Michigan’s bottle and can deposit law was once a national model. But the return rate plunged from 89 to 73 percent after the state temporarily banned deposit returns to curb COVID, and hasn’t risen much since.
Along the U.P. border, Michigan counties are losing people while their neighbors in Wisconsin are gaining. Local leaders say the Badger State’s investments in small businesses and infrastructure are paying off.
In an appeal to blue-collar voters, former President Donald Trump told Michigan supporters the Biden administration’s push toward an electric vehicle future will kill jobs and cost state taxpayers ‘hundreds of billions’ of dollars.
The auto industry has provided thousands of jobs to generations of Michiganders. But it’s also decimated some neighborhoods, particularly for Black residents. Now, some Detroit neighbors fear history is repeating itself.
Former President Donald Trump returns to Oakland County, claiming that Joe Biden’s ‘ridiculous crusade to force everyone into electric cars’ will mean ‘decimation’ for Michigan.