State lawmakers are once again seeking to remove local control over gravel mining operations. A series of House bills introduced earlier this month would give the Michigan Department of Environment, ...

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Local control has become a burning issue in Lansing among lawmakers. A set of aggregate mining bills under consideration by the House Committee on Regulatory Reform is drawing significant attention.

CHARLEVOIX — Members of the Bay Shore community and Hayes Township hosted a public meeting on Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Charlevoix Public Library to air concerns over gravel mining and its effects on ...

Mining companies that produce gravel, sand and other aggregate have been pushing for years for a law that changes who approves permits for their operations. Now, they're trying again. New legislation ...

JACKSON COUNTY, MI — Residents of Norvell Township and surrounding areas voiced concerns about a proposed gravel mine near ...

Kim Fary’s home in Bay Shore is a modest place. The 900-square-foot house has everything she needs – and nothing more. “We just live very simple, and that’s the way I want it,” Fary said. “I’m not ...

Lansing — The Democratic-controlled Michigan House has pressed pause on a vote on long-debated legislation that would remove local control over gravel mining permits as the road construction industry ...

An undated photograph of the mouth of Willard Canyon where Granite Construction is conducting mining operations. WILLARD — Citizens of Willard, along with hikers and nature enthusiasts from around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than a century of resource extraction and environmental destruction along the San Joaquin River near Fresno could’ve been ...

MANKATO — Blue Earth County is preparing to modernize its aggregate mining regulations, proposing updates to an ordinance that has remained largely unchanged for nearly 60 years. The gravel-mining ...