2024年2月13日 · Several new gun laws concerning storage, possession and purchasing firearms go into effect Tuesday. Exactly one year ago, a mass shooting on Michigan State University’s East Lansing campus resulted in the deaths of three students and serious injuries for five others. In response to the tragedy of Feb. 13, 2023, lawmakers got several gun reforms […]

2024年10月2日 · Temperatures are starting to drop for the year in Michigan and a group of state lawmakers have introduced legislation to firm up clear definitions of what appropriate shelter means for dogs in Michigan. Failing to provide “adequate care” for animals in a person’s care meaning sufficient food and water, exercise and medical attention as well […]

2025年1月10日 · Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday that two people have been charged with multiple election law felonies. Eric Eggleston, 53, a former candidate for Saginaw City Council, and current Saginaw City Council member Monique Lamar-Silvia, 64, both of Saginaw, were charged in connection to allegedly forged signatures on a nominating petition filed with the […]

2025年1月10日 · In the prelude to budget planning for the next fiscal year, analysts from the Michigan Treasury and the House and Senate Fiscal Agencies met Friday for the first Consensus Revenue Estimating Committee meeting of 2025 to project how much funding will be available in the coming fiscal year. Alongside sharing their forecasts on available revenue […]

Updated 4:41 p.m., 1/14/25 Built in 1953, Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline carries 540,000 barrels of light crude oil, light synthetic crude and natural gas liquids a day through the Straits of Mackinac connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Line 5, which stretches from northwestern Wisconsin through Michigan into Sarnia, Ontario, is also at the center […]

2025年1月14日 · This coverage is made possible in part through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. A plan from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to potentially lease more than 400 acres of state land in the Gaylord area for solar development has stirred up a range of responses. Some lawmakers have […]

2024年11月20日 · The Michigan Agri-Business Association issued a similar list of requested changes to the law, with two additional proposals: Allow covered employers to accrue and permit the usage of leave in half-day increments — arguing many farms and small rural employers do not have systems in place to work with smaller increments — and allowing employers to maintain one overall leave category if they ...

2024年11月13日 · On the shores of Lake Michigan at the Palisades nuclear plant, Paul Schultz pushes a button to artificially trip the reactor in a training version of an operation room. The simulation triggers lights blinking on the walls and machinery, and Schultz works to shut down the reactor with Paul Rhodes, an assistant operations manager of […]

2024年12月5日 · Michigan could increase the value of payments and allow individuals to be eligible for longer under legislation that cleared the state Senate with bipartisan support Thursday. It’s been more than 20 years since the maximum weekly benefit rate cap has been increased, and sponsor of Senate Bill 40, Sen. John Cherry (D-Flint), told reporters Thursday […]

A resolution aimed at reforming the state budget process passed through the Michigan House Wednesday. Sponsored by state Rep. Ann Bollin (R-Brighton Twp.), the new chair of the House Appropriations Committee, House Resolution 14 lays out new rules she says will “ensure transparency, accountability, and public benefit in all legislatively directed spending initiatives,” otherwise known […]