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Are you ready to ride?" src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/CXTAPHJ3BRFMPCRY7H4FDCWSOE.jpg?auth=eb1addaf1e00649b94f7c278125b1c6a2a4ee4b20597ec1c28b51fe935af2911&width=500&quality=90" srcSet="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/CXTAPHJ3BRFMPCRY7H4FDCWSOE.jpg?auth=eb1addaf1e00649b94f7c278125b1c6a2a4ee4b20597ec1c28b51fe935af2911&width=800&quality=90 960w, https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/CXTAPHJ3BRFMPCRY7H4FDCWSOE.jpg?auth=eb1addaf1e00649b94f7c278125b1c6a2a4ee4b20597ec1c28b51fe935af2911&width=500&quality=90 308w," sizes="(min-width: 980px) 308px" width="300" height="200"/><h2 class="two-box-item__headline">Michigan has more than 4,000 miles of ORV trails. Are you ready to ride?</h2><div class="two-box-item__meta"><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743165470">1h ago</time><span>Lindsay Moore</span></div></div></a></article><article class="two-box-item"><a class="two-box-item__thumbnail-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/03/bridge-rebuild-will-require-i-96-lane-closures-in-west-michigan.html"><img class="two-box-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Bridge rebuild will require I-96 lane closures in West Michigan" src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/32DANEFZYZGQRMYQGCXQZ3RLOE.jpg?auth=bd5928ba569d05038892e72d5d09a9ff43d0907b16e1b7b92afd61f4bb2a6b5a&width=500&quality=90" srcSet="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/32DANEFZYZGQRMYQGCXQZ3RLOE.jpg?auth=bd5928ba569d05038892e72d5d09a9ff43d0907b16e1b7b92afd61f4bb2a6b5a&width=800&quality=90 960w, https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/32DANEFZYZGQRMYQGCXQZ3RLOE.jpg?auth=bd5928ba569d05038892e72d5d09a9ff43d0907b16e1b7b92afd61f4bb2a6b5a&width=500&quality=90 308w," sizes="(min-width: 980px) 308px" width="300" height="200"/><h2 class="two-box-item__headline">Bridge rebuild will require I-96 lane closures in West Michigan</h2><div class="two-box-item__meta"><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743165142">1h ago</time><span>Justin P. Hicks</span></div></div></a></article></div><div id="fusion-static-enter:undefined" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="undefined"></div><div class="html-embed"><div class="custom-html"><br></div></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:undefined" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="undefined"></div><ul class="river" id="river" aria-hidden="false" aria-labelledby="tab-stories"><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/03/three-michigan-law-school-deans-say-trumps-sanctions-on-law-firms-violate-the-constitution.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/AKVPRY2RHRBUXBFZVDAZVN7L4M.jpg?auth=ef3bf075679782d0d2767a38ffba46da8e626456956284c891696f9e95cf46d0&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Three Michigan law school deans say Trump’s sanctions on law firms violate the Constitution</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Deans from three of Michigan’s five law schools have signed onto a public letter condemning sanctions imposed on high-profile law firms by the Trump administration.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743154977">4h ago</time><span>Matthew Miller</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2025/03/protecting-social-security-medicaid-from-cuts-is-the-fight-of-our-lives-scholten-says.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten responds to questions on Thursday, March 27, 2025 during a town hall at Grand Rapids Christian High School in Grand Rapids, Mich. The event offered the public an opportunity to hear from Scholten on recent sweeping changes on the federal level, and to ask questions." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/SOM2EFJJUNBMFMU7EVLFSSKR4Q.jpg?auth=f6749209ab7d840b734fa53921e2fb72cefe2cf60c1c43ed32237e49667adfc6&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Protecting Social Security, Medicaid from cuts is ‘the fight of our lives,’ Scholten says</h2><p class="river-item__summary">U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Grand Rapids, urged residents at a town hall Thursday to “wake up and make some noise” in response to President Donald Trump’s budget cuts.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743113064">16h ago</time><span>Brian Mcvicar</span></div></div></a></li><div id="infeed-nativo1" class="river-item--nativo"></div><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/usda-cancels-47-million-food-delivery-to-michigan-food-banks.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="A view of donated food during a food bank distribution day at Hunger Solution Center, 940 E. Genesee Avenue in Saginaw, Mich., on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/MNCM3QC6D5FJXHINYNK5TRACEQ.JPG?auth=b228912e4a00c4fb20d8da00786bee1ef11ab963d935782aab74e306924a5cbf&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">USDA cancels $4.3 million food delivery to Michigan food banks</h2><p class="river-item__summary">The Food Bank Council of Michigan, which represents seven food banks across the state, said the deliveries would have included 2 million meals.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743094105">21h ago</time><span>Brian Mcvicar</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/03/heres-where-seasonal-weight-restrictions-are-being-lifted-on-michigan-roads.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="A Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) map of the state's seasonal road weight restrictions as of Monday, March 31, 2025." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/CNF6RHNXOBF4NFS6UX6SLLOWSI.jpg?auth=d2a5cfbf427b236b7d1b316495430432badd4986aaafcfbc16e5ea3d91a6465c&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">Here’s where seasonal weight restrictions are being lifted on Michigan roads</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Michigan will lift seasonal weight and speed restrictions on some Lower Peninsula routes on Monday, March 31. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1743085510">23h ago</time><span>Justin P. Hicks</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/03/michigans-car-seat-law-is-about-to-change-heres-what-to-know.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Michigan's car seat law is changing in April. Parents with young children will want to brush up on changes to Michigan’s vehicle safety law taking effect next week. " src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/XPD6SVLCKVFUZAAZG52UYW7KFU.JPG?auth=07bd9818a2343fa11ec72e3b2f843bbc3b2f5f6a0e0ea06e5285ed4a8fa1bbb2&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Michigan’s car seat law is about to change. Here’s what to know</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Michigan's car seat law is changing in April. Parents with young children will want to brush up on changes to Michigan’s vehicle safety law taking effect next week. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1742994075"></time><span>Justin P. Hicks</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/03/see-which-michigan-hospitals-have-the-highest-c-section-rates.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Your hospital choice could double your C-section risk in Michigan. Sixteen hospitals reported rates of cesarean births for low-risk, first-time mothers that were above the ideal mark in a new national report." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/FKDRYZKVL5BHBP265X2GQ4OKEA.jpg?auth=6173f0ce27b7159f8e1b1373099d8a8267201fbd0df3c66220b6fe55ba6da09c&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">See which Michigan hospitals have the highest C-section rates</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Your hospital choice could double your C-section risk in Michigan. Sixteen hospitals reported rates of cesarean births for low-risk, first-time mothers that were above the ideal mark in a new national report. </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1742988621"></time><span>Justin P. 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An interactive version, with the school and data behind it, can be found lower in the story." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/32U43UTZMBGATM7LU55BJMXBHU.png?auth=0519079e4463e06ff61b28d2bc949028952752b95355ac013810a4af99ad8616&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">The most popular college choice for each Michigan school district</h2><p class="river-item__summary">Michigan State was the most popular college for high school grads last year, but many other universities and community colleges were No. 1 for individual school districts.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1742975100"></time><span>Scott Levin</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/03/newspapers-duking-it-out-on-the-lake-michigan-shore-reach-a-truce.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="A copy of the Friday, March 21, 2025, edition of the Oceana Echo, held by Paul Erickson, board chairman of Echo Publishing, Inc." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/JCHXXRS5EVCMFAS66VFMBO224A.jpg?auth=3f5acf8e6215e8878b43e2f4a73970f7328224fcbf5c4a79e74e32338eb130dd&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"> <h2 class="river-item__headline">Newspapers duking it out on the Lake Michigan shore reach a truce</h2><p class="river-item__summary">The frontpage headline on Friday’s edition of the Oceana Echo was a jubilant “Case dismissed.” </p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1742972400"></time><span>Matthew Miller</span></div></div></a></li><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/03/5-michigan-companies-to-lay-off-559-workers-in-march.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="Five Michigan companies were scheduled to lay off 559 workers in March, according to notices of layoffs and closures reported to the state." src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/v2/K5FMWAEFPVG5ZEE5IC42PMUK4U.JPG?auth=7a370b4c6b59827a20e853e59d7352399409f10a913c5a2bf45e1fdd57875a84&width=180&quality=90" loading="lazy" width="180" height="120"/></div><div class="river-item__content"><h2 class="river-item__headline">5 Michigan companies to lay off 559 workers in March</h2><p class="river-item__summary">From manufacturers shutting down factories to big-box retailers closing “underproductive” stores, 559 Michigan workers are expected to lose their jobs in March.</p><div class="article__details--byline"><time class="" dateTime="1742914566"></time><span>Ehren Wynder</span></div></div></a></li><div id="infeed-nativo2" class="river-item--nativo"></div><li class="river-item"><a class="river-item__headline-link" href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/03/gop-lawmakers-ask-us-supreme-court-to-review-michigans-voting-laws.html"><div class="river-item__image"><img class="river-item__thumbnail-image" alt="A group of GOP lawmakers has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a challenge to Michigan voting laws earlier approved by voters. 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forest and land management tool in Michigan said the change could be positive for the environment, even if it means air pollution regulations are loosened on the days of prescribed fires. Others, though, say clean air protections should not be weakened because excessive smoky conditions can cause significant health impacts."