Fuel or sales tax hikes are favored options among 300 Metro Detroit business owners and managers polled after Proposal 1 flopped on the state ballot this month.
Michigan roads
Posted inBusiness Bridge
Business blog: Lansing to begin fresh talk on roads bills
The Michigan Legislature will consider a Republican bill this week, with lengthy negotiations expected leading into the summer.
Posted inMichigan Government
Good roads or bad, Proposal 1 hated equally across Michigan
Think the counties with the poorest roads were more likely to vote yes? Think again. This is being called a historic defeat for a reason.
Posted inMichigan Government
With roads measure crushed, a search for Plan B
With the resounding defeat of Proposal 1 on Tuesday, it's unclear how Michigan's deteriorating roads will be fixed.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Yes, fixing the roads is an urgent need, but no, Proposal 1 isn’t the way to do it
An economist lists the problems with Proposal 1, and finds them, as a whole, too worrisome to justify a yes vote on May 5.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Who's to blame for Michigan's road woes?
There is no shortage of fancy electronic charts, graphs and statistics to document the crumbling state of Michigan’s streets and highways. Grand Rapids auto repair shop owner Jay Ziomkowski, though, charts it by the customers who walk through his door. He recalled a recent winter, when “the roads were just horrific. Certain sections were like […]