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MI Healthy Climate plan will cost Michiganders $386B by 2050
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate Plan will cost an estimated $386 billion by 2050, according to a new report published by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
Whitmer’s plan could cost an extra $2,746 per energy customer annually, or an additional $228.83 per monthly utility bills, the report warns. It also raises the specter of days-long blackouts.
Michigan’s Expensive Net-Zero gamble comes on the heels of Whitmer saying she would lower the cost of living for state residents.
“Tariffs are jacking up costs—on car repairs, groceries and even school supplies,” Whitmer said in a social media post post of Aug. 13. “That’s why I'll keep doing everything I can to lower costs for Michiganders and put money back in your pockets.” Click here to read more.
City says man who gives away homemade goods is breaking the law
MANCHESTER, N.H. (WMUR) - A food canning hobby has gotten one New Hampshire man into a pickle.
Daniel Mowery has been giving away his homemade goods for decades, but city officials now say he’s breaking the law.
Mowery’s goods include jellies, tomatoes and bread and butter pickles. He cans it all and pays for supplies himself.
Then he gives it all away for free.
“We were brought up poor, so our family always canned. Everything came out of the garden, and that’s the way it was,” Mowery said.
The Manchester Health Department sent Mowery a cease-and-desist letter last week.
“It’s not worthy to put on TV, put it that way. I was not happy,” Mowery said.
It said he needs a permit to keep canning and distributing food, and his kitchen needs to be commercially licensed. Click here to read more.
Federal Court Upholds Connecticut Ban on ‘Assault Weapons’
A federal appeals court Thursday refused to block two Connecticut gun control laws despite arguments that they violated the Second Amendment.
The laws faced two separate challenges from the National Association for Gun Rights, the Second Amendment Foundation, and others, who asked the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to temporarily block the laws.
But on Thursday, a three-judge panel of the court declined to do so, saying the laws were constitutional because they preserved “numerous legal alternatives for self-defense” despite their restriction of “unusually dangerous weapons.”
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The challenged laws included a 2013 ban on certain firearms and large capacity magazines—passed in response to the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, CT—and a 2023 law that further restricted access to what gun control advocates call “assault weapons.” Click here to read more.
Chicago Public Schools has same credit rating as Colombia, Vietnam
Chicago Public Schools leaders must approve a budget plan for the 2025-2026 school year by Aug. 28, but a $734 million budget hole must be handled.
Here’s what you need to know about the financial pitfalls facing the district before board members vote on the budget.
CPS’s long-term debt burden is $9.1 billion
The CPS long-term debt burden is $9.1 Billion as of fiscal year 2026. While CPS does not repay that entire debt in 2026, the district will be spending $15.257 billion by 2049 when future interest payments are included.
In fiscal year 2026, CPS plans to refinance $1.8 Bilion of its debt and add $600 million in new debt for capital projects. CPS will also be taking $65 Billion from its debt service stabilization fund to help close its budget gap. Click here to read more.
CPS’ credit rating is junk
CPS’ credit rating is considered non-investment grade speculative, or “junk,” according to the big three credit ratings agencies: Fitch Ratings and Standard & Poors rate it as BB+ and Moody’s rates it as Ba1.
Cracker Barrel exec went on to sit on HRC Business Advisory Council
Cracker Barrel over the past decade has worked closely with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), changing its company culture to be more inclusive and LGBT-friendly ahead of its controversial store rebrand.
The restaurant chain’s former management and training leader, Steve Smotherman, who spearheaded an LGBT employee resource group at Cracker Barrel, went on to sit on the HRC’s Business Advisory Council, Upware News reported.
"For more than ten years of my time at Cracker Barrel, I had an emphasis on Diversity & Inclusion, especially with LGBTQ workplace inclusion. My training background allowed me to understand the steps of adult learning, facilitate difficult conversations and be effective at it [sic] Diversity & Inclusio