},{"_id":"FTZQJTA6AFDJ7KJCCYTFSXJYCU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The move was <a href=\"https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-launches-biggest-deregulatory-action-us-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">announced earlier this month</a> as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping deregulation efforts. Officials said the goal is to help communities protect themselves from devastating wildfires that burn out of control and destroy homes and businesses, like the massive Los Angeles fires. "},{"_id":"XUHNZCONNVHKTEJ2OVGAILUHJM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The challenge is to use prescribed fire without the associated smoke pollution causing communities to fall out of what regulators call “attainment” of national air quality standards."},{"_id":"AGUJQRXP3RDRDPW2FTJWJ5W7XE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“EPA plays an important role in ensuring the best forest management practices while protecting human health and the environment. Revisiting this rulemaking will ensure that EPA doesn’t get in the way of making preventative efforts like prescribed burns easier to protect communities,” said Lee Zeldin, EPA administrator, in a statement."},{"_id":"2HS2TH7OUNHS7EP4K6CLIZ3IRQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Prescribed fires or controlled burns are used nationwide by conservation experts to consume excess forest fuels, such as plant debris, or dead and downed trees. That process reduces the intensity of any future fires and provides regenerative ecological benefits."},{"_id":"2UG7NX7AEJHHZJDKVWTVHCAN2Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Under current federal rules, days with smoky conditions from wildfires can be excluded from annual air quality measurements because they are “not reasonably controllable and not reasonably preventable.” For example, <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/12/michigan-wants-to-exclude-2023-wildfire-smoke-days-from-pollution-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Michigan requested nine days in 2023 be excluded</a> from air quality calculations because of smoky plumes from Canadian wildfires."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{"locality":"Grand Rapids","region":"Michigan"},"auth":{"1":"5b1069d747d0997236f58bfbfae33d5ee7d2c82ffb3e7884859a17bd8d108f8f"},"caption":"Smoke from wildfires in Canada blankets Grand Rapids on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in this file photo. 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That’s why states and tribes <a href=\"https://www.epa.gov/air-quality-implementation-plans/basic-information-about-air-quality-sips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">responsible for monitoring ambient air quality</a> to meet national standards may limit the use of prescribed fires as a forestry tool."},{"_id":"QUIDUQ4XAZHETNFQXPBOAEWPFY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"If the EPA changes this rule, data about fine particulate matter and other pollutants collected by air monitoring devices on days of prescribed fires could be excluded from annual averages, just like with wildfires."},{"_id":"NHXI7MEEUZGKXLAHLV6MPUGEWM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Michigan state officials said the proposed rule change hasn’t yet officially been made by the EPA, but they will respond should that happen."},{"_id":"5PELEKUOFRHOZKRWHUB7VHQY2M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The state Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy collects and analyzes air quality data, while the state Department of Natural Resources sometimes uses prescribed fire as a land treatment for conservation goals."},{"_id":"B3UYU54YV5CFNIAV2F2Z7TCBHY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Representatives of the Michigan Prescribed Fire Council said the nonprofit group supports measures that increase the safe use of prescribed fire, which enhances ecosystems and reduces wildfire risk. The nonprofit group is a network of conservation experts who advocate using controlled burns to benefit Michigan’s fire-adapted habitats."},{"_id":"6RYZWZHPVRCFJCZ2I2NN5NMATU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Michigan State University Professor Gary Roloff, a forestry and biodiversity expert, said the policy shift may be a “step in the right direction.” However, he said one hurdle is how many forests nationwide have so much fuel built up that they cannot be safely burned with prescribed fire without first having some mechanical removal of fuels."},{"_id":"REBDTMIG5BEAZHTTUPAKTSJNKU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I know that is the condition of many of the forests in the arid parts of the western states,” Roloff said."},{"_id":"I7G662BCKNB6FMESCUMMMV2Q7Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A tribal elder from Harbor Springs said he, too, thinks this move by the Trump administration may be a net positive for the environment. 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"},{"_id":"GOS7QFMRJJBEFF3JXXFBW7UOCY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“There’s a lot of regulations that are going away that I think are important and we need them. This is one spot of potential deregulation that could make sense in my mind.”"},{"_id":"NANXH64SMJB7BEBX3QK7BFQDWI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But not all environmental advocates support this possible federal rule change."},{"_id":"GXLZ7XFCCZG5HKHCC7P3ALTSUE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Nick Leonard, executive director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, said national ambient air quality standards established by the Clean Air Act are a key public health protection. He said those standards ensure that all people, regardless of where they live, have access to safe air."},{"_id":"4I4IJ5YEN5CYHL45JZZSRY3UTY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“While prescribed burns may make sense from a conservation standpoint, it doesn’t make sense to exclude the pollution from them when assessing whether Michiganders have safe air to breathe,” Leonard said."},{"_id":"WNGK5SGEOFGUVEO7KEGKYHMTLQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Doing so would mean more Michiganders would be living with unsafe levels of air pollution, leading to increased significant health impacts, including more asthma hospitalizations.”"},{"_id":"VAEOUNJAZJFZDDIY52CV2GB27Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Leonard also said this proposed rule change would likely disproportionally impact urban areas because rural spaces may be better able to absorb the increase in air pollution without going above health-based standards. 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That information is then incorporated into pavement life forecasts by the Transportation Asset Management Council."},{"_id":"XY56M6IEFBGVPES2D3JPQYSIVY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Dennis said those forecasts consistently overestimate the rate of pavement deterioration, which is likely leading to an overestimation of the amount of additional annual funding needed to improve Michigan’s roads."},{"_id":"ONJIZLUQHFEL7FCUEJ54HGVX2M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“When you hear that figure that we need <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/03/michigan-facing-39b-deficit-in-road-funding-new-report-finds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/03/michigan-facing-39b-deficit-in-road-funding-new-report-finds.html\">$3.9 billion</a> per year to get our road system in decent condition, that is based on this data and these forecasts,” he said. “I think that estimate should be critically reviewed.”"},{"_id":"TYEPWUFMO5FPLLAZKHWOGPBZR4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Dennis said there are objective engineering options to get International Roughness Index ratings on things like rutting, cracking and faulting. 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"},{"_id":"ULORNWN4I5EOJDOA4JU32PLNH4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"They can also affect newborn health, increasing the likelihood of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission due to breathing difficulties."},{"_id":"HEZHVFRDNRHNJFW3NMDQ6WOZ7I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Leapfrog Group considers the benchmark C-section rate for first-time mothers carrying a single, full-term baby in a head-down position to be 23.6%."},{"_id":"SU7AJYRD4NGDZNJXWKB6KOA47A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In 2024, Michigan’s average rate came in higher than the benchmark at 25.7%, and only 25% of the state’s 60 reporting hospitals had a rate at or below that threshold. 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"},{"_id":"XG6YRG5KYZA27OLAOF6BE3JUG4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The Michigan couple spent years going through a grueling fertility process and eventually turned to egg donation. After having four children, they were left with one cryogenically preserved embryo."},{"_id":"FDWTJMTFRFDP5PWXBUIFVLRZTI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Now divorced, Sarah Markiewicz, 47, wants to use the embryo to have another child, but David Markiewicz, 47, doesn’t want more kids. "},{"_id":"ZXIQ3NW5GZETLGZ45I634M7E7I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"After bouncing around lower courts for five years, the complex dispute between Sarah and David Markiewicz is now going before the Michigan Supreme Court. The case could end up creating a road map for how Michigan settles disputes over frozen embryos moving forward. 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"},{"_id":"ZMQPMTMSBNEUPMZA2WINEPO44Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Not longer after that, the Markiewiczes conceived their second child naturally."},{"_id":"FEYWNGFFJREVDKWR4U66EENGTE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Wanting a third child, Sarah Markiewicz wasn’t able to pregnant again. So, the then-married couple turned back to Sarah’s sister who produced three viable eggs. They decided to implant two of the fertilized embryos and Sarah became pregnant with twins. "},{"_id":"5M44SYY5N5BVTIBI7TXHFKREDU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The fact that it worked is a miracle,” said David Markiewicz. “And our twins are wonderful.” "},{"_id":"4KLHUO66BVB45KWSGK5CN6SJ2E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Their kids are now 13, 11 and the twins are 9 years old. "},{"_id":"2H5ZFKW2NVFFXB6EK4KV23YSK4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"One embryo remains stored in extremely cold temperatures with liquid nitrogen at a Warren facility. "},{"level":3,"_id":"5EZOEWBE6JBTNK4BXPDCSOXIAA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>A winding case splits the courts </b>"},{"_id":"V3DP4PBZQBGXDKRHYSZV2WLP3Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"After a decade of marriage, the Markiewiczes began divorce proceedings in 2019. "},{"_id":"LFLASLIHYFEKNNXQF7Y4WTTAJI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Like any divorce, they split property, hammered out custody details and untangled their lives. "},{"_id":"W54AB3Z23RHJ7IY4LUBYIC742Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But disagreement over the embryo became a sticking point – going back and forth between courts as judges wrestled with who should get it. "},{"_id":"ULR3I43MLJFTFEVS2O6PJVVHPI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The court must consider weighing the interests of both parties as they relate to the frozen pre-embryos,” Kitaba said. “And in assessing those interests, we also consider the constitutional rights of the parties, what the equities are, what the potential harms might be as well.”"