Blog categorized as Budget

All departments will no longer need to report to legislators on the severance packages given to outgoing state employees, particularly high-ranking department officials and directors, under the recently signed Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget.

Monday's Michigan State Capitol Commission meeting was centered largely around summer construction projects - of which there will be many.

A coalition of 13 education associations Tuesday opposed the House’s proposed Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) fund extension

Democrats are considering linking next year's budget to an economic development reform proposal that could transform Detroit's Renaissance Center from General Motors' headquarters to new housing and a regional hub for mass transit

Members on both sides of the aisle agreed today on an amendment funding the state’s Selfridge Air National Guard Base at $10 million, but when the Democrat-proposed amendment prevailed over the Republican-led one, Rep. Tom Kuhn (R-Troy) called out Dems for “political theater.”