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Lawmakers Should Adopt a Sustainable Budget

Michigan has a spending problem

… Mackinac Center’s Sustainable Michigan Budget proposal, which limits spending to no more than the growth … was evident last year, as Michigan spent nearly $2 billion on district-specific pork projects. Another … Learn more about the Sustainable Michigan Budget proposal here.

Michigan deserves the 3.9% income tax rate

Whitmer should support new bill from Rep. David Martin

… Michigan’s income tax rate from 4.25% to 3.9%. This proposal would help households deal with the soaring cost … non-starter in the Legislature. Specifically, “any proposals on that front” were unlikely to advance. Her … corporations ($4.1 billion) and political pork (nearly $2 billion), including money for a splash pad, cricket …

Grand Rapids museum has benefited from a decade of pork

Legislative earmarks go back to at least 2014

… spent. As CapCon reported in 2016, a voter-approved Kent County ballot proposal increased property taxes by $9.2 million, with funds going to the Grand … CapCon reported in November 2022. As far back as 2014, the museum received $2 million from state taxpayers, which CapCon reported at the time. The museum …

‘They can embrace radical policies with no repercussions’

Paul Gessing on the fight to keep gasoline-powered vehicle sales legal in New Mexico

… has been trying to get the board to reject that proposal, and he speaks about his efforts on the Overton … voted to ban the sale of gas and diesel vehicles 3-2, with two members abstaining. That’s all that was … people,” Gessing says. “I’m pleased that we got 3-2. I’m pleased that an outright majority of the board …

Michigan Senate passes financial disclosure bills, but critics blast timing

Facing a Dec. 31 deadline, lawmakers submitted the first bill on Oct. 24

By a 36-2 margin, the Michigan Senate on Wednesday passed a financial disclosure bill for officeholders. But the two votes against the bill were a form … Dec. 31 — the constitutional deadline for financial disclosure, due to Proposal 1 of 2023 — asking the public what it wants to be disclosed. “Why doesn’t …

Section 13: MCL § 15.243 – Exemptions from disclosure, etc.

… court rule. (i)(h) A bid or proposal by a person to enter into … public opening of bids or proposals, or if a public opening is … for submission of bids or proposals has expired. (j)(i) Appraisals … enforcement officer or agent. (2) The use of an employee assistance … entity for such purposes. (2) A public body must exempt from …

Whitmer’s Prop 2 rollout ‘weakens the integrity of our elections’

Implementing legislation goes far beyond mandate of last year’s voting referendum

… July 18 that will implement Proposal 2 requirements and more. … overwhelmingly in favor of Prop 2, expanding voting rights,” she … heard in every election.” Proposal 2, a Michigan constitutional … well beyond the mandates of Proposal 2, and further weakens the … ongoing costs to implement Proposal 2. Therese Boudreaux is a …

Does Prop 2 render National Popular Vote unconstitutional in Michigan?

Before Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court, National Popular Vote faces a roadblock: The Michigan Constitution

… Michigan voters last year in Proposal 2. Proposal 2 passed in Nov. 2022 by a … wrote in its analysis of Proposal 2022-2: The proposal would add a provision to …

Cigarette taxes turn New York into smuggling empire

Hochul’s dollar-a-pack increase will make the problem worse and do nothing to deter smoking

… Smuggling will soar even higher under Gov. Hochul’s proposal. We estimate that if cigarette taxes are raised … higher, to nearly 66%. If the governor gets her way, 2 out of 3 cigarettes smoked in New York state will … hard to see a scenario in which Ms. Hochul’s proposal would achieve its ends or have a positive impact. …

Polls on Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law

… voters who stated they would oppose – a better than 2-1 majority.” The poll was conducted on behalf of … Right-to-Work law. Would you support or oppose a ballot proposal that would reinstitute a Right-to-Work law, which … households support the law by a margin of nearly 2-to-1. November 2022: A poll conducted by SurveyUSA …