Bills could force some Michigan landlords to accept Section 8 …
WEBJun 21, 2024 · Michigan landlords who rent five or more units could be forced to accept Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers under a bill package in Lansing. The Legislature is considering Senate bills 205, 206, and 207, as well as House bills 4062 and 4063.Together, the bills seek to prohibit landlords who have five or more units from discriminating against tenants or prospective tenants based on their income ...
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WEBMichigan fines, disciplines at least 132 people under 2020 implicit bias training. Rule breakers fined a collective $75,000 in 2024 Read more. News Story.
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WEBMichigan’s spending bonanza must end, economic expert says. State will have $350 million left in fiscal year 2024-25 Read more. News Story.
Lawmaker: $4.4B of corporate subsidies is ‘legislative malpractice’
WEBJun 11, 2024 · Since 2023, Michigan has authorized $4.4 billion of select corporate business subsidies.. Assuming that money is fungible, what could it have bought Michiganders? The average price of a ticket to a Taylor Swift concert in 2023 was $1,088, as calculated by CNBC.At that rate, Michigan could have bought Taylor Swift tickets for 40% of the state population.
Ford pauses EV battery project; UAW calls decision ‘shameful’
WEBSep 26, 2023 · Despite the unclear status of unions at the facility, UAW President Shawn Fain accused Ford of “doubling down on their race to the bottom” by pausing the project. “This is a shameful, barely-veiled threat by Ford to cut jobs,” Fain said in a statement posted Monday on X. “Closing 65 plants over the last 20 years wasn’t enough for ...
Why $125M won’t buy many electric school buses
WEBJan 19, 2024 · In November 2022, the state announced $54 million in clean school bus rebates, covering 138 buses at 25 school districts. That averages out to $391,304 per bus. If Michigan were to buy $125 million worth of school buses at the same cost, it would equate to about 319 buses. The budget bill was passed in such a …
Whitmer creates second Michigan education department
WEBJul 13, 2023 · In a flying LEAP, governor expands mandate of state education system. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created a second department of education in Michigan Wednesday. In addition to the Michigan Department of Education, Michigan will now have a Department of LEAP: Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential. Whitmer calls it MiLEAP.
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.
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.
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