The state of Michigan will miss its goal of having net-zero emissions by 2050, according to John R. Christy, distinguished professor of atmospheric and earth sciences and State Climatologist at The ...

Michigan’s environmental agency could fine a Freeland man $1.7 million for deepening his own pond. From 2020-2023, Joshua Wenzlick expanded a small pond on his property. The state considers the land, ...

Former U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm awarded $14 billion in below-market loans to Michigan energy companies before leaving office, despite an Energy Department alert about conflicts of ...

The National Education Association is still shedding members, according to the latest edition of a report it filed with the federal government. The national labor union that represents teachers and ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appears to have reversed her plans for an all-electric vehicle future before President Donald Trump revoked a 2021 executive order that called for 50% of new vehicle sales to be ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke Wednesday at the Detroit Auto Show, urging lawmakers to create more taxpayer-funded jobs programs, just weeks after a new study found such programs often fail to create ...

The new TV show “Landman" questions whether solar energy and wind turbines can replace the energy created by fossil fuels. Billy Bob Thornton’s character, Tommy Norris, lectures a lawyer representing ...

Injecting more money into taxpayer-funded early education centers doesn’t necessarily bring better results, according to a recent study from the University of Virginia. Over the past 10 years, ...

Tom Gantert is the former Managing Editor of Michigan Capitol Confidential, a daily news site of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. When Gantert arrived at Capitol Confidential as Senior Capitol ...

The Troy School District adopted a new union contract with its teachers that limits and overtly discourages parents from visiting classroom.The provisions were put in place during the same timeframe ...

A recent legal dispute over parking spaces between the Michigan Nurses Association and a University of Michigan hospital is only the latest in a series of unusual conflicts in Michigan created by ...

Three months after an automotive company started construction on a factory in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming, the state’s economic development agency granted it $1.4 million. The Michigan Economic ...