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Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Traverse City Record-Eagle. June 7, 2024. Editorial: Strengthen disclosure laws now Perhaps you’ve received one of those carefully worded letters: Dear customer, you trusted your personal details to us and someone stole them. Maybe you were one of the...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Detroit News. June 1, 2024. Editorial: Don’t let up on developing state’s workforce Michigan is up against enormous challenges growing, attracting and retaining a sustainable workforce that supports the state’s current and future needs in an evolving automotive...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Detroit News. May 25, 2024. Editorial: Better answers needed on Beydoun grant Gov. Gretchen Whitmer owes the taxpayers of Michigan a better explanation for how an influential Democratic Party official ended up with a $20 million grant she demonstrated no particular...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Detroit News. May 18, 2024. Editorial: Lawmakers seek to buy silence of Beydoun critics Lawmakers are hoping to mitigate some of the outrage over a $20 million grant awarded to Democratic crony Fay Beydoun by throwing good money after bad. It’s a very questionable...
Company wins court ruling to continue development of Michigan factory serving EV industry
GREEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ordered a Michigan community to stop blocking efforts to bring a major electric vehicle battery business to a rural region. Gotion, a China-based manufacturer, was granted a preliminary injunction Friday after arguing that Mecosta County's...
Michigan lawmakers get final revenue estimates as they push to finalize the state budget
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State economists delivered their final economic forecast this year for Michigan and indicated that tax revenue will continue to stabilize, which they see as a positive development following years of record surpluses driven by pandemic-related funds. Michigan...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Detroit News. May 11, 2024. Editorial: Keep state budget focused on common sense Counterproposals from the Democratic-controlled Legislature include pragmatic improvements to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s original budget proposal. The focus of negotiations over the $80.9...
Man acquitted of supporting plot to kidnap Michigan governor is running for sheriff
CADILLAC, Mich. (AP) — A man acquitted of having a supporting role in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said he's running for county sheriff. Eric Molitor filed papers to run against Wexford County Sheriff Trent Taylor in the Republican primary in August, The...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Traverse City Record-Eagle. April 28, 2024. Editorial: The point is this: State must honor its contracts It’s called sleight of hand – and it’s epitomized by the submitted opinion elsewhere on this page about auto no-fault reform. The claim is that these reforms...
Editorial Roundup: Michigan
Detroit News. April 20, 2024. Editorial: Lansing’s financial disclosure rules still lack teeth Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson are right that Michigan’s transparency requirements of elected officials are a joke. Efforts by their...
