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Michigan Legislature starts passing budget plans
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lawmakers began setting the table Wednesday for how to spend $49 billion in the next Michigan budget, with big disputes to be resolved next month over expanding Medicaid, boosting road maintenance, giving tax credits for movie-...Tags: Rick Snyder, Randy Richardville, Credit and Debt, Parties and Movements, Health Insurance
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Michigan Legislature to start passing budget plans
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are poised to take significant steps forward in passing the next state budget. The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday is planning to approve its entire spending plan for state government along with...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Health Insurance
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Bills spark debate over paid sick time in Michigan
Bills spark debate over paid sick time in Michigan ALANNA DURKIN,Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some Michigan Republicans are pushing to ban local governments from requiring employers to provide paid sick leave as cities in other...
Tags: New York City Council, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Portland (Middlesex, Connecticut), Career and Workplace, Republican Party
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Medicaid expansion in trouble in Michigan Legislature
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rep. Matt Lori found himself in an unusual position when shepherding through a $15.3 billion health budget that pays for Medicaid, the health insurance program for the needy. The Republican chairman of the House health budget...Tags: Rick Snyder, Social Issues, Randy Richardville, Elections, Health Insurance
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Emergency dredging aid heads to Gov. Snyder's desk
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislature has approved $21 million in emergency spending to dredge 49 harbors with low water levels. The bill won final passage Thursday from the Senate on a 30-5 vote after being passed by the House 107-3 a...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Executive Branch, Politics, Government
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Alanson students prove teens can make a difference
ALANSON - With the right cause and motivation for that cause, teenagers can make a difference. Alanson students have proven that. Alanson Public Schools was able to hear Bonnie Raffaele's tragic story through her program, The KDR Challenge, back in...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Executive Branch, Judges, U.S. Congress
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Report: Michigan spent $556K to lobby legislature
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A newspaper's analysis found that $556,000 in taxpayer money was used by state government agencies to lobby the Michigan Legislature in 2012. The Lansing State Journal reports state officials say the money equates to staff...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Rick Snyder, Lobbying, Executive Branch, Politics
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Our View: Roads: Legislature needs to be bold on road funding issue
Having a car is a necessity for just about everyone in Northern Michigan. And with few public transportation options, that's unlikely to change. Commuting in a rural area means more miles, more gas and more vehicle maintenance costs, also a fact unlikely...Tags: Road Transportation, Rick Snyder, Elections, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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DEQ to hold public meeting in Emmet County on critical dunes
Staff WriterThe Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public informational meeting Thursday, Feb. 14, to address the changes in Emmet County, after it repealed its critical dunes ordinance last month. Both the Emmet County Planning Commission...Tags: Lake Michigan
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Our View: Politics has no place in Pure Michigan
Michigan still has an image problem. The Great Lakes State, while showing some fresh green buds on its thawing economy, is still a long way from being out of the dark. The city of Detroit is still flirting with bankruptcy and unemployment is still higher...Tags: Rick Snyder, Frank Foster, Tourism and Leisure, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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Snyder's State of the State speech: 5 things to know
LANSING -- Five things to know about Gov. Rick Snyder's third annual State of the State address: 1. HOW TO TUNE IN: Snyder will deliver the speech Wednesday to a joint session of the Michigan Legislature in the House chamber of the state Capitol. He...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Parties and Movements, Elections, Career and Workplace, Republican Party
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Paying for overreach
When unions in the state sought to put collective bargaining in the state Constitution voters took exception to that in November -- overwhelmingly as it turned out. And with that trick, state Republicans figured now is the time to make Michigan a right to...Tags: Religion and Belief, Social Issues, Rick Snyder, Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance
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