LANSING - Department of Transportation Director Kirk Steudle said Thursday that the changes in the automated mobility sector in Michigan, since roughly a year ago when the Legislature was first considering legislation on the vehicles, have been "almost mind-boggling," detailing various partnerships across states and public as well as private entities. The legislation passed by
WASHINGTON DC - In a joint statement issued Monday by President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the two leaders said the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor will be a "vital economic link" between the United States and Canada. Trump becomes the third consecutive president to consider construction of the
LANSING - With increased but as of yet unsubstantiated talk of voter fraud from the administration of President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Ruth Johnson last week sent Vice President Mike Pence a letter including a five-point plan to address the recent concerns with voting issues nationwide. Johnson's recommendations to the federal government, which she
DETROIT - Errors by election workers in Detroit led to problems in the number of ballots not lining up with the number of people recorded as having voted in scores of precincts, a Bureau of Elections audit released Thursday found, and as a result the bureau plans comprehensive training to assist the city in better
LANSING - Businesses located in Michigan in border communities would be permitted to count as a "qualified new job" individuals who reside out-of-state or in Canada when applying for economic assistance from the 21st Century Investment Programs and Activities under legislation reported by a Senate committee Thursday. SB 40 is a reintroduction of a bill
ANN ARBOR - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said it will conduct a preliminary examination of a large dioxane plume in and around Ann Arbor that has gotten in the surface water system to establish if it would qualify for federal Superfund status. The Chicago office of the EPA notified local officials and the
LANSING - The Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday gathered to urge Congress to refrain from repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unless an alternative plan with the similar protections is established, Dr. Sharon Swindell, the president-elect of the Michigan chapter and a pediatrician in Ypsilanti, said 600,000 Michigan residents
LANSING - The surprising announcement some two weeks ago that Consumers Energy would end an agreement to by electric power from the Palisades nuclear plan has led the Public Service Commission on Tuesday to call on the utility to provide additional information on its decision. In its call for more information, the PSC has also
LANSING - The Department of Technology, Management and Budget did not ensure that it had identified the state's most critical technology systems and, for those it had identified, it did not ensure that they could be restored within deadlines, a report released Thursday by Auditor General Doug Ringler said. The state designates certain systems as
LANSING - The final legislative session day of the 98th Legislature concluded with passage of the legislation that has dominated the 2015-16 term - a wide-ranging rewrite of the state's energy laws. Governor Rick Snyder, who brokered the 11th-hour deal with the utilities and advocates for greater customer choice who fought bitterly for the past
