Tracy Samilton

The Michigan Secretary of State says a group called Our Home, Our Voice may have violated the Michigan Campaign Finance Act.

On a gorgeous fall day, a few weeks before Election Day, Proposal C supporter Christine Crockett handed out flyers to University of Michigan students near a bustling South University Avenue.

Drive through many of Ann Arbor's neighborhoods and you will see a fair number of houses where the owners have installed rooftop solar panels — at their own expense.

Across the state voters will decide what their communities should do with marijuana sales, school or library funding, public safety, elections, energy, and more.

Ann Arbor voters soundly rejected Proposal C and D, which would have eliminated the city's primaries and partisan identification for candidates, as well as tapping part of the city budget to pay for the campaigns of candidates who agreed to accept small dollar donations only. They approved Proposal A, which sets up an optional renewable energy utility to supplement the energy from DTE Energy, and Proposal B, which renews the city's millage to maintain its extensive parks system.

A company that used to provide health care for inmates in Michigan prisons owes $35 million to other health care providers in the state.

A state House bill ( HB 6056 ) was recently introduced that would amend Michigan's new minimum wage law.

HB 6056 would allow a new law that increases the state minimum wage to go into effect — just not for waiters and bartenders who receive much of their income from tips.

Michigan's bottle deposit law would include many types of non-carbonated drink containers and require stores that take returns to accept all brands, if the bills pass and voters approve.

The USDA has announced more than $256 million in loans and grants for clean energy projects in 40 states.