State Rep. Jennifer Wortz (R-Quincy) voted on Wednesday for a K-12 education budget plan spearheaded by House Republicans that cuts wasteful red tape and includes historic amounts of per pupil funding. The legislative package removes expensive, for-profit grant programs and increases school funding to $12,000 per student. This amount would be the highest in the […]

“It’s important that if we want to improve education for our students, we need to get the ball rolling on the local level,” Fox said. “I voted to route funding to local communities, who have unfortunately suffered the last several years from inflation and poor economic conditions, needing increased funding. I believe by building up our communities and local education, Lord willing, we will build a new and better educated generation leaders.”

“Our community is fast at work cleaning up the mess left behind by the flooding,” said Bohnak, R-Deerton. “These dollars would give our local officials the resources they need to continue recovery efforts and rebuild our critical infrastructure.”

House Rules Committee Chair Bill G. Schuette today was joined by other committee members and representatives of Michigan’s business community to unveil critical reform proposals that will curtail unnecessary regulation in Michigan and lower cost-of-living burdens.

Majority Floor Leader Bryan Posthumus, R-Rockford, today issued the following statement about the House Republican Higher Education budget plan: “This plan prioritizes in-state residents over out-of-state and international students. “It awards $5,500 scholarships available to every Michigan high school graduate, which are good at any of our public or private universities. “This plan eliminates discriminatory […]

This move is long overdue,” said Hoadley. “This facility hasn’t been functionally used in 16 years. Yet, taxpayers have been footing the bill to keep and maintain it. It’s time the state sells this property and ensures our tax dollars aren’t continuing to go to waste.”