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Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) will not resign if the speakers race doesnt play out the way he wants after comments he made this week were construed as him saying hed step down.

MichiganVotes.org is a free, non-partisan website created by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy to provide concise, non-partisan, plain-English descriptions of every bill and vote in the Michigan House and Senate. This report was released Friday, April 9. The Legislature is on spring break until April 13. Rather than votes, this Roll Call Report describes some newly introduced bills of interest. Senate Bill 150: Restrict governor’s commitment of National Guard Introduced by Sen. Tom Bar...

Apr 15, 2021 The Legislature is on spring break until April 13. Rather than votes, this Roll Call Report describes some newly introduced bills of interest. Senate Bill 150: Restrict governor s commitment of National Guard Introduced by Sen. Tom Barrett (R), to prohibit a governor from ordering a member of the Michigan National Guard to active state service for longer than 28 days, unless a request by the governor for a specific number of days is approved by a resolution passed by the state Hous...

A frequent criticism of the U.S. health care system is that it is wasteful because a considerable number of procedures are "unnecessary." For example, Dr. Robert Brook of the Rand Corporation maintains that "perhaps one-fourth of hospital days and two-fifths of medications could be done without." [87] One source of evidence for unnecessary medical care is a series of studies that show wide variations in the rate of treatment among different U.S. communities, with no apparent justificati...

A thorough review of how special education funding works in Michigan reveals the challenge of consistently and effectively providing these services. Like many other elements of school finance, special education funding is complex — revenues come from a variety of sources and are purposed for a variety of targeted programs. Altogether though, spending on these services comprise a large but difficult to measure portion of what Michigan taxpayers spend on public education. The state’s recent $...

Legislative roll call report FacebookTwitterEmail Senate Bill 13: Give tax break to certain business owners and developers Introduced by Sen. Dale W. Zorn (R), to give tax breaks equal to 50% of their state business tax liability by certain developers and business owners selected by political appointees on the board of a state Strategic Fund agency. If the tax break exceeded the firm’s tax liability the difference could be applied to future tax bills for up to 10 years. Referred to committee,...