COLUMBUS - Ohio cities are finally seeing their first marijuana tax dollars — and the early payouts show how uneven the results can be under a sales-based system. In January 2026, Ohio began distributing adult-use cannabis tax revenue to cities and villages for the first time since voters approved legalization in November 2023. The initial
ANN ARBOR - A proposed $1.2 billion high-performance computing facility backed by the University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory has become the latest flashpoint in Michigan’s escalating backlash against data centers — a debate now centered as much on electric rates as on land use or environmental risk. The project, planned for Ypsilanti
ANN ARBOR - When voters approve legal cannabis, the promise is usually straightforward: tax the industry and return the revenue to communities. In practice, it’s rarely that simple. Across the country, states have struggled to turn cannabis tax collections into timely funding for cities, counties, and public services. Ohio’s recent experience is just one example
COLUMBUS - Most people assumed Ohio’s marijuana revenue would work the same way legalization did. Fast. Sales would begin.Money would follow. That isn’t what happened. After voters approved Issue 2 in November 2023, recreational marijuana sales launched in August 2024. Dispensaries opened. Consumers showed up. Taxes were collected every day. Cities and villages waited. Not
ANN ARBOR - A growing number of millionaires and billionaires are publicly urging governments to raise taxes on the world’s wealthiest individuals, arguing that extreme inequality threatens economic stability, democratic institutions, and long-term growth. In an open letter released alongside global economic forums, wealthy signatories warned that current tax systems allow vast fortunes to accumulate
COLUMBUS - Ohio cannabis advocates are renewing their push to put the state’s marijuana laws back before voters — this time aiming squarely at Senate Bill 56, the sweeping legislative overhaul that rewrote large portions of the adult-use cannabis framework Ohioans approved at the ballot box just two years ago. The campaign, led by Ohio-based
WASHINGTON DC — The clock is ticking on the nation’s most important retirement program, and experts warn that continued political inaction could soon force automatic benefit cuts for millions of Americans — including retirees, disabled workers, and future beneficiaries now in the workforce. According to projections from the Social Security Administration, the retirement trust fund
DETROIT — Michigan helped build the industries that built America. Now, as those industries undergo the most significant transformation in generations, the state is moving to ensure workers, businesses and communities are prepared to adapt—and compete—in a rapidly changing global economy. At the Detroit Auto Show, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Community & Worker Economic
ANN ARBOR - As the United States heads into the 2026 election year, tariffs are quietly reshaping the political landscape — not through speeches about trade deficits, but through everyday prices. New economic research shows tariffs function less as a punishment on foreign competitors and more as a hidden tax on Americans, with disproportionate effects
ANN ARBOR - Automated speed enforcement in active construction zones aims to curb dangerous driving, protect workers, and reduce crashes across Michigan highways. Michigan drivers heading into the 2026 construction season will encounter tougher enforcement in work zones as the state rolls out automated speed cameras designed to slow traffic and protect road crews. The
