Michigan energy companies pocket $14B in loans from feds after hiking rates Over a decade, state regulators approved 17 out of 18 requests for a rate hike

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 ...

Jan 2, 2025 · 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. The list includes: Hiking the income tax. Michigan became the only state in the country to increase income ...

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

Jan 1, 2025 · Happy New Year and welcome to 2025. It’s a new year, and a new legislative term is beginning in the Michigan House of Representatives. Last term the Democrats held a trifecta – they controlled the House, Senate and executive branch. This term the Republicans have control of the House. There will be 58 Republicans and 52 Democrats sworn in on January 8, 2025. With the Republicans in control ...

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 ...

Dec 30, 2024 · ‘America’s best megasite’ halted after state agency spends nearly $6 million in taxpayer funds Local opposition stymied projectLocal opposition stymied project

Dec 31, 2024 · 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 its most popular stories, based on views. Here are the top stories of 2024: Foster family ...

Nov 21, 2024 · When Michigan approved subsidies for a data center in Grand Rapids in 2015, the data storage company Switch promised it would create 1,000 jobs. A 2022 state report said Switch had created 26 jobs or 2.6% of its promised goal. Despite that broken promise, last week, the Legislature approved House Bill 4906 to extend to exempt large data centers from sales and use taxes until 2050. Some ...

Nov 22, 2024 · The federal government is spending $635 million in taxpayer funds to bail out a multiemployer pension fund for a Detroit carpenters union. Pension experts warn that the bailout comes with little or no accountability and no indication that it won’t happen again. Julie Su, acting secretary of labor, announced the bailout in a video posted to her X account Oct. 18. Su credited the 2021 American ...