Legislation to extend the current funding system for local trial courts made it through the House under the wire ahead of the current law's May 1 sunset.
Lawmakers and statewide officers were required to file financial disclosures on Monday for the first time in state history, though the specifics of the filings were limited as officials for the most part don't need to report specific amounts of income.
Republican opposition to a tie bar on legislation that would extend the sunset permitting trial courts to levy certain costs on criminal defendants could make it difficult to implement the bill in the currently tied House.
Members of a House panel debated three bills that propose increased penalties and sentencing recommendations for the crime of manufacturing, delivering or being in possession with intent to deliver fentanyl laced or based drugs.
The policy allowing trial courts to impose certain costs on criminal defendants would be extended again while the State Court Administrative Office develops legislative proposals on a long-term solution under a pair of bills discussed in a House committee on Wednesday.
Two-thirds of the Michigan Senate Republican caucus earlier this month endorsed former President Donald Trump in his bid for returning to the White House.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer's proposed 2024-25 fiscal year budget is designed to build on the new and expanded state-funded programming and services established during the pandemic-fueled revenue surge but with more modest increases.
The proposed 2024-25 School Aid budget continues Governor Gretchen Whitmer's administration's efforts to fund preschool for every four-year-old in the state while also increasing funding toward students considered at risk.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer's budget proposal would provide an additional $30 million toward the administration's key scholarship program to fund two years of community college for future high school graduates in the state while moving to phase out other aid programs.
Higher landfill tipping fees would generate $80 million for contaminated site clean-up under Governor Gretchen Whitmer's proposed budget for the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.