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The citizens now serving in the Michigan Legislature did not create the fiscal crisis that now grips our 83 counties and other local governments.The crisis is so large, so complex, it took decades to create — decades of poor choices, often made with good, or at least not malicious,…
Hillsdale Daily News HILLSDALE - Hillsdale Community School District voters showed up to cast their ballots Tuesday on whether to extend the district’s current authorized millage rate. The unofficial cumulative vote was 839 yes and 604 no, for a total of 1,443 votes. Hillsdale County Clerk Marney Kast said it was close to a 14 percent turnout, which on an off scheduled year, was average. "Everything seemed to run smooth throughout the day," she said. "In this election, each of the six precincts had a leader. Hillsdale Township’s election records were into the Courthouse by 9:28 p.m., foll...
Voters in the Clinton, Madison, Morenci and Tecumseh schools and Riga Township decided the fates of proposals.
Ionia Sentinel-Standard IONIA — A proposal to restore Ionia Public Schools’ non-homestead operating millage to its original 18 mills failed in the Tuesday, May 4, special election — according to unofficial election results. The IPS non-homestead operating millage restoration proposal failed with 591 yes votes to 744 no votes, according to unofficial Ionia County election results — meaning roughly 56 percent of voters opposed it. IPS asked voters Tuesday to approve raising the operating millage rate levied on non-homestead property to its original 18 mills, IPS Superinten...
Grass Lake schools operating millage narrowly passes Updated May 05, 2021; Facebook Share GRASS LAKE, MI – Grass Lake voters have approved a non-homestead tax to support the school district’s operating fund by just 47 votes. Grass Lake Community Schools voters approved up to 5 mills for 13 years, beginning in 2021, to make the district’s 18-mill non-homestead property tax whole, at the May 4 election. About 52% of voters on Tuesday supported the tax, 448-401, according to unofficial results. Turnout for the springtime election was low. About 14% of Grass Lake’s 5,943 registered voter...