},{"_id":"7UFIX62UTRAEDAG2J3UOSDCRBY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The issue first landed in Macomb County Circuit Court in the fall of 2020."},{"_id":"JXWDIG2HW5GRPGJHDGC3NOCI3M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"At a hearing, Sarah Markiewicz’s attorney argued this would be her “last chance to have children.” But David Markiewicz emphasized he did not want another child, and his attorney argued the embryo was “more his than hers” because it’s his DNA. 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"},{"_id":"RYV255Q4KZBY5BTW37JDDAITC4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Because of that, the appeals court reversed Switalski’s decision and kicked the case back, directing the circuit court to use a newly adopted legal framework for deciding frozen embryos fights. "},{"_id":"NPW63ZAB2ZAPXCX5BFOW56YNFY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"This meant applying a “blended approach” that requires courts to first examine any fertility contracts that could determine the case then balance other factors at stake. "},{"_id":"2ILNMEEK3JA5JLPL4EQAEJNZ54","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"First looking at a contract, the Markiewiczes signed an agreement that stated it was the couple’s intention to have any unused embryos “transferred back to my uterus at a later cycle.” In the event of a divorce, ownership would be determined by a court. "},{"_id":"HSJQDD5K3FCVNJPU3X5YXRMVVQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But the court also weighed the heavy emotional positions of both parties: Sarah Markiewicz, now in her late 40s, wants to preserve her ability to have children, however, there are massive implications of “imposing unwanted parenthood on David.” "},{"_id":"T56MJLWVFBBY3I6HGSFMGES6BM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"For Sarah Markiewicz, it was always her plan to implant the third embryo. "},{"_id":"5S4V6PUYNVGLNCGOEMC22SQ3EY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“It’s part of the family,” she said. “There were three little embryos in a dish. Part of that process, two of them were picked and the third one was still there.” "},{"_id":"HKQJ6YF25JF4XBPUDOOSUGX5CM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Markiewicz considers the embryo to be her last opportunity to have a child genetically close to her twins – a triplet, she told the court. And she wouldn’t require David Markiewicz play a parental role or pay child support if a baby is born."},{"_id":"2ILY4NCFQJG2RJTCOON2X4B5KI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Nicholas Curcio, Markiewicz’s attorney, says those factors should tip the scales in her favor. "},{"_id":"PFHDP5SNGBHVDKPNSF25WTGK4A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We believe this minimizes the harm to her ex-husband and puts this case in a situation where we really believe that her interests should prevail,” he said. "},{"_id":"KRLWYOVYPNBZ3GUHZHUOFULWNA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But for David Markiewicz, he doesn’t want more children, especially now that he’s divorced. He told the court the embryo is his genetic property, and as appeals court judges wrote in another unpublished opinion, he would suffer “mental anguish” not being a part of his biological child’s life. "},{"_id":"XUBSVVVANVA5PCU53DBRPBNF2U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“As far as I’m concerned, my family status is complete,” he said. “I have four beautiful children I love very much. I’m not looking to have other kids.”"},{"_id":"3LBPVJLPPFAFJAZ34C7YQ5VVX4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"If the court awards David Markiewicz the embryo, he would donate it or have it discarded. "},{"_id":"VBNUK3RYRVCTNCUV2Y4U3FRRGE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"His attorney, Trish Haas, says these arguments should be considered carefully, and for David Markiewicz, it’s about the right to choose how to use his genetic property. Additionally, she thinks the courts should consider the harms of David Markiewicz not playing a role in the child’s life. "},{"_id":"VLS24GZ3SBBPNH2IXLMLWVNMOY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“More importantly, we would think about the emotional impact to his other children of having a child with the genetic material of the father and yet they’re already divorced,” she said. “There’s so many considerations and it’s not just mother’s wishes.”"},{"_id":"MWEZERRYI5FV3DIJBPNB7M75RY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Using the blended framework, Switalski again awarded the embryo to David Markiewicz. "},{"_id":"E7XRK5GHZFFNJPAKPFLM23DHHQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Switalski addressed the contract then moved to the “second part of the equation” balancing factors like David Markiewicz’s and Sarah Markiewicz’s finances, their ages and why they used IVF in the first place. He also noted it doesn’t matter how many kids the couple already has: “That’s a groundless argument. Everyone is precious if you have them.” "},{"_id":"ITJXUJ2ILRGG5ODOL2V42GTGWQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The prevailing factor was that it’s David Markiewicz’s sperm and not Sarah Markiewicz’s egg. "},{"_id":"46YHPCSH2JEA7CSUCM3TPCWX6A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“It’s his DNA prior to implementation,” Switalski said. “So, in terms of the balancing of the equities, she could go another way.”"},{"_id":"7PVP2ZPYR5H5VIOKIWTRUN5SWY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"On a second appeal in 2023, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed that decision noting it would be less equitable for “Sarah to birth a child with David’s DNA against his wishes” as opposed to “the inequity Sarah would suffer” from not having the child. But one judge dissented saying he would award the embryo to Sarah Markiewicz because of the existing fertility contract. "},{"_id":"C74DTC7OXFDLLCLKTOSALPW6FY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Sarah Markiewicz then asked the Michigan Supreme Court last March to review the case."},{"_id":"NR7M45UAVRFALNGHCNEXSV52KQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The high court will now hear arguments to decide whether the lower courts properly considered the fertility contract, if the courts fairly balanced the equities and if <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2022/11/the-abortion-rights-and-potential-legal-fights-coming-after-michigans-prop-3-won.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2022/11/the-abortion-rights-and-potential-legal-fights-coming-after-michigans-prop-3-won.html\">Michigan’s recent constitutional amendment</a> for reproductive rights impacts the case. "},{"_id":"IQXSNCU4ORHS3JUVPTIDNCAUZU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"If the court decides to rule on the case, it could have broader implications for Michigan. "},{"level":3,"_id":"Z62GRVRQRRE5BJXILXMYFICRU4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"<b>A framework for embryo cases</b>"},{"_id":"QOXPUPTPENELFND5ZW3FMN6S3E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"When deciding the case, the appeals court leaned on rulings from other states because Michigan has very little case law on frozen embryos. "},{"_id":"4RNKWTMOT5GCVJIOGH6E4K3DL4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The Michigan Supreme Court has not yet established a clear standard for resolving disputes over the disposition of cryogenically preserved embryos in divorce proceedings,” lawyers from the State Bar of Michigan’s Family Law Section wrote in a brief last September. "},{"_id":"YSQJVG7P4ZEZFIKXXEV7TBWM7I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"These disputes are becoming more common as <a href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/14/a-growing-share-of-americans-say-theyve-had-fertility-treatments-or-know-someone-who-has/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/09/14/a-growing-share-of-americans-say-theyve-had-fertility-treatments-or-know-someone-who-has/\">fertility treatments are on the rise</a>. Because of that, courts have wrestled with what to do with frozen embryos when couples split up. But without national guidance, each state has settled it differently. "},{"_id":"L6KUL7DDENH4NHETZMLHWLWNVA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Some states like Colorado have created guidelines for courts to balance the interests of parties. Texas recently rejected an argument that embryos should be considered “unborn children” and upheld a couple’s contract. 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Both the House and Senate versions seek another five years for the GLRI funded at $500 million annually."},{"_id":"LPK4FYROONBSHDKMEWGCTET2UI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"During President Donald Trump’s first term, his 2017 federal budget proposal completely zeroed out funding for the GLRI and <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/2017/03/trump_great_lakes_backlash.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">was met with enormous backlash</a> across the upper Midwest. For years, Trump continued to threaten funding cuts to the program until 2019, when he <a href=\"https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/03/29/trump-swiftly-reverses-own-position-on-great-lakes-restoration-project-in-michigan-speech/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">flipped his position during a speech in Grand Rapids</a> when he said “it’s time” for full funding for the GLRI at $300 million a year."},{"_id":"NM7WRBKL7ND47LO4ENAYJGYZ5Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Experts recently said they <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/03/piping-plovers-will-die-at-sleeping-bear-because-of-trump-cuts-experts-say.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">worry there will be piping plover deaths</a> at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this season because of dramatic cuts to staffing and spending at the national park, which is widely known as the stronghold of the Great Lakes population. They argue there won’t be enough plover monitors to cover the park’s 35 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline."},{"_id":"XWOIIPQMORC3RH33JNJYLPQYCU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Plovers build nests with tiny pebbles along sandy and rock-strewn Great Lakes shorelines. Sections of public beach are often fenced off to keep people and pets away from identified plover nests. Sometimes scientists will even install wire cages over a nest to keep predators away."},{"_id":"JHQPFYBM7JH5FDXIEJ2MUCY46Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Conservation scientists also developed a <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2024/07/up-north-facility-fosters-endangered-great-lakes-piping-plovers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">captive-hatching and rearing program</a> based at the University of Michigan Biological Station near Pellston for the times when nests are abandoned, damaged in weather, or adults are killed by predators."