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The legislation aims to make the $14 "recreation passport" the default when renewing vehicle registrations, as well as exempt veterans and members of the military from paying the fee.

Meeting new Michigan targets for quickly ramping up wind and solar power will cost billions but will save money in the long-term, the utility projects.

A 1,500-acre solar farm in rural Michigan is already under construction, but new power lines could slice right through the middle.

New rules give the state final say for approving some sprawling renewable energy projects. Local governments say they could be left "powerless."

After Republicans spent big on ads attacking transgender people, some worry they'll be targeted when he returns to the White House.

Michigan utilities get high marks for cutting energy use, saving customers $1.4B

Large utilities like DTE Energy should adopt separate rates for customers with heat pumps, environmentally friendly alternatives to gas furnaces, some energy experts argue.

The payouts to CEOs and top officers of DTE and Consumers Energy are based on too low a bar for limiting outages, utility watchdogs say.

Consumers is months away from retiring its last coal plant in Ottawa County, abandoning the fuel for good in 2025.

Concerns over the spread of bird flu have limited Canada goose relocations in recent years. More birds may be killed under a DNR program change.

As new Michigan laws require utilities to aggressively ramp up reliance on technologies like wind and solar, power companies are projecting their costs to comply.

The first interstate electric transmission lines in 50 years could cut a combined 95-mile pathway through southern and central Michigan.

Large swaths of southeast Michigan were drained for cropland, but a pilot project is aims to let the water back in, boosting water quality in the Great Lakes.

State game areas are primarily set aside for hunting, bird-watching and animal habitat. What happens when mountain bikers, horseback riders and ORV users want in?

The J.H. Campbell Complex in Ottawa County is set to go offline within a year, the Michigan utility said, marking a milestone in its transition away from coal.

Yoopers raised concerns over sky-high electric rates, the future of mines that draw heavily from the grid and big wind farm projects during a public hearing in Marquette.

The natural gas rate hike is a “decent compromise,” said one consumer advocate. The utility’s 1.8 million customers will see bill credits beginning in the fall.

With massive solar and wind farms facing local opposition in some areas, communities that host the projects could get direct payments from the state.

Parts of the Upper Peninsula see the highest electric rates in the state, and officials are looking at the region’s future under new clean energy standards.

Michigan deer hunters will have new opportunities – and restrictions – going into the fall 2024 season after state game regulators made a bevy of tweaks to hunting rules this week.