Michigan Capitol Confidential
WEBMichigan Senate passes bill to reallocate money used for state debt to other projects. The long term cost to taxpayers is $1.4B over 14 years Read more. News Story.
Michigan hasn’t defunded education
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Per-pupil school revenue from state sources was $7,440 in 2011-12, according to official data assembled by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. That amount reached $12,653 in the 2022-23 year. Total education expenditures were $18.5 billion in the 2010-11 school year, and the comparable figure for 2022-23 was $27.3 billion.
Michigan school closures went beyond ‘three months’
WEBOct 27, 2022 · After schools decided to offer in-person, on-line instruction only, or a hybrid approach for the 2020-21 school year, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, an executive branch agency, once again ordered schools shut November 15, for three weeks. High schools and colleges were forbidden from holding in-person classes.
State superintendent asks Michigan lawmakers for home school …
WEBJan 17, 2024 · Michigan state superintendent Michael F. Rice has called on lawmakers to require homeschool and private school parents to register their children with the state.
Whitmer’s ‘kitchen table’ budget stuffed with $1B of pork
WEBAug 13, 2024 · The $82.5 billion 1,500-page budget subsidizes the alcohol industry, sports complexes, and e-bikes. “We have delivered a pragmatic, balanced budget that delivers on the kitchen table issues,” the governor said of a budget that drained a $9 billion surplus, leaving only $350 million. The budget allocated $1 billion for pork projects hand ...
Michigan bill demands 750 training hours for estheticians
WEBMar 14, 2024 · The Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee on Thursday will consider Senate Bill 702, which would require 600 training hours for cosmetology teachers and manicurists whose training begins after July 1.Estheticians would have it even worse. Right now, cosmetology teachers are required to take 500 hours of instructor training.
Unions celebrate compulsory private sector dues as public sector ...
WEBMay 4, 2023 · Unions celebrate compulsory private sector dues as public sector membership wanes Public employees can invoke their Janus rights, and opt out of paying unions
Survey of parents, alumni, allowed multiple votes on question of ...
WEBDec 17, 2022 · School districts around the country have been in the news this year for renaming school buildings. In Michigan, the board of the Detroit Public Schools Community District voted to change the name of the Dr. Benjamin Carson High School of …
Wind industry declares war on Michigan man
WEBMar 28, 2023 · A memorandum of the wind lease was recorded Oct. 23, 2020, according to the Montcalm County Register of Deeds. “Depending upon the terms of the contracts, typically hosting a wind turbine will bring $8,000 to $12,000 per year or more, depending upon the size of the turbine,” Martis told Michigan Capitol Confidential.
Berkeley's Robert Reich Complains About CEO Pay, Collected …
WEBFeb 26, 2021 · University of California-Berkeley professor Robert Reich has often complained about the high pay of CEOs. Reich, who was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1993 to 1997 under President Bill Clinton, put out a Feb. 25 tweet where he bemoaned the rising pay of CEOs in the U.S.