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New Poll: Michiganders Want Data Center Transparency

Recent polling conducted by Progress Michigan in partnership with Public Policy Polling shows that 77 percent of Michiganders overall would support additional transparency laws for data centers that receive state tax breaks. The polling also shows that Michiganders are mostly concerned with excess water use and increased energy costs when it comes to the impacts of hyperscale data center development.

Secretary Rollins Lies in Michigan While Rep. Barrett Stands By in Silence

Today U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Michigan alongside U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett. Despite the White House budget for fiscal year 2027 making dramatic cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture programs, while also announcing that the U.S. Forest Service will close all of its research facilities in Michigan, Secretary Rollins misleadingly claimed, “there is no one in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan who is getting reassigned to the East Coast.”