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Citizens for Local Choice wants local governments to decide whether solar or wind farms can be built instead of state government.
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Environmentalists are concerned other municipal tree ordinances could be affected.
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A fight is brewing at the state Capitol over whether the Legislature should preempt local rules on expensive rental properties.Local governments and…
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Governor Rick Snyder says he would like to give Flint’s mayor "more authority." Flint has been under state oversight since 2011, when Snyder appointed the…
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Flint’s new mayor has laid out her priorities for her first hundred days in office. Not surprisingly, the plan largely reflects the issues she stressed in…
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Governor Rick Snyder has signed a bill that stops local governments from adopting their own ordinances that cover wages and working conditions.The new law…
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State lawmakers have sent Gov. Rick Snyder a bill that would ban local minimum wage and benefit laws. The bill does not apply to ordinances adopted before…
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Local minimum wage and benefit ordinances in place before this year would no longer be preempted by a controversial bill in the state Legislature.The…
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American public education has a strong tradition of neighborhood schools within locally-controlled school districts. But that’s changed in recent…
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Many communities across the state are deciding this week whether or not they should allow alcohol sales on Sunday morning. The state law allowing sales on…