Snyder's Education Cuts

State Budget Director says no cuts in Michigan for a month - petoskeynews.com
Petoskey News-Review
The state is in no position to offset the federal reductions by trimming its own spending, Nixon said in the AP interview, citing $1.5 billion in cuts when Snyder took office. "When you use a ... "At the end of the day every kid is still going to be ...

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Lengthy new school, university contracts latest lightning rod in Michigan ...
MLive.com
Rather than testify, the Taylor School Board and union sent documents explaining how the contract was negotiated "through the hard work and diligence of both parties." The cost-cutting deal, spurred by rejection of a deficit elimination plan that ...

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Spending cuts wouldn't hit Michigan for a month, state budget director says
Crain's Detroit Business
The state is in no position to offset the federal reductions by trimming its own spending, Nixon said, citing $1.5 billion in cuts when Snyder took office. "When you use a ... "At the end of the day every kid is still going to be educated," he said ...
How Michigan is impacted by automatic budget cutsWZZM

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Teachers: We don't use students to lobby
Livingston Daily
The alleged lobbying activities came to light after the Legislature passed nearly $500 in per-pupil cuts to Michigan's K-12 school districts under Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. House Bill 4043, introduced last month, would require public, intermediate ...

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Legislators briefed by Coleman on higher education
The Michigan Daily
Rick Snyder's proposed budget through the state legislature. For the ... In the context of looming budget decisions, Coleman detailed the University's efforts to cut costs and maintain affordable tuition while expanding the quality of educational ...
Mary Sue Coleman to state lawmakers: Invest in higher ed because Michigan ...AnnArbor.com

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Michigan budget chief: No budget cuts for month
Michigan Business Review - MLive.com
The state is in no position to offset the federal reductions by trimming its own spending, Nixon said in the AP interview, citing $1.5 billion in cuts when Snyder took office. "When you use a ... "At the end of the day every kid is still going to be ...

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Labor Voices: Preschool access must be on the agenda
The Detroit News
Public schools around the state are still reeling from the $1 billion cut in K-12 funding they suffered in 2011, with an increasing number of districts around the state facing a shortage of basic classrooms supplies. In his third year of office, Gov ...
States Size Up Obama Pre-K ProposalEducation Week News

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Letter: Cuomo's budget proposal threatens vital programs
Buffalo News
20, 2013Dr. Edward B. “Woodie” Crohn of Snyder, a longtime practitioner in pulmonary and internal... Read more » · Opinion; Letter: Cuomo's budget proposal threatens ... Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal threatens to cut lifesaving programs in New York ...

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Advocates rally to restore tax credit for low-income families
The Detroit News
Lansing — With tax season at hand, Democrats and human services advocates Tuesday renewed their protests against a state earned income credit cut that kicks in this year and boosts taxes on the average low-income family by $300. The credit was ... In ...

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Save Our Endangered Voting Rights
The Root
And it asks voters to trust the same politicians who, according to a former GOP consultant, knowingly cut early voting "because that's a big day when the black churches organize themselves." It is simply not the same as Section 5. ... We will continue ...

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