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News Story UAW enters immigration debate, demands driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants. Union’s demand list includes items that don’t serve its core members, ex-member says Read more
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News Story Michigan Legislature approves bill to extend, boost unemployment benefits. Bill would increase the max weekly payout from $362 to $614 by 2027 Read more
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News Story Michigan Legislature gives $1 million to mystery golf nonprofit. Budget’s $1.25 million Sault Ste. Marie grant also includes quarter-million for a snowmobile track Read more
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News Story Drive less, use less energy, switch to electric vehicles, says Grand Rapids climate action plan. Plan aims to reduce emissions by 85% by 2030 and 100% by 2040 Read more
After subsidy failures, Whitmer calls for more subsidies
19 小时之前 · Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke Wednesday at the Detroit Auto Show, urging lawmakers to create more taxpayer-funded jobs programs, just weeks after a new study found such programs often fail to create jobs.. The governor encouraged a divided Michigan Legislature to renew a taxpayer-funded jobs program that’s set to disappear in a year.
House Republicans serve up reforms for tipped wage and paid leave
2 天之前 · New minimum wage and paid sick leave laws set to become effective in 37 days could raise the cost of eating out in Michigan by 25% or more. But the state House is considering legislation that could head off the worst effects of the new regulations. Two bills introduced on Jan. 9 aim to reform ...
CapCon’s Top Ten most viewed stories of 2024
2024年12月31日 · It is the end of another productive year for Michigan Capitol Confidential. As investigative journalists and government watchdogs, we constructed stories that ranged from the seat of state power in Lansing to local governments in Michigan. CapCon provides a top ten list annually to inform readers of ...
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News Story Green energy nonprofit bank collects $5 million from taxpayers. Majority of past donations from Michigan Saves fund a Lansing lobbying and consulting firm Read more
Michigan man could face $1.7M fine for expanding his own pond
2025年1月6日 · Michigan’s environmental agency could fine a Freeland man $1.7 million for deepening his own pond. From 2020-2023, Joshua Wenzlick expanded a small pond on his property. The state considers the land, a former sand mine, a regulated wetland, according to his brother Zachary Wenzlick, who spoke to ...
The good, the bad and the ugly at the end of Michigan’s …
2025年1月2日 · As two years of full Democratic control of the Michigan Legislature come to an end, we can now look back on what the party accomplished. The first Democratic trifecta since before I was born enacted a litany of new laws that substantially raise costs on Michigan businesses and families.