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RE: July 29-31 2025 Approps Labor subcommittee - review member-submitted spending items
Result: a 90% reduction in pork. MichCapCon tracked this and other procedural changes, and reports here on the impact of public awareness.
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RE: July 29-31 2025 Approps Labor subcommittee - review member-submitted spending items
Two more meetings this year reviewed spending items.
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RE: July 29-31 2025 Approps Labor subcommittee - review member-submitted spending items
This committee met back in June with a different agenda. This presentation may relate to some of the many MDHHS wealth-redistribution efforts.
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RE: Sen Housing & Human Svcs Oct Nov 2025: Water Affordability Transparency Act, MDHHS, retail water fee, low income water fund
Note the reference to city management and fraud: "It's not just Detroit." I wonder if anyone has looked at Michigan's regulatory costs for municipal...
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RE: Sen Housing & Human Svcs Sept Oct 2025: rental CO sensor fines for MDHHS "justice fund," weatherization assistance
This committee's final hearing listed LiHEAP change first. Other health policy bills are addressed in the next post.
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RE: HB 5044 Requires Health Care In Schools
Word from the handicapped community is that Michigan IEPs aren't worth the paper they're written on. Pro forma. Required paperwork, with no follow-thr...
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RE: Ambulatory Surgery Regulation: A Game Changer at CMS
The final rule-making appears to have delivered on its promises. This summary from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (clipped here for lengt...
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