Great Lakes Wire

Toyota executive on EVs: 'The marketplace isn't mature enough', citing lack of charging stations in Michigan and abroad

By Karen Kidd | Aug 26, 2022

The United States isn't ready for a full shift to electric vehicles (EVs) despite a push by automakers, and hybrids probably are a better go-to for now, a high-ranking Toyota executive said in The Wall Street Journal last week.

Ford cutting 8,000 jobs to boost EV production due to 'government climate mandates'

By Karen Kidd | Jul 28, 2022

President Joe Biden's administration's talk about good-paying green-economy-generated jobs doesn't square with reality, including the 8,000 jobs being cut by Ford Motor Company to boost electric vehicle production, the Wall Street Journal's editorial board opined this week

Mackinac Center provides recommendations for Michigan based on Texas' electrical grid failure

By Karen Kidd | Feb 21, 2021

As Texas begins to recover from last week's winter storms, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy has issued an update to its letter sent to Michigan lawmakers last week containing recommendations about what Michigan can learn from the Lone Star State's difficulties.

More than 80% of COVID deaths in Michigan are among residents aged 65 and older

By Karen Kidd | Nov 30, 2020

More than 80% of the COVID-19 deaths in Michigan since the beginning of 2020 were people aged 65 and older, according to pandemic-related information on Michigan's health department website.

Michigan's three-week shutdown order disallows large Thanksgiving gatherings

By Karen Kidd | Nov 19, 2020

Michigan residents should skip trips over the river and through the woods -- by car, airplane or any other way -- to large gatherings in loved ones' homes this Thanksgiving in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, state officials have decided.

Sen. Stamas calls for nonessential state employee layoffs

By Karen Kidd | May 2, 2020

If you are a state employee in Michigan who is designated as nonessential, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Stamas (R-Midland) wants you to be laid off or reassigned to save the budget amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

From Capitol News

'They didn't say it': crowd fails to respond with Tlaib impeachment pejorative directed at Trump at rally

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

Freshman U.S. House Rep. Rashida Harbi Tlaib is trying to make profane language directed at President Donald Trump into a slogan for her 2020 re-election campaign but recently found that at least some of her supporters haven't gotten the memo.