Whitmer signs education budget with highest per-pupil spending in Michigan

July 15th, 20220 FLINT — The state’s new education budget promises the highest per-pupil spending in Michigan to date. Governor Whitmer signed the educational budget agreed upon by the state’s legislature, at the Mott Community College Regional Tech Center in Flint on Thursday. She said the budget also invests half a billion dollars in...

Democrats, progressives respond to Gov. Snyder’s final state of the state: Working families continue to suffer, public schools woefully behind

January 26th, 20180 LANSING — A number of leaders across Michigan offered unenthusiastic reviews of Gov. Snyder's final state of the state address. Snyder began his speech on Tuesday by boasting about a headline from the Wall Street Journal entitled, "Michigan's comeback story." "Folks, we're back and we're only going to keep going up," Snyder...