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Nonprofit founded by Michigan veterans gets $5M in 2024 budget to build out camp

Michigan has more than a half-million veterans, more than 5% of the state population Read more

Whitmer’s Prop 2 rollout ‘weakens the integrity of our elections’

Implementing legislation goes far beyond mandate of last year’s voting referendum Read more

Michigan bills aim to abolish environmental rules oversight

Lawmakers disdain Environmental Rules Review Committee as ‘corporate polluters’ Read more

Ford will lose $4.5B on electric vehicles this year

CEO Jim Farley says company’s future offerings ‘will blow people away’ Read more

An expensive toss: Michigan park gets $200k for a disc golf course

Berrien County township gets boost from state taxpayers for disc golf course; trade association says a nice one can be had for $25k Read more

Michigan offered company $28B in corporate welfare, and still didn’t land it

Cash incentive offered to Micron was bigger than Michigan’s budget for state police and corrections Read more

Solar panel push endangers Michigan’s economy and environment

Democratic senators continue to ignore the downsides of solar technology Read more

Film incentives still don’t make sense for Michigan

Michigan corporate welfare meets Hollywood accounting: What could go wrong? Read more

‘Diatribe’ has no complaints with big government check

Lansing awards $3.5 million to art organization disrupting ‘historical system of oppression’ Read more

Michigan manages to lose students while hiking higher ed spending

Enrollment at public colleges plummets as state gives away additional billions Read more

Mackinac Center sues MSU over Eagle Twp. land deal

University throws a blanket over 1,200-acre gift Read more

Near beers are real beers, Michigan regulators say

Monopoly on nonalcoholic beer distribution hurts brewers Read more

Defying Supreme Court and Congress, Biden unilaterally offers $39B in student loan forgiveness

President blames ‘past administrative failures’ for loans not being discharged earlier Read more

Whitmer creates second Michigan education department

In a flying LEAP, governor expands mandate of state education system Read more

Michigan law likely doesn’t allow for income-based energy bills

DTE boss’s plan runs into a brick wall: state law Read more

UAW boss warns of race to the bottom in electric vehicle transition

Fain takes issue with Ford Motor Co.’s $9.2B federal loan to build EVs Read more

Granholm promises ‘additive’ jobs as EVs transition shrinks head counts at automakers

Ex-governor has a rosy outlook, but EV transition means fewer Michigan auto jobs Read more

Detroit schools spend $196M of COVID cash on teachers, $34M on student mental health

Detroit superintendent Vitti speaks on district’s use of $1.2B in COVID stimulus funds Read more

DTE boss floats income-based energy bills

California’s income-based utility bills will be set within a year, and could kick in by 2025 Read more

‘Not effective’: 4% of school contract employees never fingerprinted, says Michigan Auditor General

The auditor general found that 91% of school districts surveyed contract for services Read more

Michigan’s cost per prisoner is $48K

Parole and probation supervision cost about $5K per year per person, state says Read more

DTE head: ‘Sometimes you can’t count on’ wind and solar

As energy giant moves away from coal, CEO emphasizes need for reliable nuclear and natural gas Read more

Michigan House committee approves $120M more for Ford Marshall site

Taxpayer tab for Ford’s Blue Oval Battery Park is north of $1.5 billion Read more

Ford gets $9B Federal loan for EV battery plants

Funds will go toward two factories in Kentucky and one in Tennessee; Michigan plants will not benefit Read more

Ann Arbor firefighter reprimanded for breaking COVID-protocols that mayor — and governor — also violated

Tim Rugg protested Whitmer’s ban on large gatherings; Ann Arbor mayor joins big crowd that chants ‘black lives matter’ just a month later Read more