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WEBMichigan Senate passes bill to reallocate money used for state debt to other projects. The long term cost to taxpayers is $1.4B over 14 years Read more. News Story.
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WEBMichigan Capitol Confidential is the news source produced by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports with a free-market news perspective. As news coverage in our state dwindles, it is important to have outside scrutiny of our elected officials and government bureaucracies.
State earmarks give Flint nonprofit $2 million over two years
WEBSep 6, 2024 · The state of Michigan has approved a grant to a Flint nonprofit for the second time in two years. The organization, 100k Ideas, received $500,000 from taxpayers in the 2024 budget and will receive $1.5 million from the 2025 budget. The nonprofit gives marketing and other advice to microbusinesses and entrepreneurs, according to its website.
Michigan House approves bills to resurrect dues skim for home …
WEBSep 27, 2024 · Michigan home health care providers could see smaller paychecks after the state House approved bills aimed at resurrecting the dues skim practice voters rejected by wide margins twelve years ago. The House voted Wednesday on Senate Bills 790 and 791, which would push home health care workers into ...
Michigan small businesses fear impending minimum wage hike
WEBSep 5, 2024 · After February 2025, every Michigan business must provide paid sick leave to employees — even teenagers who work a few shifts a week while taking classes. Michigan small businesses are preparing for a minimum wage hike and a mandate to provide sick leave. The wide-ranging mandate applies to part-time, temporary and seasonal workers.
Michigan Capitol Confidential
WEBMichigan’s spending bonanza must end, economic expert says. State will have $350 million left in fiscal year 2024-25 Read more. News Story.
Michigan’s 2024 budget will spend all but 3% of state’s $9B surplus
WEBFeb 9, 2023 · On Wednesday, Michigan budget director Chris Harkins laid out Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2024 budget priorities. (Screenshot of Michigan Senate TV) If the 2023-2024 Michigan budget passes as recommended by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the state will spend all but $250 million of its $9 billion surplus, …
Michigan sports catch $25 million in 2025 budget
WEBJul 29, 2024 · Michigan sports organizations will receive $25 million from taxpayers via the 2025 state budget. Out of the $83 billion budget, roughly $1 billion will be for pork projects that were not vetted by committee hearings or other processes, but instead are selected by individual lawmakers. The projects could fund friends’ private businesses ...
Insults fly as State Board of Education discusses declining literacy
WEBSep 24, 2024 · A recent meeting of the State Board of Education turned contentious as participants discussed ways to improve students’ reading literacy and traded insults. Over 60% of third graders in Michigan were not proficient in English on Michigan’s latest statewide standardized test, and 70% of sixth graders were not …
Workers at Mt. Clemens tooling company are on the way to …
WEB4 days ago · Workers at a hydraulic tooling company in Mt. Clemens are one step closer to decertifying their union after submitting enough signatures to the National Labor Relations Board to trigger a vote on representation. Hydra-Lock Corp. employees are getting representation from the National Right to Work ...