LANSING - Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof on Tuesday confirmed the end of several controversial initiatives passed by the Michigan House last week on a day otherwise consumed with recesses and caucuses. Among those proposals was a bill to tighten up voter identification (HB 6067), bills regulating picketing and striking workers (HB 4643 and HB
LANSING - The news that the aging and troubled Palisades nuclear power plant in Van Buren County would close in 2018 provided the latest twist to the ongoing energy debate in the Michigan House, where backers of legislation overhauling key regulations are down to three session days remaining to get a bill out of the
GRAND RAPIDS - Melissa Birnie interviews Cory Hohs, CEO/Cofounder of HAAS Alert to discuss HAAS Alert's journey to the top in the connected transportation industry with their mobile vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication platform. Hass Alert has received the 'Top 10 Automotive Startup of the Year' award by Fortune Magazine and the TiECon20 award at the recent TiECon Midwest Conference. They are
LANSING - Utility providers met a combined average of 121 percent of their electric energy savings targets and 117 percent of their natural gas energy savings targets in 2015, the Public Service Commission's latest report on utility energy optimization programs released Wednesday shows. The combined savings targets account for 1 percent of retail sales for
LANSING - Voters would be required to show a photo identification card while voting or within 10 days after the election at a local clerk's office to have their voted counted under legislation being considered in the Michigan House Elections Committee. The bills (HB 6066, HB 6067 and HB 6068) were introduced by Elections Committee
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP - The groundbreaking held Monday for a 335-acre site expected to become a global center for testing connected vehicles was hailed by assembled government leaders as putting Michigan on the forefront of the autonomous car movement. On hand were Gov. Rick Snyder, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, U.S. Sen. Gary Peters and U.S. Sen.
LANSING - A program that has provided health insurance to more than 600,000 working persons in the state - and that was approved after a major political struggle - faces an uncertain future with the election of President-elect Donald Trump, but most observers and officials involved in the creation of Healthy Michigan say they expect
LANSING - Passing a long-term energy policy remains a goal for both Democrats and Republicans in the House, and members are expected to study the proposal passed by the Senate and determine how much support it has when the Legislature returns for lame duck next month. House Minority Leader Sam Singh (D-East Lansing), who has
LANSING - On Friday, November 4, Republican National Committee Chair Reince Preibus contacted the Michigan Republican Party and informed it that RNC data modeling showed Republican Donald Trump winning Michigan by 8,000 votes. Michigan Republican Party Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel said it was that data that led to two visits in 24 hours from Trump,
LANSING - House Minority Leader Tim Greimel said Wednesday that Democrats need to spend some time analyzing why their message and presidential candidate in 2016 failed to resonate with a large amount of voters during Tuesday's election. Michigan and the rest of the country saw a significant wave for Republicans led by President-elect Donald Trump,
