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Saturday, 20 February 2010 |
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 Governor Granholm on Thursday, February 11, 2010, unveiled her executive budget proposal for the State of Michigan’s 2011 fiscal year, which is slated to begin on October 1, 2010 and end on September 30, 2011.
The General Fund spending plan calls for roughly $8.9 billion worth of state spending that would be supported with about $7.8 billion in state revenue. The $1.1 billion difference would be closed with an about $570 million worth of program cuts and reforms and about $514 million in anticipated federal stimulus money.
The School Aid Fund spending prescribes about $12.9 billion worth of state spending on Michigan K-12 school districts that would be supported with $12.5 billion in taxpayer dollars, with the difference being made up with revenue adjustments and reforms.
For Highlights of the Granholm proposal hit the "Read More" link
Click here to download the full 2011 Budget Executive Summary
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Saturday, 20 February 2010 |
GCSI last week sat down with Senate Republican Bill Hardiman who is the Senate Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee Chair to talk about who the state is set to fall $84 million short on the match dollars it needs to bring down some
$475 million in federal road funds.
Click here to download the interview with Bill Hardiman
GCSI, this week, also talked to U.S. Congressional Republican, and Gubernatorial candidate, Pete Hoekstra about his run for Governor.
Click here to download the interview with Pete Hoekstra
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Sunday, 07 February 2010 |
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 Last week the Michigan senate passed a bill making texting while driving illegal as a secondary offense. This bill must be reconciled against a competing house bill, but the legislation does appear to be headed to the Governor's desk eventually.
Senator Kahn address his support for the bill in his latest podcast.
Click below to listen to Senator Kahn's podcast
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Sunday, 24 January 2010 |
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 The Grand Rapids Press has an article today regarding Mike Bishop's new reform initiative outling some of the argument for and against Bishop's massive proposed cuts to public employees.
 Punctuating this are statements from Kent County Administrator Daryl Delabbio who states in the article he sees public employees as “easy targets,” and many (legislators) don’t realize the reason behind the compensation packages they receive.
Grand Rapids City Manager Greg Sundstrom is quoted in the article as saying:
“A debate on the topic is reasonable, as long as people remember that we have very valuable public employees who deserve a fair wage.”
Click here to read the article from the Grand Rapids press
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Sunday, 24 January 2010 |
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Several (actually 5) different tax reform proposals are being pushed and debated in the Michigan Legislature right now. GCSI has taken the time to break these down for us in a nice grid showing how each will affect both business and personal taxes.
Click here to download the chart from GCSI's website
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