Michigan roads

Arrests for drunk driving are down 28% in Michigan since 2014, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s happening less. Police say staffing issues are limiting their patrols.

We can fix our roads without reversing progress on clean mobility. Let’s not let a well-intentioned fix become a costly mistake.

The time has passed for empty campaign promises and meaningless headlines. Michigan’s leaders need to act and deliver a real solution for our road funding problem.

Police now use anecdotal evidence to arrest drugged drivers. Legislation would let Michigan join 24 states that use roadside saliva tests to make arrests. But reliability questions remain.

Legislators are jockeying to spend big in their districts, filing 800 requests to spend millions on everything from teachers and museums to youth programs, agriculture and bridges.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she’s optimistic for a bipartisan road funding deal this year but criticized several elements of a GOP plan. Here are the facts.

People have been clear. They want good roads. They have long called for elected officials to come up with plans that accomplish this, and the money is there to do it.

As Michigan continues to spend big on roads, experts say lawmakers need to repeal and replace how that’s done.

House Republicans passed a $3.1 billion road funding package Wednesday that raises no new taxes but would force cuts to a number of state government programs

House Republicans and Democrats introduce competing roads plans as Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer again calls for a long-term fix.

Beginning April 2, children under 2 have to sit in a rear-facing child car seat.

The Michigan governor talks tariffs with Trump this weekend and offers praise for Republican House Speaker Matt Hall, saying he has the ‘guts and brains’ to propose a plan to fix Michigan’s roads.

Almost $100 million will be distributed to 302 Michigan municipalities, including cities and tribes, from the state's marijuana tax revenue to fund local projects like schools and roads.

Michigan’s marijuana industry is struggling with low prices and can’t absorb a 32% wholesale tax to fund road repairs, industry leaders say.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants the Legislature to work with her on a plan to increase road fixes by $3 billion a year. Her plan seeks $1.7 billion in new corporate taxes and $470 million from a marijuana wholesale tax.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is proposing more spending on schools, housing and more. But her $84B budget does not include a long-term road funding plan, which she’s still working on.

Bridge Michigan’s analysis of six speeches shows the Democratic governor has had her most success implementing gun reforms and social policy, but struggled with infrastructure. The verdict is out on education.

This can be done – but first we need to get it out of the governor’s head that a roads plan must come with raising taxes.

Nearly all policy discussions center around increasing road funding without aiming to use it better.

Whitmer is seeking bipartisan cooperation on economic incentives and road funding in Lansing but warns proposed Trump tariffs could hurt the state’s auto industry.