Nestle

Whitmer supports Chinese facility that will draw 139,000 daily gallons more than the project she ran against in 2018 Read more

Huizenga bill would protect the gas stove from federal regulators

House STOVE Act responds to Biden administration’s interest in regulating gas stove out of existence 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

Get ready to pay Highland Park’s water bill

Senate Democrats advance plan to give Detroit suburb $20M state bailout Read more

Michigan bill would keep local officials ‘remote’ from public

Local officials work in the public square, not in a square on Zoom Read more

Michael Moore ends film festival 2 years after $1M grant

Taxpayers gave a cool million for anti-capitalist auteur’s movie shindig in Traverse City Read more

Weingarten: ‘We spent every day ... trying to get schools open’

Teachers union head, testifying under oath, denies a long, clear public record Read more

Michigan in bottom 10 among states in new report

U.S. News puts Great Lakes State in 41st place, with failing grades in crime, fiscal policy, infrastructure Read more

Unions celebrate compulsory private sector dues as public sector membership wanes

Public employees can invoke their Janus rights, and opt out of paying unions Read more

With COVID emergency over, Michigan senator pushes for remote meetings

With a two-seat majority in the House and Senate, Democrats who run Lansing don’t have a vote to spare Read more

Electric vehicle transition kills hundreds of jobs at GM

Automaker looks to cut $2B in spending, per Detroit Free Press Read more

Biden: COVID vaccine mandates terminate May 11

Visitors to America can travel like it’s 2019. Employees and contractors can work without medical coercion. Read more

Whitmer decrees April 28 ‘Worker’s Memorial Day’

Don’t expect the day off, though 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

MSU professor peddles ‘catastrophic’ myth against school vouchers

How a criticism of voucher programs actually provides a strong defense Read more

Michigan’s plan for energy transition: Leap before it looks

Energy transition fails to consider trade-offs, unreliability of renewable sources Read more

Parents are responsible for their child’s education

Journalist uses tiny percentage of population to smear parents Read more

Report: ‘Net-zero’ Britain will struggle to keep the lights on

Across the pond, a utopian vision runs into reality, bringing a darker, colder new normal Read more