},{"_id":"D4SUHQCUWVCC3NIDWXOPPVSSUI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The migratory Great Lakes piping plover was first protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act four decades ago when its numbers dipped as low as 12 pairs. The dramatic decline in the birds was largely blamed on habitat loss from development along Great Lakes shorelines."},{"_id":"BH6CYIV2CZDJZBJABU2J2QQHUU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Learn more about conservation efforts for the endangered species across the entire Great Lakes by visiting <a href=\"https://www.greatlakespipingplover.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.greatlakespipingplover.org/\">www.greatlakespipingplover.org</a> online."},{"_id":"S66CQTYMEBHELHZJHZOGHF4QC4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Related articles:</b>"},{"_id":"LAGITYQXNBGAXAMLVBY37SPAQA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/03/piping-plovers-will-die-at-sleeping-bear-because-of-trump-cuts-experts-say.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\"><b>Piping plovers ‘will die’ at Sleeping Bear because of Trump cuts, experts 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"},{"_id":"TIZF3TC635ATJIYRE7VCRZF6TE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Its queue has more than 300 gigawatts of projects in it, <a href=\"https://emp.lbl.gov/generation-storage-and-hybrid-capacity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://emp.lbl.gov/generation-storage-and-hybrid-capacity\">nearly quadruple what it was five years ago</a> and including <a href=\"https://cdn.misoenergy.org/GIQ%20Web%20Overview272899.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://cdn.misoenergy.org/GIQ%20Web%20Overview272899.pdf\">some 40 gigawatts in Michigan</a>, per a MISO database. For context, the record peak electric demand for the entire 15-state system is about 127 gigawatts. "},{"_id":"7WJ4KOGYZNCU3BTAYAKERFZA4I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"As more and more line up, the studies become more complicated and the modeling more difficult. There’s also a shortage of engineers who can do the work, Jester said. "},{"_id":"BUXPA4TMD5D3TK52KUSROTJHVA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Some say the system is fundamentally broken."},{"_id":"HQMJTX4C4NBTXNBNWWAF4HVPPU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Transmissions costs sink projects</b>"},{"_id":"JKBHRKYI6VGE5EYRH7JLDMIKNY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The point of the process is to arrive at a bill for necessary upgrades to allow the power plants to connect, but those costs can sometimes shift unexpectedly or exceed the price of the projects themselves, leaving developers to walk away, Jester said."},{"_id":"63RKVC5V65GJRJ4ZY5NEMAHOK4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Each new power plant must pay for those upgrades itself, which can be like footing the bill to add a lane to a freeway."},{"_id":"TWZUUP3DEZDD3F65WE7UV52LD4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“If you create congestion on the highway, MDOT doesn’t say, ‘No, you can’t build your plant until we widen the highway,’” Jester said, but that’s how the grid in the Midwest works."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"copyright":"Rachel Ellis | MLive","address":{},"auth":{"1":"4aeefe89aa4e245afc7086260acbc0d33663e00d513e9a11f470b3d9d8e4cda7"},"caption":"A view of a wind turbine on DTE Energy's Gratiot County Wind Farm on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 in Breckenridge, MI. 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Research shows <a href=\"https://eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/default/files/berkeley_lab_2022.10.06-_miso_interconnection_costs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">as queues have grown, required upgrades have become even more pricey.</a>"},{"_id":"HMDC3G5QKVFXZAB3B5AZUS5J6Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Key Capture Energy submitted <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2023/11/michigan-first-in-midwest-to-set-power-storage-benchmark.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Michigan energy storage projects</a> – essentially big shipping container-sized batteries that can capture renewable energy and release it to the grid when it’s needed – to the queue back in 2022."},{"_id":"RTEJZNLO4VEZ5FOXX567MHOKSQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":" “It’s been over two years, we still don’t know the final cost of interconnection for that process because they’re still doing studies,” said Julian Boggs, director of state policy for the company."},{"_id":"Q7ZPUHXGMFG2FAT2IAA5YSJXWA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Because of the uncertainty, Boggs says developers are incentivized to submit more speculative projects to find out how much hooking up to the grid will cost. "},{"_id":"LYIBEPEIRRDTJGWYYAWQNJXLGI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“From our view, we’ve still got some huge challenges with the queue,” he said."},{"_id":"D6ZOQAV63REUVPQBTU5KIPYCYQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"And as projects drop from the line, transmission operators must keep restudying the projects to reflect the changing burden posed by those that remain, and connection cost estimates can shift."},{"_id":"OQXBG6PGZRHKZKZRBDE5G27PWQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“That’s the mess we have on our hands,” Jester said."},{"_id":"NSWIHZMRARE2BP5XAE3CPAR5GI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Build more power lines, some say</b>"},{"_id":"5GSSRBTSCFHQLMYMZJP5TEKTRY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Even when power plants move through the yearslong process of grid connection, another roadblock is the transmission system itself, high-voltage lines that whisk power great distances."},{"_id":"EQGJ3PELU5FJJJXIHW3VKBSOIQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A lack of capacity on those lines <a href=\"https://www.utilitydive.com/news/repeat-project-carbon-emissions-transmission-report/687446/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.utilitydive.com/news/repeat-project-carbon-emissions-transmission-report/687446/\">hinders energy development nationwide</a>. For example, take the Great Plains states of Nebraska and the Dakotas, with abundant wind, Jester said."},{"_id":"WJ3ZEQRSUFFXBARDYQLFJTQYSI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Turbines often can’t be built there because the lines can’t handle transporting the power to urban centers in the Midwest, and developers can’t afford the necessary upgrades on their own, Jester said."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"0e3bba8f76dfce0bd2229646d7f39dbb4693240b8f544acae80427cb19b77cad"},"caption":"A high-voltage power transmission line that runs through public trust land in Otsego County's Hayes Township, seen on Oct. 18, 2024. 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Her recent work is focused on climate change and biodiversity loss, and the energy transition to renewable sources.","fuzzy_match":false,"firstName":"Sheri","books":[],"podcasts":[],"awards":[],"location":"Traverse City","_id":"smcwhirt","status":true}},"type":"author","version":"0.5.8","url":"","slug":""}]},"subtitle":"High-voltage power transmission line in Hayes Township","width":5184,"creditIPTC":"Sheri McWhirter","_id":"OFX7O4FPNJE7TEMITFKOBZTUAQ","additional_properties":{"fullSizeResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/OFX7O4FPNJE7TEMITFKOBZTUAQ.JPG?auth=0e3bba8f76dfce0bd2229646d7f39dbb4693240b8f544acae80427cb19b77cad","keywords":[],"proxyUrl":"/resizer/v2/OFX7O4FPNJE7TEMITFKOBZTUAQ.JPG?auth=0e3bba8f76dfce0bd2229646d7f39dbb4693240b8f544acae80427cb19b77cad","link":"","originalUrl":"https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/OFX7O4FPNJE7TEMITFKOBZTUAQ.JPG","published":true,"resizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/OFX7O4FPNJE7TEMITFKOBZTUAQ.JPG?auth=0e3bba8f76dfce0bd2229646d7f39dbb4693240b8f544acae80427cb19b77cad","ingestionMethod":"manual","thumbnailResizeUrl":"/resizer/v2/OFX7O4FPNJE7TEMITFKOBZTUAQ.JPG?auth=0e3bba8f76dfce0bd2229646d7f39dbb4693240b8f544acae80427cb19b77cad&width=300","version":3,"originalName":"IMG_5898.JPG","mime_type":"image/jpeg","restricted":false,"template_id":7,"galleries":[{"headlines":{"basic":"Michigan public trust land in Otsego County considered for solar"},"_id":"TNA7KUWQ4VEWBD2BTYITIS67GM"},{"headlines":{"basic":"See some of the 420 acres of DNR land proposed for solar development"},"_id":"HQ4WUUKNXJADZEZJPWJ3JTVRAU"}]},"created_date":"2025-01-02T14:59:51Z","last_updated_date":"2025-01-13T15:20:37Z","height":3888,"image_type":"photograph"},{"_id":"JJJ2364YBZDELKN5EDRHO6R3VE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Peters faults MISO for a lack of consistent investment in “backbone” transmission lines that would alleviate the problem. Recently, MISO has approved <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/12/more-big-power-line-projects-coming-to-michigan-under-massive-22b-rollout.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">two batches</a> of multibillion- dollar long-range transmission projects crisscrossing multiple states, including Michigan."},{"_id":"VJUKYLXA4VE67FGLGLOKBRG7LA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But they take years to be built and can <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/08/were-just-getting-bulldozed-michigan-power-line-projects-spark-pushback.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">spark local opposition</a>."},{"_id":"RLMOXX6JINFWXCOQ7OVF3AL6G4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The problem was they didn’t do the backbone planning for 10 years. They sat on it. And by the time they started … it was way, way overdue,” Peters said."},{"_id":"RWVBDHBMLRGNVFGY5CDHQ5GUZI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In a statement, MISO spokesperson Brandon Morris said the projects, once complete, will reduce upgrade costs for future power projects, enabling more of them to come online. "},{"_id":"VDJ6PRE4XRFV7FNDC47UR74LUU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"MISO’s <a href=\"https://www.misoenergy.org/planning/multi-value-projects-mvps/#t=10&p=0&s=Updated&sd=desc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">first major transmission buildout</a> was 2011, and its “forward-looking planning process” has been cited as a national model, he said."},{"_id":"XF6AD2JOFZBS7NFGGTFF723RGA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Project delays, cancelations hit home in Michigan</b>"},{"_id":"F7BFSRATYZDS7PA4TRDWKYFAOY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The grid uncertainty trickles down to rural Michigan, where renewable energy projects promise a big windfall."},{"_id":"AI4WG7WZS5AMJE6TN357DCGO6Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Steve Vaughan knows this all too well. He’s a Huron County commissioner and sits on the planning commission in Meade Township, population 691, which is hosting part of the DTE solar farm that will lease the Ritters’ land."