The city of Fraser would get $3 million to help repair a football field-sized sinkhole under legislation passed by the Michigan House. House members approved the bill on Wednesday in a 101-7 vote to provide the supplemental appropriation to fix the sewer pipe that collapsed on Christmas Eve, prompting the[…]
State lawmakers urge Senate to pass open-records bills
Local state lawmakers are hoping the state House of Representatives’ overwhelming passage of a bill package that subjects them and the governor to freedom-of-information requests will convince the Senate to do the same. The state House of Representatives passed the measure last week in a 108-0 vote. Meanwhile, state Sen.[…]