Grand Valley State underwrites identity-based graduation events
‘Grand Valley does not segregate any of its graduation events,’ school says Read more
Granholm envisions all-EV military by 2030
Plan would make U.S. military more dependent on China Read more
Michigan Treasury stiffs workers on new tax cut
Michigan tax authority refuses to update withholding schedules for employers to reflect 2023 tax cut Read more
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
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Michigan’s income tax cut was 16 years in the making
Both parties fail to bring back Michigan’s pre-2008 tax rates Read more