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Michigan lawmakers award $10M for project benefitting former GOP chair
A company owned by former Michigan GOP chairman Bobby Schostak will benefit from one of the largest grants of the recent lame-duck spending deal. He says it’s a good investment. Others disagree.
Detroit has another charter commission. Just don’t ask why.
For the fourth time in 300 years, Detroit has convened a group to examine changes to its governing structure. But even commissioners acknowledge their mission is unclear.
Opinion | Enbridge is wrong, and Line 5 is wrong for Michigan
Michigan should be focusing on clean energy, rather than building an oil and gas pipeline for a private company.
Business owners, educators have outsized influence in new Michigan Legislature
Nearly a third of the state Legislature is comprised of business owners. Educators, ex-military and law enforcement also represent larger swaths among newly elected members of the Legislature.
With flat budget, Gov. Whitmer’s search for Michigan road money gets harder
New state revenue estimates show Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won’t have a lot of extra money to work with in her first budget. Lame-duck spending and a 2015 road deal makes the task even trickier.
Michigan’s water crisis is coming to city near you, report says
A new report says Detroit’s beleaguered water system is a harbinger for state and nation. Rising rates could make water unaffordable for 1 in 3 Michiganders in five years.
Drop in hunting, fishing licenses could harm Michigan economy, reports show
Michigan lawmakers need to do a better job to promote hunting and fishing, which remains a $11 billion industry but is suffering as baby boomers get older.
Lawmakers: Michigan Gov. Snyder swapped pork projects for votes in lame duck
The now ex-governor spent years governing by spreadsheet. As he exited office, he governed by checkbook, doling out over $100 million in projects to secure votes for environmental cleanups, lawmakers say.
Will Jocelyn Benson defend Michigan gerrymandering tactics she once fought?
The new Michigan secretary of state has spent years criticizing partisan redistricting. Now she heads the office that has defended the state against gerrymandering accusations. A federal trial is only weeks away.
Pregnant in rural Michigan? Fill up your gas tank for delivery day.
As rural hospitals close their obstetrics units, many mothers and their babies will pay a price in far longer journeys for hospital care
For some rural mothers, there’s no place like home (births)
Michigan midwives deliver hundreds of babies a year at home, an option that may be more attractive to rural expectant mothers with no hospitals nearby
Opinion | Paid sick leave may be gutted in Michigan, but it’s coming back
Outgoing Gov. Rick Snyder and lame duck legislators eviscerated Michigan’s paid sick leave law in December. It may be back on the ballot in 2020.
Michigan Gov. Whitmer sets ‘equal pay’ rules to boost women in state hiring
The new governor’s 10th executive directive prohibits state departments and agencies from asking about job applicants’ past salaries — an effort, she says, to close the gender pay gap.
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