Insider Intelligence

This week, the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced a program that would provide funding to local communities for the purchase of residential recycling carts.  The program is part of the initiative put forth by Governor Rick Snyder to double residential recycling rates.  It is believed that switching from recycling bins to carts increases the […]

On Wednesday, the House Elections Committee reported a bill that would move county executive elections from presidential to gubernatorial election years. This bill would only apply to two counties in Michigan, Bay and Oakland, who are organized under PA 139 of 1973 and currently use the presidential cycle for elections.