Blog categorized as Budget

The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA) is making a new push to get lawmakers to a $3.9 billion annual road funding shortfall by year's end as a new County Roads Association (CRAM) report points to crumbling concrete.

The Senate Appropriations Committee is considering giving Dow Chemical $120 million in Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) Fund money so it can update its R&D, expand its silicon manufacturing and update the infrastructure at its Michigan Operations Industrial Park in Midland.

Legislative Democrats are using $125 million leftover from an old 2022 cost sharing program for one-time mental health and public safety grants to school districts

A $305 million supplemental would replace cuts made in the fiscal year (FY) '25 budget for school safety and mental health as part of a bill package sponsored by Reps. Nancy DeBoer (R-Holland) and Jaime Greene (R-Richmond).

While declining revenues, a slowing economy, demographic changes and structural deficits may be among the top fiscal issues for states