road funding

The Legislature returns to state Capitol Tuesday as lawmakers bargain over what to do before this session wraps up at the end of the year. One subject of negotiations is road funding.

The TRIP report finds people driving on poorly maintained roads lost commuting time due to congestion, and car repairs costs Michiganders $17 billion a year.

The Democratic governor pitched business leaders some of her big ideas Thursday at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Island policy conference.

Lawmakers revive debate over toll roads, an original production telling the stories of survivors of gender-based violence, and a biography on Madonna.

Road and bridge builders want the 6% sales tax on fuel to go toward road and bridge infrastructure. The bulk of that tax currently goes to the School Aid Fund.

An annual report by the County Road Association of Michigan says road commissions in the state face an underfunding problem of $2.4 billion.

The new report estimates it will cost $3.9 billion more annually than is currently being spent just to maintain Michigan’s roads and bridges.

As climate change intensifies, one thing's certain: We're going to start seeing more electric vehicles on the road. So how will companies like Ford break into a market currently dominated by Tesla? And are Michigan's EV drivers paying their fair share of road use taxes?

On today's show: the largest county jail in Michigan still bars visits due to pandemic rules, different ways to tax EVs for road money, unlocking the powers of ancient mint and how pandemic induced bias affected Asian-American owned small businesses.

It is a fact universally acknowledged that Michigan has terrible roads.Well, unless you are state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake), who…