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Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed the final budget bill for the upcoming fiscal year that begins October 1.
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The vetoes include money for marketing for adoption programs, tax credits for adoptive parents and health centers that advocate against abortion.
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The governor says the $19.6 billion budget contains major increases in spending on per-student investment, school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, and school safety.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a $4.7 billion bipartisan infrastructure spending bill into law Wednesday.
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Painful but not ancient history: Michigan could commission study of Native American boarding schoolsIf funding is approved by state lawmakers, the project would include preserving records and interviewing survivors of residential schools for indigenous children.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal is now on the table with a record-setting $74 billion dollars in revenue to work with. The governor’s calling for money for schools, for roads, even some tax cuts.
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The Democratic governor praised the budget as a bipartisan agreement that will spend more on childcare, roads, dam safety and other infrastructure, and job training.
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All Michigan State Police troopers will soon be wearing body cameras as part of funding in the state budget.
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The agreement sets a few billion dollars aside for local and state infrastructure projects like bridge construction, lead service line replacement, and road repairs.
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Both the $50.7 billion general government spending plan and the $2.2 billion in gross spending for higher learning institutions are expected to make it to the governor’s desk before the end of the week.