Almost 54 percent of the children in Detroit are living in poverty, new U.S. Census data shows, and cuts to education may make matters worse.
The Detroit News reports:
In Michigan, the poverty rate among college grads is 4.3 percent, well below the 11 percent for those with
A small cadre of House Republicans on Thursday introduced legislation that will force Michigan State University and Wayne State University to forfeit millions of dollars in state aid payments.
The move comes as the GOP claims the two universities violated a tuition restraint deal in the most recently enacted budget More…
The National Employment Law Project, which advocates for jobless workers, is criticizing Gov. Snyder and the Republican-led state Legislature for making more cuts to unemployment benefits in Michigan.
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) is steeped in the politics, and money, of Big Sugar. Not only was Lucas, chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, chosen to advise the budget-slashing supercommittee on agriculture-related cuts, he is also the largest recipient among congressional members of funds More…
When Gov. Rick Snyder issued his health and wellness message to the legislature last week, HIV activists were hoping to hear from Snyder about how he intended to address the HIV epidemic in the state. They were sorely disappointed.
A press release from his office listed the following items More…
The office of Gov. Rick Snyder has declined to release contingency plans related to possible layoffs or firings in the event negotiations with unions representing state employees fail to achieve millions in planned for concessions.
Among the many changes to Michigan tax laws made by the Republican-controlled legislature and Gov. Rick Snyder is a provision that could hurt charities in the state by eliminating a state tax credit for contributions.
Rosemary Parker at the Kalamazoo Gazette has the details:
Individual taxpayers will take the brunt
State employees are hoping that a new study that shows the high cost of federal contracts will move the Snyder administration to take a look at how contractors are billing the state of Michigan.
Attorneys for the group that is fighting Michigan’s Emergency Manager law in state court say that Justice Stephen Markman should recuse himself from the case because his wife is representing the state in a related case pending in federal court.
The Detroit News reports:
Markman’s wife, Kathleen, who
Unlikely allies — the National Taxpayers Union and U.S. Public Interest Research Group — have united to show the Congressional supercommittee where it can cut a trillion dollars in federal spending.
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