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The Governor's corrections department remains opposed to legislation reforming the state's legislative corrections ombudsman and how it investigates the state's prisons. The bill now sits dormant in a House committee after receiving unanimous support in the Senate about three months ago.

House Speaker Joe Tate (D-Detroit) announced Monday he will strip Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) of his office allotment, reassign his staff and remove him from one committee in response to Schriver’s “sustained campaign of racist rhetoric and hate speech on social media.”

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) would see a more than 74 percent drop in its funding between the current Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, under the Governor's proposal, as a sizable chunk of its authority is transferred to a brand new department.

A proposal to raise the tipping fees at garbage dumps -- something that's been kicking around Lansing for the last 20 years – made it into the Governor's recommended budget Wednesday

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer makes $159,300 per year and 262 state employees make more, along with 16 of the 19 department heads. Many department directors make even more than their boss, according to records obtained by MIRS through the Freedom of Information Act.