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Michigan lawmakers OK $125M in earmarks, from Tulip Time to eviction aid

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By Jordyn Hermani Verified
| WCML-TV (Mount Pleasant, MI) Verified
LANSING — Michigan lawmakers added roughly $125 million in pet project earmarks to a new state budget approved Friday, funding everything from a tenant eviction clinic to concert venues — and even Tulip Time and the Detroit Auto Show. That’s a tiny fraction of the overall $84 billion state budget — which passed the Legislature at the end of a nearly 24-hour marathon session — and is less than the $160 million in earmarks approved last year.
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Did Rx Kids lose $20M in Michigan budget deal? Depends who you ask

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By Robin Erb, Jordyn Hermani Verified
| Bridge Michigan Verified
Lawmakers scrambling to finalize the state budget last week deleted a $20 million line item to Rx Kids, a program providing cash, no-strings-attached, for pregnant and new moms Republican House Leader Matt Hall says under the new state budget, that money is now off the table for the program But Rx Kids leaders say they can still tap into those funds Lawmakers may have finalized the state budget Friday, but confusion lingers over a controversial line item that’s missing: $20 million intended...
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Michigan lawmakers OK $125M in earmarks, from Tulip Time to eviction aid

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By Jordyn Hermani Verified
| Bridge Michigan Verified
Michigan lawmakers added roughly $125 million in earmarks for local projects in the new state budget That’s less than $160 million from last year, and far less than the $4 billion in projects lawmakers had requested for this year It’s also the first year that House and Senate lawmakers needed to follow new transparency laws for the spending requests LANSING — Michigan lawmakers added roughly $125 million in pet project earmarks to a new state budget approved Friday, funding everything from a...
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