},{"_id":"STXDNP3XJRC5DOQ4JW2AQZNUYA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The township’s hall just got running water two years ago. Its road network has about four paved miles. "},{"_id":"F2V4SYTZLJALNIBVRJUR3BDYPA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Vaughan views the solar project as an opportunity to shore up that basic infrastructure, and local planners OK’d the solar farm. It will bring tax money and potentially <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/07/michigan-gets-129m-from-feds-to-accelerate-development-of-large-wind-solar-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">more in state grants</a> than the township spends in a year."},{"_id":"FVPYJMO3FRGQTKQRD4XOB7PJWY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The catch? Shovels must hit the ground first."},{"_id":"GFOFNCTJNRBXVONEA5JWCQSURU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We have basically a shovel ready project, and the farmers involved who have obligated their property to this project are going, ‘Am I farming this year, or am I going to watch you develop a project?’” Vaughan said."},{"_id":"HTO52BQ7GFHAFHUCOKAO6MLPJA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Ritter said DTE informed him as soon as they knew the solar farm wouldn’t be built this year, so he could start buying fertilizer and seed for his farm."},{"_id":"YGNCA4RURJBWVOX7TZPWJQP62E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But leasing his land will be far more profitable than growing crops. “It’s an opportunity that doesn’t come along very often,” he said."},{"_id":"PIJRRZAX2NDPHJTYA55ZORNUII","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Despite the delay, the Ritters are confident it will proceed."},{"_id":"HX3M3OJPRZD4JHL2MJA4G2ILOI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Interconnection problems, routinely cited as among the largest obstacles to new renewable energy in the country, also stand in the way of Michigan’s climate goals."},{"_id":"OHTZNWSRKJHF3GM7LKG62HS334","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In regulatory filings, both <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/09/what-will-new-michigan-renewable-energy-targets-cost-dte-utility-makes-projections.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">DTE</a> and <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/11/consumers-energy-says-big-renewable-energy-rollout-wont-require-new-bill-surcharge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Consumers Energy</a> have warned they’re a risk to <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/11/whitmer-signs-michigans-100-clean-energy-mandate-into-law.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">meeting the state’s new targets</a> to massively ramp up renewable energy in the face of accelerating climate change."},{"_id":"G3LJC5K745FVRKFLPK27ZHC4GA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Renewables offer cheap power too, Lyijynen said, another reason why utilities are adding them."},{"_id":"2LWMM6FUZBHFRMUCBF7FXAIQH4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“It’s so frustrating because all of these resources really have such the potential to provide a lot of benefits to communities, like lowering costs and improving resilience and increasing customer choice,” she said."},{"_id":"F3HW64M7OFEQPBKILUFZMI2QCQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Morris said seven gigawatts of power generation were energized in the MISO region in 2024."},{"_id":"ZXYL6IMYPVHNHMQFEUCANNTIPA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiOTU1ODlhNTktMjZjZC00N2I2LWJhYjMtMDEwOGNmZDM5ODk0IiwidCI6IjYwNDA5MTViLTlkZmYtNGQ0Ny1iYjM1LThhYzljOWE1ZGMxOCJ9&pageName=983a2cc8ca3ccf63608a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiOTU1ODlhNTktMjZjZC00N2I2LWJhYjMtMDEwOGNmZDM5ODk0IiwidCI6IjYwNDA5MTViLTlkZmYtNGQ0Ny1iYjM1LThhYzljOWE1ZGMxOCJ9&pageName=983a2cc8ca3ccf63608a\">Another 50 gigawatts </a>are approved but not yet in service, with about half hampered because of issues unrelated to the queue, like supply chain delays, regulatory issues and other challenges, he said."},{"_id":"URWTSWQHXZH2JKVZMT34LCU7UA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Reforms in progress, but some spark pushback</b>"},{"_id":"JFMEMINPVNCH5O5GKXAU6CLJDA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The severe grid hook-up delays facing new sources of power, which can also affect fossil fuel projects like gas-powered plants, have prompted a suite of reforms. But some say they’re not enough."},{"_id":"B2GYS7VAXFGZXKNGMALICBFPI4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Federal regulators in 2023 issued <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/climate/electric-grid-ferc-bottleneck.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">an order aimed at streamlining the process nationwide</a>, among other things, requiring grid operators to study projects in batches and prioritize those closer to being built."},{"_id":"CXF2XFYYM5HR3EXGCGUE6RAYXM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<a href=\"https://www.misoenergy.org/engage/MISO-Dashboard/generator-interconnection-queue-improvements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">MISO’s efforts to tackle the problems</a> have been underway for almost three years, said Morris, and the grid operator has paused taking new requests during some of that time."},{"_id":"WAZFWHRITFHWHGCIA7PBD7DH7U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The reforms include efforts to keep the queue from ballooning further and weed out projects, like increasing payments developers must make as they move through the process, upping withdrawal penalties and tightening requirements for projects before they enter the line."},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"advancelocal"},"copyright":"Joel Bissell | MLive.com","address":{"street_address":"Marshall ","locality":"Marshall","region":"Michigan"},"auth":{"1":"24cce5029b61a0ab3315775d51cf5fbffff4764bb191a904b91fdf16ce98d840"},"caption":"Aerial images of the Cereal City Solar Energy Center near Marshall, Mich. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. 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MISO officials say early results are promising, <a href=\"https://www.ferc.gov/media/commissioner-rosner-letter-miso-interconnection-automation-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">cutting two years of manual studies to just 10 days</a>. It is aiming to <a href=\"https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/electric-power/022525-miso-on-path-to-reduce-queue-process-to-one-year-with-reforms-technology-executive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/electric-power/022525-miso-on-path-to-reduce-queue-process-to-one-year-with-reforms-technology-executive\">reduce queue wait times to one year</a>, according to Morris."},{"_id":"RGTM3JFBSFHNHMFYALU4GT7GDQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"MISO also recently got permission from federal regulators to place a megawatt cap on the projects that can be in line at once, though some worry that could harm competition. 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The plan is known by the acronym ERAS, or Expedited Resource Addition Study."},{"_id":"CXG54TYJVJCVPJTHTPB7HYDBPU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Morris said it supports the independent authority of state regulators to address power supply needs, and they have decision-making authority over the amount and types of projects that are necessary."},{"_id":"25BLOXR3QRFFLCFSTG3ZZ3U5X4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But Peters and <a href=\"https://cleangridalliance.org/blog/236/fast-and-fair-misos-existing-processes-can-meet-resource-adequacy-needs-without-eras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">clean energy groups argue</a> the proposal will only privilege fossil fuel-based plants, which could leapfrog renewable projects already in line and take up grid capacity they could have used."},{"_id":"CFQQZGHRINGITBUXTGIB73GL2Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“It’s like a Jenga puzzle, how everything is built. 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Big Michigan utilities can seek to hike rates once a year, and <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/10/burden-or-path-to-reliability-michigan-utilities-seek-more-frequent-rate-hikes.html \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/10/burden-or-path-to-reliability-michigan-utilities-seek-more-frequent-rate-hikes.html \">both Consumers and DTE have nearly kept up that pace in recent years.</a>"},{"_id":"2HYMOJXTMRE2PI4CFTIRUJGLQE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Consumers Energy and DTE keep coming back to the trough, and over and over again Michiganders are forced to pay higher and higher bills just to keep the lights on,” said Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel in a statement."},{"_id":"LF2GF4LUUFA7ZIQPFX4Q6CWGJE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Nessel’s office was one of the organizations that sought to axe large portions of Consumers rate ask. “Fighting these constant rate hikes is unending, year-round work in my office, and we’ll continue to stand on guard for Michigan utility customers,” she said."},{"_id":"JLVQAI2ZBVHMHNHJNF5V4S6SHE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The increased rates will also fund Consumers programs targeted at reducing the number of customers who experience frequent outages, regulators said. In 2023, 10.7% saw four or more outages, while Michigan standards aim for that figure to be under 6%."},{"_id":"MRS6VUTCORDCRCEUUR2WMAL27Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Millions will also flow to pole and power line inspections and replacements, substation maintenance and projects bringing grid-sized batteries that can help store energy and meet demand. Other investments will allow the utility to quickly locate faults and reroute power, minimizing disruptions, regulators said."},{"_id":"FC2IK5QYZNHPDISIP5CBNNLLDI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Some ratepayer advocates said it will take time to review <a href=\"https://mi-psc.my.site.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068cs00000gMCk8AAG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://mi-psc.my.site.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068cs00000gMCk8AAG\">the 525-page order</a> granting the rate increase to analyze what was cut from the utility’s initial ask."},{"_id":"NRBV44B2EFDH5BTUZPA4JNT3GA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But regulators still appear to be “deferential” to Consumers on approving capital spending that watchdogs say the company has failed to justify as effective or cost-effective for reliability, said Amy Bandyk, executive director of the nonprofit Citizens Utility Board of Michigan, in an email."},{"_id":"IBCPBAUZTFCH5FBWNWFCJMTDIU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The utility defends the spending as part of a multi-pronged approach at improving performance, but groups like Bandyk’s have been critical, noting it also offers company shareholders a means to boost earnings."},{"_id":"OJ2LMUZ22VD7XOBFLE2I5EWKJI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Regulators said on Friday they intend to announce new steps soon to evaluate utilities' capitalization procedures."