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A package of bills in the Michigan Legislature could expand eligibility requirements for a free college tuition program for helping adults without college degrees to pay for community college or skilled trades training.
A package of bills would expand The Michigan Reconnect program, which currently provides free tuition to people ages 25 and older pursuing an associate degree or skilled trade certificate. The new bills would temporarily make people as young as 21 eligible.
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday offered Republican legislative leaders a series of bargaining concessions in an attempt to break an ongoing budget stalemate but made clear she will not sign away gubernatorial power.
There is an agreement between the Republican-led House and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, but not with the Senate.
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