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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 .

Several civil rights organizations delivered a letter on Monday asking the House and Senate Appropriations committees to honor Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's recommendation for increased funding to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.

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

Unearthing the long-dead Office of the State Archeologist was one of the topics taken up during Tuesday’s House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development and Natural Resources hearing.