Garret M. Ellison

3 weeks ago | mlive.com | Garret M. Ellison

BENTON HARBOR, MI — The Trump administration has rescinded a $20 million grant that was meant to fund workforce development, energy efficiency upgrades and restore a blighted community center in Benton Harbor. The grant, awarded in the final days of the Biden administration, is among more than a dozen environmental justice grants for organizations in Michigan on a list of grants targeted for termination released this week by Congressional Democrats.

4 weeks ago | mlive.com | Garret M. Ellison

DETROIT, MI — Michigan Indigenous tribes will no longer cooperate with the federal environmental review of a proposed oil pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac in objection to potential fast-tracking of a permit. In a March 21 letter, six tribes formally withdrew from the U.S. Army Corps review of Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge’s application to construct a utility tunnel under the Great Lakes that would house a rebuilt section of its Line 5 oil pipeline.

4 weeks ago | mlive.com | Garret M. Ellison

WASHINGTON, DC — Republican Congressman Tim Walberg said this week he supports legislation that would limit the reach of U.S. District Court judges following attacks on the federal judiciary by President Donald Trump and allies in Congress. Walberg, re-elected last year in a district encompassing multiple counties along Michigan’s southern border, criticized federal judges who have stymied parts of the Trump administration’s agenda through injunctions and other rulings.

1 month ago | mlive.com | Garret M. Ellison

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1 month ago | mlive.com | Garret M. Ellison

LANSING, MI — Integrating cryptocurrency technology into U.S. government systems has “real dangers” that could leave Americans who rely on federal payments vulnerable to cyber-attack, a finance regulation professor told Michigan lawmakers. Hilary J.