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Snyder’s Talks With Michigan Legislature To Gets Billions For Road Repair Hit Impasse

LANSING - Road funding talks that officials had said for some time had been going productively suddenly broke down today with Governor Rick Snyder and a spokesperson for House Speaker Kevin Cotter saying the discussions had reached an “impasse.” “We had made a lot of progress in prior meetings. We’re at an impasse now,” Snyder

By |2015-10-13T19:58:26-04:00October 13th, 2015|Featured, Politics|

Michigan PSC Opens Natural Gas Safety Inquiry

DETROIT -  As Michigan Public Service Commission staff have become aware of a number of gas service lines servicing residential or commercial gas customers connected directly to gas storage field, transmission pipelines, regulated and unregulated gathering lines, oil and gas wells, and gas processing facilities, the commission has opened an inquiry into gas safety issues.

By |2015-10-08T20:38:39-04:00October 8th, 2015|Politics|

Speaker Cotter Said Now To Back $800 Million New Revenue For Michigan Roads

LANSING - One of the key pieces for legislative leaders to resolve as they negotiate a road funding package appears to have cleared a key marker with several sources telling Gongwer News Service that House Speaker Kevin Cotter supports raising $800 million in new revenue. There is no agreement, no deal, not even a framework, not

By |2015-10-01T12:53:39-04:00October 1st, 2015|Featured, Politics|

MDOT Study Says Drones Could Prove Valuable In Highway Research

LANSING - Using unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly called drones, could provide safety benefits and asset management benefits in monitoring the conditions of the state's roads and bridges, the results of a study by the Department of Transportation show. MDOT has released results of a study using a variety of drones in tests of state highways

By |2015-09-18T17:04:38-04:00September 18th, 2015|Featured, Politics|