by Fix MI State | Sep 4, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
On Aug. 20, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer held a town hall in Munger to discuss a critical issue for farmers and agri-businesses: Improving Michigan’s infrastructure before it’s too late. It’s no secret Michigan’s critical infrastructure is in a state of crisis. Our roads are...
by Fix MI State | Sep 4, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
We all know that Michigan’s roads aren’t great, and despite a report earlier this year that said Michigan has the best drivers in the country, a new report from WalletHub found that Detroit is the worst city to drive in. The group compared the 100 largest...
by Fix MI State | Aug 26, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
The prevailing wisdom among Republican state legislators dead set against raising taxes to fund infrastructure is that poor roads are a problem for Democrats from urban and suburban areas of Michigan, not the largely outstate rural areas they represent. But this line...
by Fix MI State | Aug 21, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
As negotiations over the state budget ramp up in the Michigan legislature, lawmakers are mulling a number of different options on how to get more money towards roads, ranging from gas tax increases to letting local governments go to voters for additional revenue....
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
LANSING, Mich. — Leaders of Michigan business organizations that represent tens of thousands of employers across the state today joined together to urge the Legislature and Governor to include a comprehensive plan to fix the roads in the new state budget that...
by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2019 | Roads & Bridges
Michigan’s Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 45-cent gas tax increase has been on the table since March, but since that time there has been no other option to fix the state’s crumbling infrastructure put forward despite plenty of gripes about the sizable increase. Whitmer and...
