Michigan's Energy Abundance Is On The Ballot

Expect Electricity Prices To Rise Further, Analysts Warn By Robert Walton of UtilityDive, U.S. electricity prices have risen significantly in recent years, though “national trends mask stark differences” in state prices, according to an April 1 analysis by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and The Brattle Group. Whether you take a “crisis” or “more nuanced view” of the increases - the analysis offers both - one thing is likely, according to the report: “Record levels of [investor-owned utility] rate increase requests & regulatory approvals suggest additional near-term price increases absent policy/market actions.” There were...

Myth Busted: U.S. Much Safer Than Many Peer Nations Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearInvestigations, Conventional wisdom holds that the United States is the most violent and dangerous nation in the developed world. This dark view is frequently invoked by conservatives to demand stronger penalties for crimes and by progressives to argue for stronger gun laws. At the same time, other nations point to crime as an Achilles heel of the American system. These include two peer nations with some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world -...

Buyers Trading In Vehicles With Negative Equity Face Record Monthly Payments: Edmunds Authored by Rob Sabo via The Epoch Times, The number of automobile owners trading in vehicles with negative equity continues to rise, with 29.6 percent of trade-ins in the second quarter showing more money owed on existing auto loans than the vehicles were worth, according to automotive insights platform Edmunds’s July 16 vehicle transaction report. Negative equity also pushed average monthly payments on “underwater” trade-ins to $944 in the quarter, the highest figure on record, the report said. That’s $167 more...