},{"_id":"G6BG3QZXPZATFA3SD3FYXOVCFA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The rate hike will allow the expansion of Consumers' electric vehicle charging system rebates for residential customers who qualify based on income. It also provides funding for reliability work targeted at disadvantaged communities, while <a href=\"https://elpc.org/news/consumers-energys-environmental-justice-resiliency-plan-accepted-in-rate-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://elpc.org/news/consumers-energys-environmental-justice-resiliency-plan-accepted-in-rate-case/\">requiring Consumers to do more to evaluate its impact in future cases</a>."},{"_id":"SYNUFS65HRH5RGFHYZHVP5B7LU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Some advocates had requested Consumers be required to implement a ban on power shut-offs during periods of extreme summer heat, akin to existing wintertime protections. Regulators didn’t order such a step be implemented but directed the company to explore the possibility in the future."},{"_id":"SDAGKTGMCVGOPGSCLQMKLYBB6U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"During the rate case, Consumers and watchdog groups haggled over tens of millions in costs related to safety projects at its hydroelectric dams, particularly the Hardy Dam on the Muskegon River. The utility is considering whether to sell, remove or relicense its 13 dams this year, and some argued the project costs shouldn’t be included in rates while that decision is uncertain."},{"_id":"BP2X5V4UEVE5PMMP55UUTAGDZU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Read more: </b><a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/02/consumers-energy-extends-decision-on-future-of-michigan-hydro-dams.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/02/consumers-energy-extends-decision-on-future-of-michigan-hydro-dams.html\"><b>Consumers Energy extends decision on future of Michigan hydro dams</b></a>"},{"_id":"LDLE24AHH5BBXBZVXLKTZJJRE4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But Consumers said <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/09/consumers-energy-awarded-millions-for-upgrades-to-hydroelectric-dams-it-may-sell.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/environment/2024/09/consumers-energy-awarded-millions-for-upgrades-to-hydroelectric-dams-it-may-sell.html\">the investments</a> were critical to keeping the dams compliant with federal standards meant to avoid catastrophic failures and would be necessary regardless of the sale decision. 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"},{"_id":"CNGKI7HNWJDVXDBAZLTNMLE6NY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"GEO Group announced Thursday, March 20 that it entered into a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the “immediate activation” of the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin."},{"_id":"LDSZYPUNC5EQPMY5CXITMXJDPA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The 1,800-bed facility, the only private, for-profit prison in the state, has been closed since 2022. "},{"_id":"FXTFMZCWPVDSLPWDYSLBNHS2RU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We expect that our company-owned North Lake Facility in Michigan will play an important role in helping meet the need for increased federal immigration processing center bedspace,” said GEO Group Executive Chairman George Zoley in a statement. "},{"_id":"7DTUBZXJ7BH7ZCPFGBHRAFZVS4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Related:</b> <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/03/owner-of-idled-michigan-prison-sees-unprecedented-opportunity-in-mass-deportations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/03/owner-of-idled-michigan-prison-sees-unprecedented-opportunity-in-mass-deportations.html\">Owner of idled Michigan prison sees ‘unprecedented opportunity’ in mass deportations</a>"},{"_id":"ZRIGBATMR5G3FJD5JVVDJEDW24","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Private prison companies, which hold 90% of immigration detainees, having been ramping up efforts to play a key role in President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan. Both GEO Group and CoreCivic have announced new ICE contracts to expand capacity in recent months. "},{"_id":"NQCGWNKN6RHA3PSST6AJ6SRDYY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We believe our company faces an unprecedented opportunity at this time to play a role in supporting President Trump’s new administration policies,” Zoley said on an investor call last month. "},{"_id":"MNW7RUGA3RHTNEEFJNY5KYK5VM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"GEO Group says it expects to finalize its long-term contract for the North Lake Correctional Facility “within a few months.” The company plans to provide exclusive services for ICE under a multi-year deal that is expected to generate $70 million in revenue during the first year of operations. "},{"_id":"S4OIABGP7JGNFAPHXTRXHKW4AA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We are proud of our 40-year public-private partnership with ICE, and we stand ready to continue to help the federal government meet its expanded immigration enforcement priorities,” Zoley said. "},{"_id":"MAJDP2JWLNG77HNIVGOEOW3XMI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Related:</b> <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/05/private-prison-to-reopen-to-house-non-us-citizen-criminals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/05/private-prison-to-reopen-to-house-non-us-citizen-criminals.html\">Private prison to reopen to house ‘non-U.S. citizen criminals’</a>"},{"_id":"KCBSX3GNAZD6VIU5DU7JESWBYU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"After opening and closing multiple times over the past 26 years, the North Lake Correctional Facility most recently reopened to be a federal prison that houses non-U.S. citizen criminals in 2019. But it shuttered again three years later when the Biden administration ended all federal contracts with for-profit, private prisons. "},{"_id":"DZDBLBWRY5ETVGR2UCV4V3FYXE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The Baldwin prison also has a controversial history, with <a href=\"https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/news/2020-05-19/new-hunger-strike-at-north-lake-correctional-facility-as-more-than-60-inmates-recover-from-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/news/2020-05-19/new-hunger-strike-at-north-lake-correctional-facility-as-more-than-60-inmates-recover-from-covid-19\">detainees launching hunger strikes </a>in 2020 to protest poor conditions, inadequate health care and discrimination, <a href=\"https://nodetentioncentersmi.org/blog-feed/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://nodetentioncentersmi.org/blog-feed/\">according to the advocacy group No Detention Centers in Michigan</a>. Two inmates also reportedly <a href=\"https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/insider/article/Two-deaths-attributed-to-coronavirus-at-private-15374260.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/insider/article/Two-deaths-attributed-to-coronavirus-at-private-15374260.php\">died from COVID-19 at the prison</a>."},{"_id":"EIJIHHI2KFAZDNVSTFOYJU3GSQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The North Lake Correctional Facility has previously been eyed for immigration detention with U.S. Reps. Bill Huizenga and John Moolenaar, both Republicans, <a href=\"https://huizenga.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=401477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">floating this idea three years ago</a> when the prison closed. They said at the time, the facility could be “extremely useful to ICE” because “detention capacity is limited.”"},{"_id":"QT52KDL55RHLTCDKYZBJLT33QY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"More recently, the ACLU obtained documents that showed GEO Group responded ICE’s request for proposals during the Biden administration with a cover letter titled “Multi-State Detention Facility Support Chicago, IL Area of Responsibility (:CDR) North Lake Facility.”"},{"_id":"ZJZMFTSJ35F45L7U3OGH2TYF4M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"This rapid expansion of private immigration detention is concerning to Eunice Cho, senior staff attorney at the ACLU’s National Prison Project, because of reported <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1190767610/ice-detention-immigration-government-inspectors-barbaric-negligent-conditions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1190767610/ice-detention-immigration-government-inspectors-barbaric-negligent-conditions\">negligence</a>,<a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/hundreds-of-immigrants-have-reported-sexual-abuse-at-ice-facilities-most-cases-arent-investigated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/hundreds-of-immigrants-have-reported-sexual-abuse-at-ice-facilities-most-cases-arent-investigated\"> abuse</a> and <a href=\"https://immigrantjustice.org/research-items/policy-brief-snapshot-ice-detention-inhumane-conditions-and-alarming-expansion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://immigrantjustice.org/research-items/policy-brief-snapshot-ice-detention-inhumane-conditions-and-alarming-expansion\">poor conditions</a> at ICE facilities across the country. 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Tom Homan, the White House border czar, has said <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5048548-trump-border-czar-100k-beds-ice-agents-mass-deportations-immigration/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">he will need 100,000 beds</a> to support Trump’s deportation plans. And ICE has <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-immigration-detention-maxed-out-47600-detainees-ice-official-says-2025-03-12/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-immigration-detention-maxed-out-47600-detainees-ice-official-says-2025-03-12/\">reportedly “maxed out”</a> its detention capacity with 47,000 people. 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"},{"_id":"S6RSWGNRVFEHVP4QE4P5WOEVGE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But here we are – Michigan’s government transparency law is lousy; the solutions are obvious; and your elected officials aren’t rushing to change the status quo. "},{"_id":"EDDDK5NLJBBW5NZ3UUQKNQY5TY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Bipartisan bills to reform the Freedom of Information Act to include the Legislature and Governor’s Office passed the Senate last year and were poised for a vote in the House in December but died in a chaotic lame-duck session meltdown."},{"_id":"XQCASOS6H5F5NDBQQV4FDKQZZU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"January ushered in a new House speaker, Rep. Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, and he has since said the <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/02/bills-making-michigans-governor-lawmakers-open-to-foia-appear-dead-once-again.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">bills are “not a priority” and even “dead”</a> for this session."},{"_id":"IBITKMRKENFSHJE5I52WIJCAMI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"We’re amid Sunshine Week, an annual news media focus on transparency for the good of the public and so we can better do our job as watchdogs of government. And this year glimmers of light are poking through the fog."