Articles tagged:education funding

Posted: Sun Apr 8 8 a.m. by Letters to the Editor

So the Michigan Senate has decided to divert $135 million from the sales tax on gasoline and use it for road repairs. Two percentage points of the six percent sales tax is dedicated to the School Aid Fund and we’re told this bill doesn’t change that -- the entire $135 ...

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Posted: Thu Oct 7 8:05 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
Warren and Hochstetler discuss Pure Michigan, tax breaks and education funding in Senate debate

Democrat Rebekah Warren and Republican John Hochstetler agreed on one thing Wednesday night: It's a shame to see cuts to the Pure Michigan tourism campaign. The Pure Michigan promotional budget for this year is about $17 million, down from $28 million in 2009. Last year, the ad campaign was responsible ...

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Posted: Thu Dec 10 9 p.m. by Juliana Keeping AnnArbor.com Health & Environment Reporter
University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman questions state's education funding priorities

A tax levied on bottled water companies could help save the slashed Michigan Promise scholarship program, Michigan Lt. Gov. John Cherry said Thursday at a University of Michigan-hosted panel on higher education and economic growth. But it was an idea University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman all but rejected, ...

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