Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday that Michigan will have a mobility officer to coordinate all initiatives related to self-driving and connected cars, an effort she said will ensure the state is the go-to place for testing and producing vehicles of the future.

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Allies of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have released $750,000 worth of TV ads to support her plan to borrow $3.5 billion to roughly double construction spending on state-owned roads and bridges over five years.

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A Michigan state panel on Thursday authorized borrowing $3.5 billion to roughly double spending on state road and bridge construction over five years, hours after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the plan in her State of the State speech.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that she is working on an alternative roads plan to promote in her second year in office after the Legislature rejected a proposed 45-cents-a-gallon fuel tax increase, but she did not release details.

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The Republican-led Michigan Legislature gave approval Tuesday to $44.7 billion in state spending, including $400 million for roads and bridges.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican legislative leaders announced Monday that they will work to enact a state budget without including a long-term funding plan to repair the state's deteriorating roads.

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A top Democratic lawmaker says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's proposed 45-cents-a-gallon fuel tax increase is dead, and proposals such as raising the corporate income tax and taxing heavy trucks must be considered.

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The Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee waded into a Great Lakes regional controversy on Wednesday, calling for the defeat of a plan to build a disputed oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel that connects two of the lakes.

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Michigan's governor has signed legislation honoring the late Queen of Soul with a highway designation.

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The Michigan attorney general sued Thursday to shut down dual oil pipelines in the Great Lakes, saying they pose an "unacceptable risk."

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