Michigan Capitol Confidential
WEBA Michigan News Source. News Story Michigan hasn’t defunded education. Lawmaker’s claim is false: Per-pupil funding from state sources increased more than $5,000 from 2012 to 2023 Read more
Clinton County Regional Education Agency to funnel $18 million …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · When Michigan’s lawmakers created the current state budget, they used a Greater Lansing area education service agency to distribute millions of dollars in hand-picked projects to areas far from the capital city. The state budget routinely allocates grants to organizations selected by legislators ...
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.
National Popular Vote bill advances to Michigan House
WEBJun 7, 2023 · A committee of Michigan lawmakers voted Tuesday to enroll the state in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. By a vote of 6-2, the House Elections Committee approved House Bill 4156.. The compact will take effect when signed on by states with a combined 270 or more electoral votes, enough to elect the president.
State superintendent asks Michigan lawmakers for home school …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Michigan state superintendent Michael F. Rice has called on lawmakers to require homeschool and private school parents to register their children with the state.
Greater Midland Community Center to receive $5M from state
WEBNov 18, 2022 · The Greater Midland Community Center was given a $6.5 million earmark from state taxpayers in Michigan’s 2022 state budget. In 2023, it was budgeted another $5 million, for a total of $11.5 million in two years. Terri Johnson, chief executive officer of the Greater Midland Network, has said the $11.5 million will be used toward a new facility.
Michigan hasn’t defunded education
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Per-pupil school revenue from state sources was $7,440 in 2011-12, according to official data assembled by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. That amount reached $12,653 in the 2022-23 year. Total education expenditures were $18.5 billion in the 2010-11 school year, and the comparable figure for 2022-23 was $27.3 billion.
Michigan prison stays cost $48K per year; here’s how that breaks …
WEBJul 2, 2023 · On average, it costs Michigan $48,000 per year, per prisoner, to keep some 32,778 people incarcerated (as of June 16). Here’s how those costs break down, per the Michigan Department of Corrections. 70%: Facilities, staffing, utility payments, supply and operational costs
Lawsuit alleging 26K dead on Michigan voter rolls will go on
WEBAug 29, 2022 · A federal lawsuit alleging that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has refused to remove 26,000 dead people from Michigan's Qualified Voter List will proceed, after a judge denied the state’s motion to dismiss the case. The Public Interest Law Firm filed the case against Benson, in her official capacity, in November 2021.
Troy school district paid literacy consultants $173,000
WEBAug 26, 2024 · The Troy School District spent $173,000 on literacy consulting for the 2023-24 school year while failing to apply for a literacy grant the state of Michigan offered to districts, according to information obtained through a public records request. Michigan Capitol Confidential previously reported that Troy schools hired the for-profit consulting ...