by Fix MI State | Jan 14, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
With leaders in Lansing bickering over how to fund much needed repairs for Michigan’s ailing roads and Gov. Whitmer’s proposed 45-cent gas tax DOA with the Republican controlled legislature, expect a new plan to be put forth in coming weeks. That according to MDOT...
by Fix MI State | Jan 14, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
With the Michigan Legislature returning to session, finding a new source for funding new road funding is top of mind for the governor and lawmakers. The governor is considering selling bonds to pay for the roads after GOP leadership rejected her gas tax increase...
by Fix MI State | Jan 7, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
The LSJ Editorial Board is a four-member body, speaking for the Lansing State Journal as an institution on issues that impact the community. We craft editorials to help elevate conversations around these topics, with the hope of positively affecting change in the...
by Fix MI State | Jan 6, 2020 | Roads & Bridges
It was a rocky first year of divided government, and none of Michigan’s leaders deny it. But Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Republican legislative leaders in the House and Senate say they’re going into 2020 wiser, relationships strengthened, to tackle the...
by Fix MI State | Jan 3, 2020 | Dams & Other
The Sturgis Dam was built more than a century ago as an economic development project for the city of Sturgis. Michigan’s first municipal water power plant, the dam became operational in 1911 along the St. Joseph River near the Langley Covered Bridge in Centreville....
