For some perspective, the entire budget for the State of Michigan in one year is about $45 billion. That is money for things like public education, prisons, and roads.
In Washington, DC though that is [...]
For some perspective, the entire budget for the State of Michigan in one year is about $45 billion. That is money for things like public education, prisons, and roads.
In Washington, DC though that is [...]
The House Judiciary Committee likely won’t hear from Attorney General Mike Cox about how he and his office determined where to distribute law suit settlement cash until early next year.
Rep. Mark Meadows (D-East Lansing) says with the budget crisis and other issues pressing on the state, the Judiciary Committee [...]
On Sunday, the U.S. Senate approved next years budget, that increases spending overall 12%, and increases Federal Worker's Salaries by 2%. When 50 million Social Security recipients don't get their yearly increase because of the falling cost of living, how can the government justify the 2% increase in salaries. We [...]
Predictably, the frothing-at-the-mouth right has come out against the proposal.
This confounds me, [...]
In her weekly radio address, Gov. Jennifer Granholm argued that the cuts in local revenue sharing in the state’s most recent budget are negatively impacting fire and police protection around the state and jeopardizing public safety as a result.
“Police officers and fire fighters are being laid off or open [...]
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The Source of the School Budget Quagmire — Michigan's record of generously financing schools suggests policymakers should stop focusing on school revenues and instead encourage schools to control their costs.
Michigan Weekend Update:
Speaker Dillon tells Jack Lessenberry that next year's budget deficit might be as high as $2.8B - much higher than the $1.6B that had been previously mentioned. What happens if BFF Mike Bishop [...]
The legislature will soon be finished for the year, but when they return in January, they will face another budget deficit. Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry spoke with the Michigan Speaker of the House about what lies ahead…
I talked [...] With the Detroit Public Schools facing a deficit in the range of $300 million and losing an additional $38 million in state aid due to cuts in the recently passed state budget, the school system and the teacher’s union have reached an agreement to make significant concessions to save the [...]
From a Mike Bishop campaign e-mail:
Because of your support, we were able to stand firm against any tax increases, cut the cost of government and begin the [...]
By Igor VolskyThis morning, Fox News ran a chyron alleging that the new Congressional Budget Office report on premiums concluded that the Senate health care bill won’t lower health care premiums:
The report actually concluded the opposite — that, on average, premiums would [...]
Dave Bing
In an in-depth interview published Sunday in the Detroit Free Press, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing touched on issues ranging from the city’s budget deficit to transit to the new mix of personalities on the city council.
And befitting the ex-NBA star, Bing talked [...]
The fallout from the failure of the state legislature to provide adequate funding for schools continues. Several local school districts are now considering adding furlough days to the remainder of the school year, the Lansing State Journal reports:
At least two local school districts — DeWitt and East Lansing [...]
Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith is so incensed at the Macomb County Board of Commissioners over cuts to his office made necessary by a county budget deficit of nearly $16 million that he is considering filing a lawsuit against his own county to have those cuts overturned. The Detroit News [...]
Schools across the state are making headlines as they prepare to ax millions of dollars half way through their 2009-2010 budget year. The cuts are necessitated by a state budget passed in Oct. which resulted in significant cuts to the school aid funding allowance, as well as a line item [...]
FERNDALE– Charles Pugh, the recently elected Detroit City Council President, says he won’t back cuts to police or fire programs, public transportation or cuts to the city’s health department programs dealing with HIV/AIDS.
“Everything else is on the table,” Pugh said.
He said moves to cut services from public safety [...]
