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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The SME Education Foundation will receive $6 million from the state of Michigan as part of the approved School Aid Fund Budget (PA 48 of 2021) crafted with bipartisan support from the Michigan Legislature. The award will double the number of schools participating in the unique manufacturer/educator partnership-driven SME PRIME initiative, which offers education and career-readiness opportunities to high school students. The SME Education Fo...

Gov. Whitmer Signs Historical K-12 Education Budget July 13, 2021 Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the largest state education budget in history Tuesday, $17.1 billion dollars. For the first time in three decades, creating an even playing field for all schools. For 27 years, since 1994, the state has promised to close the funding gap between the highest funded schools and the lowest funded schools. They have taken baby steps but they haven’t gotten close, this year they closed the gap. “Eve...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday called for spending a...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called for spending a “historic” $250 million in federal coronavirus relief aid to upgrade state parks and trails.

The state Senate also recommended $1.5 billion to replace 400 locally-owned bridges - five times as much as what the Michigan governor recommended before cash flowed into the state.

A Detroit development is likely to get a more than two-year extension on a brownfield tax credit award of nearly $9 million courtesy of state lawmakers. The legislative lifeline for $377 million The Mid project incentive comes in the form of Senate Bill 437, sponsored by Sen. Wayne Schmidt, R…

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday called for spending a "historic" $250 million in federal coronavirus relief aid to upgrade state parks and trails, a day after Senate Republicans announced a $1.5 billion plan to fix deteriorating local bridges across Michigan.

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday called for spending a "historic" $250 million in federal coronavirus relief aid to upgrade state parks and trails, a day after Senate Republicans announced a $1.5 billion plan to fix deteriorating local bridges across Michigan.They were the latest…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday called for spending a...

Michigan lawmakers may give The Mid developers a lifeline on brownfield tax credit Michigan lawmakers may give The Mid developers a lifeline on brownfield tax credit Lawmakers weigh whether to give The Mid developer until September 2023 to build part of project At stake is nearly $9 million in brownfield tax credits developer said is needed, or else project dies Proposal moved out of the House Tax Policy Committee on Wednesday, awaits House vote Kirk Pinho/Crains Detroit Business The developmen...