Michigan Capitol Confidential

Michigan Capitol Confidential serves as a news platform for residents in Michigan looking for an alternative viewpoint to the typical "bigger government" solutions in policy discussions. CapCon provides reports from a free-market standpoint, focusing on public officials who advocate for reducing government size, those who oppose it, and those whose voting records contradict their stated positions.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spent $204,444 on March trip to UK, and Ireland

1 week ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Scott McClallen

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spent $204,444 on her eight-day March trip to the United Kingdom and Ireland, according to documents obtained through a records request. The eight-person travel group had Sunday High Tea at The Dorchester, a 5-star hotel in London, and spent, on average, more than $25,500 per day. It ate at Duck & Waffle, a restaurant on the 40th floor of a London building, and visited Parliament, say documents obtained from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Mackinac Center sues Flint Community Schools

1 week ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy has sued Flint Community Schools for failing to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act request. The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation filed the suit April 30 on behalf of Michigan Capitol Confidential after the school district failed to fulfill a Feb. 17 FOIA request for records on expenditures for out-of-state travel by district staff in 2023 and 2024.
Trump administration sues Michigan over climate litigation against oil and gas companies

1 week ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Scott McClallen

On May 30, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Michigan in the federal court. The 22-page lawsuit names Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel as defendants, Bloomberg first reported. While the nation faces an energy crisis, the lawsuit says, Michigan plans to sue energy providers.
Dues-skim union has no bargaining power for home care providers

2 weeks ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope

One of America’s largest unions is targeting Michigan home health care providers for dues under a 2024 law that reclassified their employment status. But the union is making promises it can’t keep, according to a legal expert. Caregivers from around the state are reporting to Michigan Capitol Confidential that representatives of the Service Employees International Union have appeared at their homes and sent union solicitations in the mail.
Michigan cities paid up to $63 million in police settlements from 2022 to 2025

2 weeks ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Scott McClallen

News Story More than $40 million will be paid to six men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 121 years Michigan cities paid out a wide range of settlements over police matters in recent years. Settlement sums varied from $63 million to nothing between 2022 through the beginning of 2025, according to public records Michigan Capitol Confidential obtained through many requests.
Grand Ledge may let anyone inspect residents’ pipes

2 weeks ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Scott McClallen

The city of Grand Ledge can authorize anyone, including city council members, to enter a home to inspect water pipes, according to Section 44-53 of its municipal code. The city threatens a misdemeanor charge against residents who refuse a city-authorized inspection during normal hours. Each day the violation continues will be a separate offense, and any person violating this rule will be liable to the city for any expense, loss, or damage caused by the violation.
Two Democratic lawmakers agree: AG Nessel sicced government on business owners during pandemic

2 weeks ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope

News Story Tucker Carlson blasts Michigan’s attorney general over her 2021 arrest of a business owner A restaurant owner who was arrested and jailed for operating her Holland restaurant during the COVID pandemic asked the Legislature to rein in the power of unelected bureaucrats during testimony April 23 at a Weaponization of State Government subcommittee hearing.
Owosso barber still battling $9K in fines from Whitmer lockdown

2 weeks ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope

Michigan residents and small business owners targeted by the Whitmer administration got a long-delayed chance to speak on April 23 as the Republican-controlled state House held its first hearings on government overreach during the COVID lockdowns. Two business owners and a lawyer described how they were targeted by Attorney General Dana Nessel, the Whitmer administration, and local government at the House's Weaponization of State Government hearing. Gov.
Caregivers protest union effort to skim home helpers’ pay

3 weeks ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope

The Service Employees International Union is renewing its efforts to take money from the paychecks of Michigan residents who care for dependents at home. Michigan Capitol Confidential recently talked with two caregivers who have firsthand knowledge of the union’s effort to revive a scheme from decades past. The SEIU for many years targeted people who received payments from a state health care program for taking care of their loved ones at home.
Park Township short-term rental owners seek grandfathered properties

3 weeks ago | michigancapitolconfidential.com | Jamie A. Hope

News Story Government has allowed short-term rentals despite a 1974 law banning them More than 40 Park Township residents testified at a special Zoning Board of Appeals hearing on March 31 to urge members to grandfather in properties used as short-term rentals.