By Ben Solis | Senior Reporter
Quoted and Noted
“The department’s position would empower it to pick its preferred power sources in Michigan — or, presumably, any other state — and order them to operate without regard to the multiple procedural and substantive constraints built into state reliability planning processes.”
- U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Cornelia Pillard, in a Sept. 11 ruling that vacated the U.S. Department of Energy’s order keeping the J.H. Campbell coal plant in operation despite plans to decommission the facility.
A masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent knocks on a car window in Minnesota on Jan. 12, 2026. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)
By Katherine Dailey
A total of 6,307 individuals were apprehended by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Michigan from the start of 2025 through early August 2026. But once taken into custody, what exactly happens to them is harder to follow.
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The J.H. Campbell plant in Port Sheldon Township, operating since 1962, was scheduled to close partially in 2030 and wholly in 2040. Consumers Energy, however, announced in 2021 it was moving the plan up by 15 years for May 31, 2025. [ONN photo/Sarah Leach]
By Kyle Davidson
For more than a year, the U.S. Department of Energy has repeatedly extended the lifespan of a coal plant in West Olive, Michigan, arguing the power generated at the facility was needed to help address a national energy emergency.
Michigan Capitol building. (Photo by Susan J. Demas)
By Kyle Davidson
After severe weather knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents last week, members of the Democrat-led state Senate are introducing legislation to provide Michiganders facing lengthy outages with hourly payments.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
This amenity opened in the Detroit Renaissance Center on this day in 1976, and was at that time to tallest of such amenities in the world.
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Friday's answer: Kalkaska Sand is Michigan’s state soil, which covers nearly 1 million acres and can be found in 29 Upper and Lower Peninsula counties.
Source: https://northernmichiganhistory.com/
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