Lawmakers right to combine environmental departments

(MI) The Detroit News – Rather than wait for recommendations from a slow-moving government efficiency task force, lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to cut state spending by merging the departments of environmental quality (DEQ) and natural resources (DNR). The idea has the qualified support of environmental groups and makes sense in the context of streamlining bureaucracy. More

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Lawmakers right to combine environmental departments

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