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Whitmer urges new taxes to fix Michigan roads
It’s a new legislative term, and one of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s first calls for action was to increase taxes. “To my friends in the GOP: fixing the roads in a sustainable way means looking for new, ...
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Granholm’s Energy Department ignored warning about conflict of interest in $14B of loans given to Michigan energy companies
Granholm also came under fire as energy secretary for failing to divulge her husband’s ownership of stock in Ford Motor Co.
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Expert agrees with Billy Bob Thornton in ‘Landman’: Solar, windmill developments are environmentally harmful
“Billy Bob Thornton’s accurate explanation of the massive amount of fossil-fueled energy required to manufacture, transport, ...
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Michigan will miss goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, climatologist says
The state of Michigan will miss its goal of having net-zero emissions by 2050, according to John R. Christy, distinguished ...
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Michigan University Hospital, union feud over parking spots
A recent legal dispute over parking spaces between the Michigan Nurses Association and a University of Michigan hospital is only the latest in a series of unusual conflicts in Michigan created by ...
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Whitmer’s latest pitch for Michigan’s auto dominance: ‘We don’t care what you drive’
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appears to have reversed her plans for an all-electric vehicle future before President Donald Trump ...