Shirkey ‘reviewing options’ after AG’s Line 5 opinion
Updated, 8:42 p.m., with Chatfield's comments
Republican leaders are considering their options — and some are vowing action — as Michigan’s attorney general and governor...
Report: Michigan should stop treating transit as a ‘social welfare program’
Michigan needs to rethink its approach to public transit, treating it as a “public utility” rather than as a “social welfare program.”
That’s according to...
Does Whitmer’s roads plan raise $2.5B or $1.9B? Here’s why it...
Most people don’t dispute that Michigan has some of the worst roads in the nation, but politicians are still squabbling over how to fix...
Detroit Chamber backs Whitmer’s gas tax hike
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's roads tax plan got a warm reception last week at a Detroit Regional Chamber luncheon and now the group is making...
6 Republicans vote against naming highway for Aretha Franklin
The state House on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to name a portion of M-10 in Detroit the Aretha L. Franklin Memorial Highway in honor of the...
O’Rourke: Shrinking middle class tied to attacks on unions
Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke barnstormed through Southeast Michigan on Monday, making a play for union workers who could be decisive in both the...
Susan J. Demas: Business leaders should call GOP’s bluff on Whitmer’s...
It’s almost springtime in Michigan, which means that it’s time for another glorious season of pothole roulette.
Nobody really denies that our roads are in...
Detroit chamber CEO: ‘Growing split’ with GOP, biz community on roads
Sandy Baruah, Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, said on Thursday that his organization believes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s $2.5 billion roads proposal...
Report: Bad roads cost Michiganders $14B per year
A new report underscores the notion that the state and drivers can pay more for infrastructure upfront, or continue paying a lot more down...
Washington Post endorses Whitmer’s gas tax, calls it a national ‘model’
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's 45-cent tax hike to fix roads has gotten plenty of negative local coverage, but she's picked up a big endorsement from...
