Blog tagged as State government

A top line of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy’s (EGLE) budget presentation before the House Appropriations Subcommittee Tuesday focused on landfill tipping fee increases, which would bring in an additional $80 million and create 36 full-time jobs.

The surface parking lots between the Ottawa Building and the Hall of Justice in downtown Lansing would be transformed into park space, complete with an amphitheater, sculpture garden and possibly another memorial, under a concept the Michigan State Capitol Commission is exploring.

The state is now one step closer to six new recognized religious holidays, after the full six-bill package establishing Islamic, Jewish, Hindu and other religious holidays passed the House, despite one absent Democratic member.

After the average per-prisoner cost of healthcare has grown by 34% in the last two decades, one researcher raises concern that the data isn't available to demonstrate why the extra spending is occurring and what health outcomes it is producing.

An email chain that included a statement from an unpaid advisor to the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy that showed up in Greek characters during a FOIA response was a coding glitch that can occur when messages are cut and pasted from some Microsoft word programs into an email.