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The August 5, 2026 primary determines who advances to the November ballot for Cascade Township trustee seats, Kent Co...
It's an open-seat race. Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer is term-limited, and other executive seats such as Lieut...
In March 2026, Cascade Charter Township voted 7–0 to pause all data center permits for up to 12 months while the Plan...
Downtown Lansing has several large mixed-use and residential proposals moving through City Council, many requesting B...
Lansing is one of about two dozen Michigan cities that levy a local income tax — 1% on residents, 0.5% on people who ...
A proposed ordinance would require Lansing landlords to register rental units and pass a periodic city inspection bef...
Lansing Board of Water & Light — the city-owned utility serving Lansing since 1885 — retired its last coal-fired gene...
On August 4, 2026, Cascade Township voters will decide whether to keep a new zoning ordinance adopted in February 202...
FHPS is closing a $4.2 million budget gap driven by declining enrollment (which cuts per-pupil state funding) and ris...
Michigan Public Act 238 of 2023 requires all municipalities to allow at least one accessory dwelling unit (ADU) on an...
Michigan's Schools of Choice Act allows any student to enroll in a participating public school district outside t...
Old Town (north of downtown along the Grand River) and REO Town (south of downtown, named for the Ransom E. Olds / RE...
Kent County Sheriff's 2025 annual report shows a 6.4-minute average Priority 1 response time in Cascade Township ...
Like most mid-size Michigan cities, Lansing periodically debates police and fire department staffing levels against r...
WMEAC and Kent County Health Department's 2025 Thornapple River monitoring found E. coli within safe recreational...
Two new Corewell Health urgent care clinics are opening in the Cascade/Caledonia corridor in mid-2026. Urgent care ha...
Michigan's Proposal A (1994) caps annual property tax increases for homeowners at the rate of inflation or 5%, wh...
Summer 2026 construction: (1) Cascade Road SE resurfacing, 28th St to Thornapple River Dr — July–August, one-lane alt...
Forest Hills Public Schools added full-time licensed counselors to all four middle schools (East, Central, North, Sou...
Corewell Health terminated contracts with Priority Health Medicare Advantage, Blue Cross Medicare Advantage, and Unit...
The former Red Cedar Golf Course site, just inside Lansing city limits near the Michigan State University border alon...
Three seats on the Forest Hills Public Schools Board of Education are up for election in November 2026. The board gov...
Cascade Township is redesigning Tassel Park on the Thornapple River with a $9M+ plan that includes a sunken plaza, sp...
Hillary Scholten (D) represents Michigan's 3rd Congressional District — covering Kent County (Grand Rapids, Casca...
The world is writing the first binding rules for artificial intelligence — and the U.S. is choosing how much to parti...
US-131 passes along the western edge of Ada Township, making land near the highway attractive for commercial and indu...
Kent County voters will decide August 4 whether to renew the 1.0-mill property tax that funds Network180, the county&...
Ada Township has Supervisor and Trustee seats on the August 4, 2026 primary ballot. The elected board governs Ada Tow...
West Michigan's I-96 corridor is ground zero for Michigan's data center debate. Cascade approved a 6-month moratorium...
Lowell Township is considering a 6-month moratorium on data center permits. Microsoft (via Franklin Partners) had pro...
Gaines Township Planning Commission voted 7-0 to table Microsoft's rezoning request after a packed April 15 hearing w...
Gaines Charter Township Planning Commission voted 7-0 to table Microsoft's rezoning request for a hyperscale AI campu...
The US-131 and M-6 interchange area is experiencing intense development pressure, with proposals for mixed-use develo...
Multiple proposals for large-scale data center campuses have been submitted to the Cascade Township Planning Commissi...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been detected in groundwater and private wells near the 28th Street S...
Michigan has some of the worst PFAS contamination in the US. Thousands of private wells are contaminated. The state a...
The proliferation of Airbnb and VRBO rentals in Cascade Township lakefront and neighborhood areas has generated compl...
