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Michigan says it remains willing to contribute $8 million toward the initial stages of a project to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes.
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Read More »Audit: State gave gravel industry influence in faulty study (UPDATE)
The Michigan Department of Transportation gave the gravel industry considerable influence in a state-funded study that found looming shortages in materials used to build highways, possibly undermining the report's credibility and wasting taxpayers' money, auditors said Friday.
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Read More »Michigan lawmakers OK $400M for roads and bridges
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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Read More »Michigan Dem: 45-cent tax hike is dead, other options must be in mix
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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Read More »Records: Upper Peninsula mine approved despite concerns
Over and over, Michigan environmental regulators had sounded alarms as they reviewed a proposed large, open-pit ore mine in the Upper Peninsula near the Menominee River, prized for walleye fishing and being a tributary to Lake Michigan.
Read More »Democratic presidential hopeful Inslee opposes pipeline plan
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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Read More »Michigan governor OKs highway honor for Aretha Franklin
Michigan's governor has signed legislation honoring the late Queen of Soul with a highway designation.
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Read More »Plans move forward on $4.9M project at Great Lakes Museum
Plans are moving forward on $4.9 million in improvements at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Detroit's Belle Isle.
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Read More »Michigan AG sues to shut down oil pipeline in Great Lakes
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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Read More »Michigan officials: Testing will uncover more lead in water
Michigan officials on Wednesday began informing the public of tougher sampling rules they expect to result in more drinking-water systems exceeding limits for lead, a byproduct of new regulations enacted after Flint's troubles.
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