After a 29-hour marathon lame-duck session, the state Senate has finally adjourned, passing it’s final bill, Rep. Greg VanWoerkom’s bipartisan plan to provide state funding to new Michigan businesses, on Friday afternoon. The Michigan Innovation Fund was designed in bipartisanship to be a powerful tool to support new business creation and make Michigan’s business market […]

The new budget cuts school safety and mental health grant funding by more than $300 million, leaving just $26.5 million to help schools fund resource officers, mental health services, and other critical programs that protect kids. Following the passage of the budget, the teacher’s union even issued a public statement calling for the Legislature to rethink the school safety cuts and pass supplemental funding to back student mental health and safety efforts.