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Jocelyn Benson’s husband personally delivered application for despised Saline Township data center
While Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson works to convince Michiganders she’s not beholden to data center developers, documents on a widely despised development in Saline Township is undermining that narrative.
Emails obtained by independent journalist Anna Hoffman through a public information request show Benson’s husband, Related Companies VP Ryan Friedrichs, personally delivered the application to rezone 575 acres in Saline Township in July 2025.
“Hi Kelly, please see attached for an Application to rezone approximately 575 acres of land in Saline Township, which Ryan delivered to you earlier today,” Related Companies Associate Jon Furman wrote in an email to Saline Township Clerk Kelly Marion on July 10, 2025. Click here to read more.
Michigan Wants to Track How Far You Drive – And Eventually, Charge You for It
LANSING, Mich.– Michigan motorists are already up in arms over Flock cameras tracking where their vehicles go. Now imagine adding a meter to the equation. Because if tracking where you drive wasn’t controversial enough, the next question could be how much you’ll pay for getting there. And it’s more than just talk. The state of Michigan is spending millions to study a system that could track how many miles you drive – and eventually charge you for every one of them.
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is moving ahead with a “road usage charge” pilot program that could eventually replace some or all of the gas tax with a fee assessed for every mile driven. The purpose of the study, according to MDOT, is “to guide the development and evaluation of a road usage charge study and pilot program to assess the potential and positive and negative findings for mileage-based revenue collection for this state’s roads and highways as an alternative to the fuel tax system.” Click here to read more.
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Former MSU resident physician arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two patients
EAST LANSING, Mich. (FOX 2) - A former Michigan State University physician has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two patients.
The physician, who MSU police identified as 39-year-old Arpit Saxena, was arrested in Atlanta, Georgia Thursday night.
MSU police say on April 3, 2025, officials were called out to the MSU Health Care facility to meet a victim who wanted to report she was a victim of sexual assault. When police arrived, the woman told officials that she had just left her appointment from inside the facility and reported that she had been sexually assaulted by the resident physician who had examined and treated her. Click here to read more.
U.S. Secretly Removed Accused Pedophile Diplomat From Britain: Report
A report from The Sun — Britain’s top circulation newspaper — has claimed that U.S. secret agents carried out a clandestine operation on UK soil without informing local police, seizing an American diplomat from his London flat, taking him to a U.S. air base, and returning him to the United States.
The diplomat was reportedly under investigation after allegedly receiving indecent images of children from his brother. According to the report, American agents received a court order in the U.S. before carrying out the raid on the diplomat’s apartment in Putney, London, on August 25th. An investigation of the flat is said to have confirmed that the diplomat was in possession of the child pornography in question.
The move to remove the unnamed man back to the United States has riled feathers in London given that American officials have no authority to carry out policing operations in the United Kingdom. Click here to read more.
If That Grocery Store Receipt Was Already Making Your Eyes Water … Just Wait
U.S. diesel prices hit $6 per gallon on Friday for the first time ever, as fuel supply disruptions triggered by the Ukraine and Iran wars raises transportation costs across the entire economy.
Truckers and farmers are paying about 63% more to fill up their semis and tractors than they did at this time last year, according to data from AAA. The average price nationwide is now about $6.06 per gallon.
Prices are even higher in California, the biggest agriculture state in the U.S., at $7.98 per gallon.
Fuel costs are rising as crude oil prices have surged in response to a sharp escalation in fighting between the U.S. and Iran this month. U.S. crude oil futures topped $100 per barrel on Thursday for the first time since May. The contract has gained about 20% in September. Click here to read more.