Lucas Smolcic Larson

Companies in Michigan have purchased at least $212 million in data center equipment tax free, eliminating just under $13 million in state tax revenue over five years, between 2020 and 2024.

| LANSING, MI - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is calling on data center companies in Michigan to sign a pledge to protect residents from increased utility bills and safeguard the environment.

More than two dozen large-scale data center projects designed with AI in mind are encountering increasing pushback as they're pitched in communities across Michigan.

| LANSING, MI - State regulators are opening an investigation into the largest Michigan utilities' response to severe thunderstorms that

LANSING, MI - When sweltering temperatures or icy cold grip Michigan, power and gas companies will now be prohibited from disconnecting customers' service.

The proposal could alter how cash flows in Michigan politics, banning monopoly utilities and large government contractors from giving to political campaigns and requiring new disclosures for "dark money" groups.

DETROIT, MI - Facing frustrated customers and a state investigation into its response to Independence Day weekend storms, utility DTE Energy blamed

| WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI – A former corrections officer at the Washtenaw County jail claims in a new lawsuit he was sexually harassed by a

The group — backed by utilities, insurance companies and other big spenders in Michigan politics — is asking the state Supreme Court to invalidate the certification of a ballot proposal challenging corporate influence in Lansing.

As large-scale AI data centers increase power demand, Michigan regulators are considering a carrot and stick approach to ensure power companies keep costs in check.