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Michigan lawmakers send $1.2M to wealthy cities for splash pads. Novi, with per-capita income 61% higher than state average, gets $200,000 Read more. News Story.
Troy school district paid literacy consultants $173,000
Aug 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 ...
Curtains could fall for some interior designers
Oct 8, 2024 · Bills introduced in the Michigan House last month would require interior designers to be licensed to work. House Bill 5960, introduced by Rep. Carol Glanville, D-Walker, would also impose continuing education requirements on designers.. Interior designers had to register with the state until 2014, a requirement which included passing a qualification exam proctored by the Council for Interior ...
Whitmer’s ‘kitchen table’ budget stuffed with $1B of pork
Aug 13, 2024 · The $82.5 billion 1,500-page budget subsidizes the alcohol industry, sports complexes, and e-bikes. “We have delivered a pragmatic, balanced budget that delivers on the kitchen table issues,” the governor said of a budget that drained a $9 billion surplus, leaving only $350 million. The budget allocated $1 billion for pork projects hand ...
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Michigan 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 superintendent asks Michigan lawmakers for home school …
Jan 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.
Michigan House approves bills to resurrect dues skim for home …
Sep 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.
Fox2 Detroit misstates impact of declining school enrollment
Mar 17, 2024 · Some Michigan schools have larger payrolls than current conditions allow. “School boards are faced with the possibility of running out of money or closing schools to stay afloat,” according to a recent Fox2 Detroit story. The TV station adds that the number of school buildings in Michigan dropped from 3,255 in 2010 to 2,870 in 2020.
There’s something wrong in Union Charter Township: Part I
Oct 11, 2024 · Doug Labelle, a former Charter Union Township planning commissioner, resigned in frustration in May over the township’s micromanagement of developers and ordinary citizens. He even arranged for residents and developers to air their concerns directly with township officials. But nothing about the management there has changed, according to Labelle.