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.

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, ...

FREEDOM TWP., MI — A rural community southwest of Ann Arbor is grappling with proposed gravel and sand mining operations.

After three delays, a plan to mine gravel east of the old sugar factory in Sterling was approved by the Logan County Commissioners on Tuesday. When the matter was last brought to them on Jan. 17, the ...

Lansing — Legislation that would remove local control over gravel mining permits is back in the mix in Lansing — rearing its controversial head just in time for the lame duck session in December. The ...

Lansing — A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers are resurrecting a proposal to transfer oversight of aggregate mining permits and operations from local communities to state regulators amid a ...

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 ...

Utah has been the fasting growing state in the nation, with a hardy population increase of nearly 24% since 2010. With that growth rate comes the need for new housing, new roads and other necessary ...

A new study using multidecade satellite imagery and face-to-face human interviews tracked the environmental and societal ...