Lawmakers are exploring whether streaming providers like Netflix and Hulu should have to pay the fees cable companies currently pay to local governments.
Michigan Government
Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.
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Kristina Karamo sidelines critics amid Michigan GOP revolt
Facing a growing campaign to remove her, the Michigan Republican Party chair dumps critics from internal committees. Some are flabbergasted: ‘Were you drunk?’ one prominent Republican asks Karamo.
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Whitmer signs energy bills to make Michigan use clean energy by 2040
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed clean energy bills in Detroit on Tuesday that aim to meet the goal of making the state 100 percent reliant on clean energy by midcentury.
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Michigan wins $120 million judgment against dam owner
A federal judge ruled that the former owner of two failed mid-Michigan dams is liable for $120 million in damages. But he filed for bankruptcy in 2020.
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Michigan anti-property-tax group seeks to get on 2024 state ballot
A group called AxMITax plans to begin circulating petitions in January for a potential ballot proposal, which if passed would eliminate, among other priorities, the $2.5 billion State Education Tax used to support K-12 schools.
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Is Michigan ripe for a women-majority Legislature? Advocates eye one in ‘24
In a state where voters elected three women to statewide office, advocates see a women-majority Legislature in the Michigan Capitol as the next step.
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Gov. Whitmer sets April 16 election date for vacant state House seats
The Michigan House will remain at a 54-54 tie until replacements for two departing Democrats are seated in April 2024, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday.
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Whitmer signs pared-down abortion access bills in Michigan
Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer had sought to go further in rewriting Michigan’s abortion laws, but scaled back the bills to win majority support. Advocates said the bill package’s signing still marks a significant step forward.
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Michigan GOP critics seek to oust Kristina Karamo: ‘We’ve got the votes’
As the 2024 election nears, a movement is afoot to oust Michigan GOP Chair Kristina Karamo this month. Foes are recruiting potential successors, but others aren’t convinced the effort will work.
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West Michigan town forms militia to protest red flag gun laws
‘You just can’t come in and take our weapons away without giving us a fighting chance to stand up for ourselves,’ Holton Township Supervisor Alan Jager says.