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The House Veterans and Homeland Committee took testimony Tuesday pertaining to a mental health crisis killing veterans.

Senate Republicans Thursday proposed niche funding pots for school safety while offering a total of 28 failed amendments to Democrats' PreK-12 budget recommendation, to which Senate Appropriations Chair Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) said "talk is cheap."

Senate Republicans offered 96 failed amendments and attempted substitutes during the Senate's second day of approving $52.9 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 spending proposals Wednesday.

Schools would receive at least $9,700 per pupil, 4-year-old preschool could be paid from the traditional K-12 foundation allowance, and universal free lunch and breakfast would start at the beginning of the 2023-24 school year, under a School Aid Fund budget .

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Insurance and Financial Services was the first to move its budget recommendation Tuesday, which included an additional $36.2 million towards a revamped Renewable Energy and Electrification