The Michigan Legislature voted Wednesday to empower a state commission to preempt local governments' decisions on whether to authorize solar and wind projects, moving bills to overhaul energy laws to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk for her likely signature. ...But opponents, including Sen. John Damoose R-Harbor Springs, described the Democratic measures as a bid to circumvent local control in rural, agricultural areas, pushed by lawmakers from urban areas. "We are passing a law here that strips any reasonable local control over new facilities that can dramatically change communities for generations to come," Damoose said.