},{"_id":"KBBPBCAYBNDYDAV5KNT5PKEIQE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, told MLive that Speaker Hall “might say something is dead today and then along comes a deal later … and suddenly things are resurrected. I’m going to keep a positive spirit about it and continue to be ready to advocate.”"},{"_id":"ERHYVUTAANB5LN7XGHCNJIH23A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"McBroom has been working with Sen. Jeremy Moss, D-Southfield, since 2015 to remove the FOIA exemptions for the governor and lawmakers. They’ve introduced the bills numerous times but have never made it to a final vote."},{"_id":"IVOMJS3DMVA6LCKKMXDT7WTKVM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"McBroom and Moss have co-authored the following opinion piece, explaining why reform is essential for our state and citizens. I applaud them and encourage you to contact your local representative to express support for getting these bills debated and passed in the House."},{"_id":"SUDT4KT7QFCMHIHTPI7ZS2TYVI","additional_properties":{},"alignment":"center","type":"text","content":"# # #"},{"_id":"37CFPTZS45F2TOUCMZZWWLUONU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>By Jeremy Moss and Ed McBroom</i>"},{"_id":"OYDMLUS4TVER5MZIAI73WIWPGU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"It feels like our politics are more divided than ever. But if you listen closely to what residents on both the left and right are saying, there is a common theme: A demand for a more transparent and accountable government."},{"_id":"WPANI24OAJCT7BKN7QAV3YHNXE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Our legislation to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act in Michigan achieves just that."},{"_id":"XL3RPQZGDBE6ZP2S5GQGBYORVM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Through FOIA, the public can request the behind-the-scenes documents – emails, memos, agendas, schedules, and more – from their city or township hall, their school district, county officials, and state departments to better understand how the government decisions that impact them are made."},{"_id":"WPQBAGCLHBAQRJ6YMMCNDTD5PY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Who did your mayor meet with? What did your school board members send to each other? Did the county follow through on the issue you brought up? Residents can find all of that out through FOIA."},{"_id":"TLFYHFFZAJGFTCVDZQE6DWTPDM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But shockingly, Michigan’s law does not subject our governor and state legislators to those same record requests, thereby blocking the public from seeing the inner workings of our state Capitol."},{"_id":"E5KET5BOUFFDZEGQTUBJ35FTC4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"All 50 states have FOIA, but Michigan is nearly alone in the country with those outrageous and glaring exemptions for the executive and lawmakers. This contributes to why <a href=\"https://publicintegrity.org/politics/state-politics/state-integrity-investigation/michigan-gets-f-grade-in-2015-state-integrity-investigation/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">our state ranks worst in the country in government ethics</a>. When state <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/09/ex-michigan-house-speaker-sentenced-to-prison-in-marijuana-bribery-scheme.html\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">government officials operate in the dark</a>, <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/02/ex-house-speaker-funded-lavish-lifestyle-with-nonprofit-dark-money-prosecutors-say.html\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">scandals in Lansing</a> continue to <a href=\"https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/27/michigan-house-speaker-lee-chatfield-political-fund-embezzlement-trips-miami-las-vegas-bahamas/79294902007/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">persist</a>."},{"_id":"JINPMOZHU5BHFCPOUWRJ65N6NI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Nearly a decade ago, as representatives in the Michigan House – a Democrat from metro-Detroit and a Republican from the Upper Peninsula – <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/2016/03/bipartisan_lawmakers_aim_to_in.html\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">we joined together to introduce legislation</a> that finally includes the governor’s office and Legislature in Michigan’s FOIA to bring sunshine to state government."},{"_id":"BD5655QATZHRLGKRBS5YQGWGTQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Our bills passed in the House, <a href=\"https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/brian-dickerson/2017/02/03/meekhoff-foia-michigan-legislature-bill/97396962/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">but the Senate refused to take it up</a>. Then we were both elected to the Senate, where we passed our legislation last year, <a href=\"https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/29/michigan-house-speaker-joe-tate-hindered-ethics-foia-dark-money-reforms-democrats-matt-hall/77175276007/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">but the House wouldn’t move on it</a>."},{"_id":"RK34U7VU5JALLO3TTZYYZAN7R4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"This year, we introduced our legislation as the very first bills of the new session: <a href=\"https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/08/michigan-senate-foia-freedom-of-information-legislature-governor-transparency-legislation/77554234007/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bills 1 and 2</a>. They passed overwhelmingly in January and were swiftly sent over to the House, where they currently sit."},{"_id":"CMCLYXJ47NCWJJ4BZCW2FRFNAY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"It’s past time for the full Legislature – Republicans and Democrats – to come together to act on these bills. The public should not have to wait any longer."},{"_id":"7MC4RGPP6VDJXI2WTKVQAGVAXM","additional_properties":{},"alignment":"center","type":"text","content":"# # #"},{"_id":"7N352VLW3VFS7GNYDSFIGBK2ZA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<i>John Hiner is president of MLive Media Group. If you have questions you’d like him to answer, or topics to explore, share your thoughts at </i><a href=\"mailto:editor@mlive.com\" target=\"_self\"><i>editor@mlive.com</i></a><i>.</i>"}],"description":{"basic":"The ball is in the House's court ... and it's not moving"},"source":{"system":"composer","name":"advancelocal","source_type":"staff"},"taxonomy":{"sections":[{"path":"/news","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"mlive","parent_id":"/","name":"News","description":null,"_id":"/news","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"default":"/","editions":null,"native-app-news":"/","photocenter":"/","toprail":"/","ellipsis":"/","hamburger-menu":"/"},"site":{"site_keywords":"Michigan breaking news, Michigan, Detroit, city, police, Michigan fire, Michigan parks, Michigan safety, Detroit Michigan, Metro Detroit, City of Detroit, Wayne County, Oakland County, Macomb County, Lansing Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan, Bay City Michigan, Muskegon Michigan, Saginaw Michigan, Flint Michigan, Jackson Michigan, Grand Rapids Michigan, Burton Michigan, Clio Michigan, Davison Michigan, Livingston Michigan, Grand Haven Michigan, Fenton Michigan, Flint Township Michigan, Flushing Michigan, Grand Blanc Michigan, Swartz Creek Michigan, Genesee County Michigan, Michigan politics, Michigan weather, Michigan education, Michigan environment, Michigan crimes, Michigan murders, Michigan robberies, Michigan jobs, Michigan unemployment, Michigan lottery, Michigan sex offenders, Michigan campgrounds, Michigan colleges, Michigan tourism, Michigan hospitals, Michigan government, Michigan community, crime news, police news","site_description":null,"site_title":"Michigan News","headline":"Michigan News","site_section":"News"},"_admin":{"tracking_node":null,"alias_ids":["/news"],"commercial_node":null,"default_content":null,"url_path":"https://www.mlive.com/news/"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"News","is_this_a_link_or_a_section":"Both","nav_display":"true"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"mlive","name":"News","_id":"/news","ancestors":{"default":[],"editions":[],"native-app-news":["/"],"photocenter":["/"],"toprail":["/"],"ellipsis":["/"],"hamburger-menu":[]},"order":{"native-app-news":1001,"photocenter":1001,"toprail":1001,"ellipsis":1015}}},"_website_section_id":"mlive./news","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"},{"path":"/community","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"mlive","parent_id":"/","name":"Community News","description":"Community News and Sports on MLive.com","_id":"/community","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"default":"/","ellipsis":"/","hamburger-menu":"/"},"site":{"site_keywords":"ada, cascade, byron center, east grand rapids, egr, grandville, hudsonville, advance weeklies, local news, local sports, high school sports, jenison, kentwood, rockford, sparta, walker, wayland","site_description":"Community News and Sports on MLive.com","site_title":"Community News - MLive.com","headline":"Community News","site_section":"News"},"_admin":{"tracking_node":null,"alias_ids":["/community"],"commercial_node":null,"default_content":null,"url_path":"https://www.mlive.com/community/"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Community News","is_this_a_link_or_a_section":"Both","nav_display":"true"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"mlive","name":"Community News","_id":"/community","ancestors":{"default":[],"ellipsis":["/"],"hamburger-menu":[]},"order":{"ellipsis":1054}}},"_website_section_id":"mlive./community","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"},{"path":"/public-interest","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"mlive","parent_id":"/","name":"Public Interest","description":"Public Interest news on MLive.com","_id":"/public-interest","additional_properties":{"original":{"parent":{"default":"/","subnav-business":null,"toprail":"/news","subnav-news":"/","ellipsis":"/","hamburger-menu":"/"},"_admin":{"tracking_node":null,"alias_ids":["/public-interest"],"commercial_node":null,"url_path":"https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/","default_content":null},"site":{"site_keywords":"michigan, news, public interest, advocacy, investigation, impact, databases, politics, government, policy, health, marijuana","site_description":"Public Interest news on MLive.com","site_section":"News","headline":"Public Interest","site_title":"Public Interest"},"navigation":{"nav_title":"Public Interest","is_this_a_link_or_a_section":"Both","nav_display":"true"},"inactive":false,"node_type":"section","_website":"mlive","name":"Public Interest","_id":"/public-interest","ancestors":{"default":[],"subnav-business":[],"toprail":["/news"],"subnav-news":["/"],"ellipsis":["/"],"hamburger-menu":[]},"order":{"toprail":2003,"subnav-news":1002,"ellipsis":1021}}},"_website_section_id":"mlive./public-interest","type":"section","version":"0.6.0"},{"path":"/politics","parent":{"default":"/"},"_website":"mlive","parent_id":"/","name":"Politics & Elections","description":"Get Michigan Politics, elections and government news. 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Pat Outman, R-Six Lakes, who sponsored two of the bills. “This bill ensures a structured, reliable funding source to improve the roads that matter most to our communities. Too often these roads have been overlooked in favor of larger infrastructure projects.”"