House committee works on road repair plan
A state House committee is working on a $1.6 billion plan to pay for repair and maintenance on Michigan's roads.
"The plan would result in higher fuel taxes and driver fees. But it would also eliminate the six percent Michigan sales tax on fuel purchases," Rick Pluta reports.
Flint dumps contract with DWSD
"The city of Flint is dumping its contract with the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. Flint emergency manager Ed Kurtz signed a contract yesterday to get the city’s water from a new pipeline that’s being built from Lake Huron to Genesee County...A spokesman says the Detroit water department will have to look at its options to try and recoup investments made to Flint’s water system," reports Michigan Radio's Steve Carmody.
Michigan addicts become eligible for insurance
Nearly 88,000 drug and alcohol addicts in Michigan will become eligible for insurance starting in 2014.
"Michigan health officials say the state's substance abuse care system will be able to handle the surge of people who will become eligible for alcohol and drug addiction treatment under the federal Affordable Health Care Act," the Associated Press reports.