4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (225+ words) By David T. Stevenson Michigan’s 2023 Clean and Renewable Energy and Energy Waste Reduction Act defines nuclear power as a “clean energy system,” but it does not include nuclear in its “renewable energy resource” category, leaving only solar and wind electricity generating…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (437+ words) By James M. Hohman This article originally appeared in The Detroit News June 11, 2026. Michigan lawmakers are considering a spending hike for a program that subsidizes developers to build and tear down buildings. It’s an expansion of a program that began in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (244+ words) This article originally appeared in The Center Square June 23, 2026. In the years since, the promise of Janus has often been obstructed by bureaucratic inertia and creative union tactics designed to keep employees tied to their payroll deductions. While the constitutional…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (581+ words) By Michael J. Reitz This article originally appeared in The Detroit News June 30, 2026 “Do you think America 250 is worth celebrating?” I and other attendees were asked that question two weeks ago while speaking at the National Civil Rights Conference, held this…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (453+ words) In the August 2026 primary election, voters across the state approved 842 of 900 millage, sinking fund and bond requests on the ballot in their local communities. Together, those approvals represented more than $1 billion in property taxes that local governments are now authorized…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (656+ words) Data centers are on a lot of people’s minds, with concerns typically involving the amount of water, electricity and land they use. A related concern has to do with concerns about a technology data centers enable, notably, artificial intelligence. A…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (268+ words) How do public policy decisions actually get made? We see candidates make promises, legislators debate bills, courts issue rulings, and elections change who holds power. But before a policy becomes law, an idea must first become politically possible. The Overton…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (761+ words) By Michael D. LaFaive Officials in Union Township held their usual meetings in July and August and discussed economic development, but a new analysis of economic data shows that the township in Isabella County needs to recognize it’s not an attractive…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (385+ words) The first half of the 1770s saw a meteoric shift in public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic, from an unquestioned confidence in the status of Britain’s American colonies to a widespread acceptance that it was time for the United…...