Michigan has more known PFAS contamination sites than almost any state in the country — a result of decades of firefi...
Michigan's Clean Energy and Jobs Act (PA 2023-235) requires 100% clean energy from utilities by 2040 and 50% rene...
State Rep. Skaggs introduced HB 5724 to create statewide baseline zoning standards for large-scale data centers cover...
The federal reconciliation bill (2025) requires Medicaid recipients aged 19–64 to document 80 hours/month of work, ed...
Gov. Whitmer's 2024 expansion of the Child Development and Care (CDC) subsidy raised the income limit to 200% of ...
Michigan's Universal School Meals Act (PA 2023-120) made Michigan one of eight states offering free breakfast and...
Michigan's Early Literacy Support Act (PA 2023-039) replaced the Read by Grade Three retention law with mandatory...
Michigan Public Act 4 of 2023 is phasing back in state income tax exemptions for pension and retirement income repeal...
The Michigan PSC opened Case U-22103 to examine the grid and ratepayer implications of large-scale data center electr...
Michigan's Motor Vehicle Right to Repair Act (PA 2025-022) requires automakers to share diagnostic data, repair s...
Consumers Energy and DTE Electric have filed for major rate increases in 2024–2025 before the Michigan Public Service...
Michigan's Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHPs) and Community Mental Health (CMH) authorities form the backbone of ...
Michigan's Zoning Enabling Act (PA 110 of 2006) gives townships broad authority to regulate land use — but provides n...
Michigan is allocated approximately $1.56 billion from the BEAD program to connect unserved and underserved household...
Sen. Mark Huizenga has introduced SB 244 to raise the senior homestead property tax credit from $1,600 to $2,500 per ...
Michigan has some of the worst roads in the country, with an estimated $3.9 billion annual funding gap according to t...
Michigan's school funding system relies primarily on the foundation allowance — a per-pupil allocation from state and...
Median home prices in Michigan have risen more than 40% since 2020, with West Michigan and metro Detroit seeing some ...
Michigan legalized recreational cannabis in 2018. Under MRTMA, municipalities may ban cannabis businesses entirely or...
Public Act 202 of 2017 requires Michigan municipalities to report pension and retiree healthcare funding levels. Hund...
Airbnb and VRBO rentals have proliferated across Michigan — from lakefront cottages to urban neighborhoods. Some muni...
Michigan loses tens of thousands of acres of farmland annually to development. The Michigan Agricultural Preservation...
The 2025 reconciliation bill cut Medicaid by approximately $800B nationally through reduced federal matching rates. M...
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's 2023 advisory found that lacking social connection increases risk of prematur...
The Social Security Fairness Act (January 2025) repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pens...
The five-year COVID payment pause ended; interest resumed in 2023 and collections on defaulted loans restarted in 202...
Trump's 2025 tariff escalations — 145% on Chinese imports, 25% on Canadian and Mexican goods — triggered retaliat...
President Trump signed an executive order designating AI infrastructure as a national security priority, directing FE...
President Trump signed executive orders imposing sweeping tariffs — 10% baseline on all imports, 25% on Canada and Me...
The Inflation Reduction Act authorized Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices for the first time. The first 10 ne...
CDC 2023 data: firearms killed 48,204 Americans — surpassing motor vehicle deaths (42,939) for the third consecutive ...
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is 6.9% in June 2026 (Freddie Mac). For a $350,000 home (near the Cascade Tow...
Goldman Sachs Research (2025 update) estimates AI automation could affect up to 300 million full-time-equivalent jobs...
NOAA confirmed 2024 as the hottest year on record (1.49°C above pre-industrial). Great Lakes surface temperatures are...
The US–Canada trade dispute has resulted in 25% tariffs on Canadian goods crossing the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit —...
The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, has eliminated over 200,000 federal positions and cut $80B...
The rapid expansion of AI data centers is creating conflicts across the country between tech companies seeking power,...