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Increasing EV production and closing coal-fired power plants will impact the state’s workforce and communities. Legislation could create a new state office to aid both in the transition.
Oakland County will use $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act dollars, or COVID relief funds, to work with a national nonprofit, RIP Medical Debt, that will pay off medical debt for pennies on the dollar.
Young college-educated workers can live wherever they want. That gives lots of hope to Michigan, but it also is another reason to lose our best and brightest.
It’s shameful and upsetting that game-changing prescription medications remain out of reach to many because of high prices and outrageous corporate profits.
The toughest corporate liability shield in the nation for drug manufacturers is on the chopping block in Michigan as a repeal bill wins bipartisan support in the state Senate.
The bills would shift permitting authority over large wind and solar projects from local governments to the state. They have support from environmentalists, and opposition from local government advocates.
For years, Democrats have promised to improve Michigan’s failing grade on ethics and transparency. They’re now in power, but still haven’t done anything.
