Pending legislation would make it easier to build crypto mines in Michigan. One Upper Peninsula community knows the mines don’t always make good neighbors.
The SOAR Fund, approved in December, boosts large-scale economic growth, proponents say. Now both Democrats and Republicans are lining up behind adding to the fund in the next budget, after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked for $500 million.
High-profile ballot drives to require voter ID, establish a voucher-like system and raise the minimum wage missed a Wednesday deadline to qualify for the November ballot. A fair lending ballot proposal is the only one that submitted enough signatures.
A ruling means an appeal to the state Supreme Court is the metro Detroit businessman’s only shot to make the August ballot because of forged signatures in his nominating petitions.
Organizers of Unlock Michigan 2, a petition to limit the duration of state and local health orders, announced that it did not collect enough valid signatures before the Wednesday deadline to survive a challenge.
A petition drive for a voucher-like scholarship system faces a pivotal week. Research from other states show the programs may get more students into college and don’t drain state coffers, but scholars disagree on impact.
The state Senate passed a package of bills on Wednesday that would require schools to screen for dyslexia and provide evidence-based instruction to help students learn to read.