},{"_id":"2HD6WNWA45CV5FWNOV5PXCDS4Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"<b>Related: </b><a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/03/4-things-to-know-about-road-funding-proposal-that-cleared-house-committee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/news/2025/03/4-things-to-know-about-road-funding-proposal-that-cleared-house-committee.html\"><b>4 things to know about road funding proposal that cleared House committee</b></a>"},{"_id":"3T4LPQMG35E6TCVARICQA5J24A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Six Republican lawmakers spoke in favor of the bill package during Wednesday’s House session. The bills, however, passed with support from both sides of the aisle. "},{"_id":"QD2N57MU5NEZBHRRY67COHM7ZM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I’m getting tired of talking about the damn roads, so let’s actually fix them,” said Rep. Jamie Thompson, R-Brownstown Township. “We’re not raising taxes and we’re not saddling our future generations with additional debt from this plan; this is a funding shift of money we already have.”"},{"_id":"P6LLOP7L7RFZFONL4P6J6QDNX4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Four Democrat lawmakers spoke against the bills, including Rep. Matt Longjohn, D-Portage, who said Michigan doesn’t know what federal cuts are coming and fixing the roads can’t come at the cost of things like health care, schools and housing. "},{"_id":"GINKRQGGPBEUDJIIMEOJYCMV6Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The way this package has been put together is impulsive and irresponsible,” Longjohn said, adding more time is needed to come up with a well-rounded road funding solution. “People in my district would choose funding health care over filling potholes.” "},{"_id":"PS7OWS2FLNASJOKWTETQS6DU6E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Rep. Stephen Wooden, D-Grand Rapids, said the package’s plan to cut all $50 million in annual funding to the Housing and Community Development Fund would hinder the state’s ability to combat its housing crisis. "},{"_id":"SEUAOVGIDFCSTPXPIHEY52FT6A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Under the proposed bill package, shifting all taxes paid at the pump to roads would take about $650 million away from public schools. To backfill those funds, House Bill 4185 would modify distribution of sales tax revenue to allocate an additional $755 million toward the School Aid Fund beginning FY 2025."},{"_id":"LKUEEBFBG5AVTH4LHTDN6UUY7E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"House Bill 4230 would establish the Neighborhood Road Fund, which would receive $375 million in Corporate Income Tax revenue for the first five years, and $275 million thereafter."},{"_id":"W4VKXEKAERBFXJ7GVJZLCILSQY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The extra $100 million through Fiscal Year 2030 would be used to improve local bridges that are closed or in critical/restricted condition, as determined by the Local Bridge Advisory Board."},{"_id":"3WJV35J53BARPCPRBQPLVG6ODQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Michigan’s Department of Transportation would distribute the remaining $275 million to county road commissions ($116.6 million), and cities/villages ($155.4 million)."},{"_id":"YV5TYAA2SBFV3GWDGVKHXTSUNA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"County road commissions would get $100,000 each, plus a distribution based on its proportion of Michigan’s county road miles. Similarly, cities and villages would get funding based on their proportion of the state’s local city/village miles."},{"_id":"AADHOQQ2AVDZNM7TWMW7JXDJNQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The House’s road funding bill package was formally introduced March 6. House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/01/where-michigan-republicans-plan-to-find-314b-for-road-repairs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/01/where-michigan-republicans-plan-to-find-314b-for-road-repairs.html\">unveiled the revamped road funding plan</a> in January, calling it a top priority for his caucus."},{"_id":"Q3AIRSRXLBBQZDBTZYDH7HEQTM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Ed Noyola, chief deputy of the Michigan County Road Association, has spoken in favor of the funding plan, especially the focus on county, city, village and township roads. "},{"_id":"NRH2MZYDQJHT5A2QVJMYA765KU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We strongly believe everything begins and ends in someone’s driveway,” he said. “We need to take care of those roads.” "},{"_id":"QJ5TF7UYWJA2XB6NEMAC6MGH54","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Other groups that have expressed support for the bill package include the Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Association of Counties, Michigan Township Association, Michigan Concrete Association, the Michigan Laborers District Council, and the Mackinac Center. "},{"_id":"Q7QZCHVDINH5BLTZ3TFHNKGZEI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A few groups have also noted opposition for one bill in the package: HB <a href=\"https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4186\">4186</a>. The bill would amend the Michigan Business Tax Act, which was eliminated in 2011 in place of the Corporate Income Tax."},{"_id":"SJXIOKNOLFGHHDHUA2NAOAPP5E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Some businesses with legacy credits were still allowed to continue filing under the Michigan Business Tax until they used up those credits. Legislators say the bill would increase the tax rate from 4.95% to 30% for those businesses for all activity occurring in 2025."},{"_id":"GH4Y4IPJ6RHSVCOD4JGAXG52LQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Those who noted opposition of the bill -- representatives of the Michigan Chamber, Detroit Regional Chamber, and Michigan Manufacturers Association -- didn’t offer additional context to their opposition."},{"_id":"233ZNV7O5RDA5NC3UCWNS3GSZI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"While the House package is being considered by the Senate, there haven’t been any recent updates on Gov. Gretchen <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/02/whitmers-3b-michigan-road-plan-higher-corporate-tax-new-marijuana-tax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/02/whitmers-3b-michigan-road-plan-higher-corporate-tax-new-marijuana-tax.html\">Whitmer’s competing road funding plan</a>, which she introduced Feb. 10. "},{"_id":"UM55QAIG2NEJBCMPQSJY6R5D6A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Whitmer’s proposal would add about $3 billion in additional infrastructure funding each year by increasing corporate income taxes and <a href=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/02/cannabis-prices-likely-to-increase-if-michigan-adopts-proposed-new-tax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/02/cannabis-prices-likely-to-increase-if-michigan-adopts-proposed-new-tax.html\">creating a new marijuana tax</a>. It would also dedicate all taxes paid at the pump to roads and cut about $500 million in government spending, although the governor’s office has not said what programs or funding areas might be cut."},{"_id":"FPGXDTYYIFEVPHVOPSD4Z3D74Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Noyola said the county road association hasn’t been involved in crafting the governor’s plan or any competing road funding plan from the Senate, but would welcome the opportunity. "},{"_id":"LKOZYWRGWBACVBCQWYERSSAGN4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"County road agencies are, however, pleased to see both plans that have been proposed include more than $3 billion dollars toward roads, a shift of all taxes paid on fuel going to roads, and local roads being prioritized. "},{"_id":"JPGCP7E6SBFMVCMNCN3KKB4AVU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Those three common denominators are great,” Noyola said. “But we have to play wait and see. 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title=\"https://mi-psc.my.site.com/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068cs00000f4FyXAAU\">ruled on March 13</a> that Lightning owners don’t need written permission from their utilities before using the technology, as is frequently the case with home power sources that could interact with the grid, like residential solar installations."},{"_id":"NCDWSL2DOBF7NDHMQGVFTFLJGQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“This order makes it simpler for customers to use their electric truck to power their home — potentially for days — if the electric grid goes down,\" said Ford spokesperson Sam Schembari in a statement."},{"_id":"EAVGMHOQXREETATVEDEEOSJZYI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The order comes as electric vehicle makers are <a href=\"https://www.cnet.com/home/electric-vehicles/bidirectional-charging-and-evs-how-does-it-work-and-which-cars-have-it/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" 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will deploy AI-powered devices to gauge electric vehicle impact on grid</b></a>"},{"_id":"O6GJQVT5SZGBBFT2UFV3FSF2IM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Michigan regulators said the ruling they issued is believed to be among the first of its kind in the country dealing with an EV home backup system."},{"_id":"KGIUCC72JZHHJCREWUUZRRQ6VI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Michigan is the automotive state, and coordination and cooperation between our strong automotive industry and our electric utilities is important,” said Public Service Commissioner Katherine Peretick before voting to OK the measure."},{"_id":"AJRVGBIEZZDHBH6NOXO46JB6UY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"While General Motors, Nissan, Hyundai, Volvo and other carmakers offer or plan to offer EVs with similar backup features, the ruling only applies to Ford, according to state 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The equipment plus installation costs isn’t always cheap, with <a href=\"https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-ford-f-150-lightning-yearlong-review-update-1-sunrun-backup-power/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-ford-f-150-lightning-yearlong-review-update-1-sunrun-backup-power/\">some owners reporting price tags of more than $10,000</a> all told."},{"_id":"THXUO5K6ZJD4REKJQFMGWAJ7AE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Because the system only kicks on when the power is out and does not operate “in parallel” with an electric utility’s power distribution system, it doesn’t require power companies to sign off first, Michigan regulators ruled."},{"_id":"4SIH7DUNGJG6XDGEUCISWARDOI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In some parts of the country, like <a href=\"https://www.pge.com/en/newsroom/currents/future-of-energy/articles-3882-pge-ford-accelerating-vehicle-home-technology-california.html\" target=\"_blank\" 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But after the grant program ends, Green Wagon will have to find other outlets for its wholesale greens. "},{"_id":"7YZXT53VNZEXNAO4MVN6MCVZDE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We already started seeding these greens last week,” Anderson said. “So, we’re rolling with it. 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