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The Michigan Senate unanimously approves $3.3 billion in water infrastructure spending to replace lead pipes and repair dams statewide.

From the Associated Press — The Michigan Senate has unanimously approved $3.3 billion in water infrastructure spending to replace lead pipes and repair dams

The state House voted Thursday to dramatically boost funding for police officers in schools. It was in response to Tuesday’s shootings at Oxford High School that left four students dead and seven other people wounded.

The line item went from $10 million dollars to $50 million dollars in the budget bill adopted Thursday.

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The state Senate allocates more than Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed, but Michigan’s infrastructure has been underfunded for years.

It includes about $2.4 billion in federal funding — $1.4 billion from the infrastructure law enacted last month and nearly $1 billion from the pandemic rescue law passed in March.

Michigan lawmakers pushed out of committee two supplemental budget bills totaling $3.6 billion for water infrastructure and law enforcement.

From the Associated Press — The Michigan Senate has unanimously approved $3.3 billion in water infrastructure spending to replace lead pipes and repair dams

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate on Thursday unanimously approved $3.3 billion in water infrastructure spending to replace lead pipes and repair aging dams around the state while also