James Hohman That's basically all lawmakers in both chambers have done since the Executive Budget Recommendation dropped. To their credit, Senate has actually passed a budget (it's not balanced) but the House has so far failed to do so. Nothing but unforced errors all the way down

Why do Americans name their streets after trees but not their cities?

In an interview with Rick Pluta, Granholm says MI is "super successful" with its business subsidies. michiganpublic.org/politics-gover… The state announced that it would create 123,000 jobs from major subsidy deals from 2000 to 2020. It delivered just 9% of what was announced.

There are many policies that would change if enough people even knew about them. Home health care workers get their Medicaid payments skimmed by unions for no good reason.

Tariffs are not putting these particular Americans first. libertyjusticecenter.org/cases/v-o-s-se…

The main takeaway from this is that the push for streetcars did not come from a desire to help people get where they wanted to go. governing.com/transportation…

I hope something comes out of the pork barrel corruption investigation. But I don't expect anything. It's not illegal for elected officials to give money to their friends.

Yes, people should be told how much taxpayer money is going to recipients of state economic development deals. We're helping JC Reindl get this information. freep.com/story/opinion/…

My first Op-Ed byline: freep.com/story/opinion/…

Since the federal government refuses to disclose the CHIPS act contracts, the federal government could have already had a stake in these companies. We don't know.

James Hohman Give out money if you want, all government is a license to steal (Thank God! Otherwise we'll just do it to each other at gunpoint!) but government ownership of the means of production is the bad place

"These improvements are years in the making and come after several other recent reforms. The Motor City has the highest income, property and business taxes in Michigan. Prospective restaurateurs faced a menu of a heaping bowl of red tape. Opening was harder in Detroit than

The chief executive of Michigan's economic development arm has obtained his own legal counsel while seeking to shield some of his cell records from an embezzlement investigation into a $20 million grant administered by the agency. Story w/ Craig Mauger detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…