Michigan Capitol Confidential
Whitmer urges new taxes to fix Michigan roads Tax could target gas, mileage, or tolls
Michigan Legislature approves bill to extend, boost …
Dec 17, 2024 · The Legislature approved Senate Bill 40 Dec. 13 to increase unemployment insurance benefits. If Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs the bill into law, it will also increase the amount of time a person can claim unemployment from 20 weeks to 26 weeks. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Paul Wojno, D-Warren, would increase the maximum weekly payout from $362 to $614 by 2027, with incremental increases in 2025 ...
Local government coalition sues to stop Public Service …
Oct 22, 2024 · A coalition of 79 townships and counties has sued the Michigan Public Service Commission in the state Court of Appeals, seeking to stop it from overriding local control of large-scale wind and solar energy projects. The motion for a preliminary injunction, filed Oct. 22, 2024, aims to block an Oct ...
Whitmer praises plan to spend more than $3k of state money on …
Dec 23, 2024 · Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan High Speed Internet office announced last month that the state will spend more than $3,000 in taxpayer funds for each high-speed internet connection it subsidizes statewide. The program has connected 10,000 homes and businesses through funding forecasted to connect 71,500 previously underserved locations, the press release said. A portion of the funds ...
State jobs subsidies have a 91% failure rate
Dec 24, 2024 · State jobs subsidies have a 91% failure rate Only 11% of jobs promised in 20 years of deals, promises, came into being
There’s something wrong with Union Township: Part 3
Jan 3, 2025 · There’s something wrong with Union Township: Part 3 Outrageous costs and inexplicable demands stymie developmentOutrageous costs and inexplicable demands stymie development
UAW enters immigration debate, demands driver’s licenses for …
Dec 20, 2024 · When the United Auto Workers submitted its priority list to the Michigan Legislature for the lame-duck session, it included voting for a bill to give illegal immigrants living in Michigan driver’s licenses. The UAW urged the outgoing Democratic trifecta to “Fight back against divide-and-conquer politics” by voting for the “Drive Safe” bill …
Flint landlord sues city over ‘unconstitutional’ rental inspection
Dec 18, 2024 · Flint’s rules for approving rental properties violate the Constitution, according to a 62-page lawsuit filed in July by a local property owner. Karter Landon owns eight rental properties in Flint that he has not rented out for a year. He blames an ongoing dispute with the city of Flint that has so far cost him $50,000 in forgone rental income. The …
Michigan to wage war on oil and gas companies
Oct 14, 2024 · Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has selected three private law firms that specialize in activist litigation to sue oil and gas companies for allegedly contributing to climate change. The Department of Attorney General selected the outside legal teams to serve as special assistant attorneys general to sue the fossil fuel industry on behalf of the State of Michigan, Nessel’s Press ...
Michigan to sue industry that’s provided $1.3B to parks since 1976
Dec 27, 2024 · The state of Michigan has chosen three law firms to sue an industry that has sent more than $1 billion to parks in all 83 counties since 1976. The Department of Attorney General selected three outside legal teams to serve as special assistant attorneys general to sue the fossil fuel industry, press secretary Danny Wimmer told Michigan Capitol Confidential in an email. The department alleges ...