National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an event that takes place across the United States, with partnerships between state departments of transportation (DOT), national road safety organizations, government agencies, private companies and individuals. With our mild winter, orange cones ...

Let’s put in perspective that $4,500 coffeemaker purchased by a politically connected recipient of a $20 million state economic development grant. While it’s a teeny drop in the $80.7 billion state budget, the purchase price of the fancy brewer took every dime of the state income taxes ...

We live in a wondrous place. Even in the heart of “the city,” you don’t have to go far to see the stars, or to feel like you’ve escaped into the wild. We cherish our resident nature, but our species is prone to blunder — and sometimes little errors get amplified. Hard to imagine ...

Although we suspect a lot of people are not going to be happy about it, we support measures working their way through the State Legislature that would allow counties to tighten enforcement of what tobacco products can be sold there. The Senate bills in the Regulatory Affairs Committee would ...

Call it common sense but legislation making its way through the State Legislature seems like a smart move to us. The measure, from state Rep. John Fitzgerald, D-Wyoming, would require schools to have a cardiac emergency response plan in place for all athletic events. It has passed the House ...

There’s an interesting brouhaha over Michigan’s Office of Auditor General and its budget for 2025. One of the OAG budget lines has a placeholder, which if not filled, would end up cutting the agency’s funding by 28 percent, or $8.3 million. The office, itself, is longstanding and ...