Garret Ellison

The effort would keep limits for PFOA and PFOS but delay compliance for some water systems and rescind standards for several other PFAS chemicals.

Proposal opens a new front in the growing battle over ferry fares, parking fees and control of access to Mackinac Island.

Congressional legislation would tighten hydropower oversight, improve federal and state communication and scrutinize dam owner finances.

Lawmakers acted ahead of Memorial Day weekend as tensions escalate over ferry pricing, parking fees and control of island access.

Bills debated in the Senate would expand state authority over hydropower dams and require more rigorous engineering reviews.

Bills would open quotas on walleye, yellow perch and lake trout, but the DNR and sportfishing groups warn it could create treaty conflicts, new costs and gamefish risks.

Federal regulators ordered a drawdown at the Sturgis Dam on the St. Joseph River until embankment repairs are completed.

New reporting request follows early harmful algal blooms at Sleepy Hollow State Park near Laingsburg and Austin Lake in Portage.

A new study gives officials a starting point for future exposure tracking, but not a clean measure of how much impact 2020 foam restrictions had.

Sanctions threats, deposition fights and new secrecy disputes erupt even as the parties inch toward mediation over future ferry contracts.