A new report says Detroit’s beleaguered water system is a harbinger for state and nation. Rising rates could make water unaffordable for 1 in 3 Michiganders in five years.
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Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.
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Lawmakers: Michigan Gov. Snyder swapped pork projects for votes in lame duck
The now ex-governor spent years governing by spreadsheet. As he exited office, he governed by checkbook, doling out over $100 million in projects to secure votes for environmental cleanups, lawmakers say.
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Will Jocelyn Benson defend Michigan gerrymandering tactics she once fought?
The new Michigan secretary of state has spent years criticizing partisan redistricting. Now she heads the office that has defended the state against gerrymandering accusations. A federal trial is only weeks away.
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer sets ‘equal pay’ rules to boost women in state hiring
The new governor’s 10th executive directive prohibits state departments and agencies from asking about job applicants’ past salaries — an effort, she says, to close the gender pay gap.
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Gerrymandering is dying in Michigan. Of old age. No joke.
Demographic shifts in Michigan favor Democrats as the population in rural Michigan declines, forcing new maps that should have more “purple” districts.
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Groups behind Michigan ballot initiatives mull challenges to lame-duck laws
A challenge to controversial laws passed in Michigan’s lame-duck legislative session, which ended in December, could include everything from a lawsuit to a citizen referendum in November 2020.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer lays down ethical rules for her administration
In her second full day in office, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed six executive directives demonstrating her interest in ethics and transparency. But experts say there’s a long way to go.
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2019 priorities in Lansing: roads and schools, no-fault and clean water
The new legislative session kicks off this month, and with it, the first test of bipartisanship in an era of divided state government.
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Michigan Democrats’ 2019 vows: safe roads, clean water, better schools
Michigan’s incoming Democratic governor and the House and Senate Democratic leaders say they are aligned on their top policy goals to pursue in 2019.
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Michigan Republicans’ 2019 to do’s: roads and auto insurance
Fixing the roads and reforming Michigan’s expensive no-fault auto insurance are issues that both major parties say they want to fix. Republicans say they are willing to work with new Democractic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.