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A Michigan lawmaker has been charged with seeking a bribe from a labor union in exchange for a vote to not overturn his state's prevailing-wage laws.
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Read More »Michigan governor halts Great Lakes pipeline tunnel project (UPDATE)
The Michigan attorney general has deemed unconstitutional a 2018 law that established a panel to oversee the construction and operation of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel linking lakes Huron and Michigan
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Read More »Michigan’s road salt storage sites need work, report says
About half of Michigan's road-salt warehouses are in poor condition.
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Read More »Michigan’s $52M for lock may speed construction, save money
Michigan's commitment of up to $52 million toward the construction of a new Great Lakes shipping lock could accelerate the project's completion by a year and save taxpayers $30 million.
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Read More »Planned Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel clears final hurdle
A proposal to run an oil pipeline beneath a waterway connecting two Great Lakes cleared its final hurdle on Wednesday, gaining approval of a Michigan panel created a week earlier in a dash to complete the deal before Republican Gov. Rick Snyder left office.
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Read More »Michigan Legislature passes Great Lakes oil-pipeline bill
The Michigan Legislature approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow the replacement of a 65-year-old oil pipeline in a Great Lakes waterway, voting to establish a state authority that would oversee the construction of a tunnel to encase a new segment of pipe.
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Read More »Michigan Senate OKs bill to enable Great Lakes pipeline deal
The Michigan Senate voted on Wednesday for a deal to replace a 65-year-old oil pipeline in the Great Lakes, approving legislation to empower a new authority to oversee the construction and operation of a utility tunnel that would encase the new pipeline.
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Read More »Michigan Senate to consider Straits oil pipeline legislation
Legislation poised to advance in Michigan's Senate would permit the Mackinac Bridge Authority to help carry out a deal to replace twin oil pipelines in a crucial Great Lakes channel.
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Read More »Outgoing Michigan governor pushing for Great Lakes pipeline
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to use the final weeks of his time in office to lock in a deal allowing the construction of a hotly debated oil-pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes — a plan his successor opposes but may be powerless to stop.
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Read More »Next Michigan governor: Roads, drinking water will top legislative agenda
Cleaning up contaminated drinking water and smoothing deteriorating roads will top the agenda for Michigan Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who said this week she hopes to find bipartisan consensus with the GOP-controlled Legislature.
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