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Editorial: Fill potholes with new online sales tax

Editorial: Fill potholes with new online sales tax

by Fix MI State | Aug 20, 2018 | Roads & Bridges

Any Michigan resident who has spent time traveling the country this summer knows how jarring it is to return to this state’s bumpy roadways. The Snyder administration would like to smooth out the roads with some additional funds that will be coming in from an expanded...
This app made by a Michigan native pokes fun at state’s rough roads

This app made by a Michigan native pokes fun at state’s rough roads

by Fix MI State | Aug 3, 2018 | Roads & Bridges

Badly paved roads are a constant headache for Michiganders. One Michigan native decided to take that headache and turn it into a game. Joey Stinson, 27, of Fenton, created “Get Up North,”an app where players swipe left and right to avoid potholes and those...
Flooding, bacteria prompt mass beach closures throughout U.P., Michigan

Flooding, bacteria prompt mass beach closures throughout U.P., Michigan

by Fix MI State | Jul 30, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

An unusually high number of beach closures and water contamination advisories is hitting Michigan at the height of this tourism season — most of them in an idyllic slice of the Upper Peninsula that was devastated by historic flooding. Health officials had closed...
Federal loans awarded to six Michigan rural water system improvement projects

Federal loans awarded to six Michigan rural water system improvement projects

by Fix MI State | Jul 23, 2018 | Stormwater & Wastewater

Six Michigan projects were granted federal loans to upgrade water and wastewater systems in rural communities this week. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week that $267 million in loans would be spread across 103 infrastructure projects across the...
Beach closures prompt questioning of how lakes, sewers are maintained

Beach closures prompt questioning of how lakes, sewers are maintained

by Fix MI State | Jul 19, 2018 | Michigan beaches, Drinking Water & Recreational Waters

Amid a blistering summer swelter, there has been something affecting Michiganders statewide: the number of park and beach closures as a result of abnormal levels of toxicity. Bacteria is so prevalent that the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, or MDEQ,...
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    October 10, 2025

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