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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 $400,000 education finance study, or “adequacy study,” could not completely account for special e...

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, no further action at this time. Senate Bill 22: Require property tax votes be in November Introduce...

With Trump gone, Michigan Republicans look to unite in opposition to Whitmer Samuel Dodge, mlive.com © J. Scott Park | MLive.com/J. Scott Park | MLive.com/mlive.com/TNS Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sits between State Senator Mike Shirkey, left, and Mike Hirst during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Andy's Place project on the site of the former Odd Fellows and Rebekah home on Michigan Avenue near the Westwood Mall in Jackson on Monday, April 29, 2019. The project will give a long term solution housing solution to those struggling with opioid addiction. LANSING, MI - Pres...

And those 18 Michigan Republican lawmakers bear some responsibility for stoking and fomenting the anger and mistrust that metastasized into political violence in Washington, D.C. and in Lansing. As a result, Republicans, Democrats and independents across the country and in Michigan are speaking up, voicing concerns and distancing themselves from this unpatriotic group. We know that several Republicans in the Michigan House of Representatives wrote a letter to Vice President Mike Pence asking him to delay finalization of the Nov. 3 election results by 10 days so lawmakers could, “meet, inves...

People of the lie: The Michigan Republicans who tried to overturn the election Detroit Free Press Editorial Board, Detroit Free Press © handout U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain and U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg. It began with an outrageous lie: Donald Trump's baseless assertion that election officials in Michigan and other battleground states had conspired to conceal his "landslide" re-election victory. Over the next two months, 28 of Michigan's most prominent Republicans — federal and state lawmakers, appointed officials and party leaders — waged an unpr...