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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) Tuesday signed a $24.3 billion education budget for fiscal 2024 that her office is hailing as “historic.”

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[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The new budget ensures all public school students get two free meals a day, places more priority on mental health resources and takes the first steps towards providing free pre-K for Michigan students, among other changes, according to a press release from the governor’s office shared with The Hill.

[–] Cribbitz@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago

It’s a pretty great place to live, fwiw!

[–] Jah348@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Stuff like this makes me want to live in Michigan. It doesn't outweigh all the reasons I don't want to live there, but it's a start.

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Michigan is one of the states that will be mostly livable, even after the full climate catastrophe hits.

It will be in one of the vanishingly small, islands of stability that are predicted to exist.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Why are you telling everybody this. Keep that secret. Michigan doesn’t have the one of the biggest fresh lakes in the world. That’s in Phoenix, Arizona, near the airport. /s

[–] markr@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

This is what can happen when we vote the fascists out of power. The 'both sides the same' bullshit is idiocy and is propagated by the disinformation machine in order to suppress voters.

[–] MasterObee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Even as a conservative, Whitmer seems to be doing a lot of good for her voters.

Free lunches, better resources for kids and more funding for ELL.

Although I'm skeptical of too much more spending on public schools, as we spend an absurd amount more per full time student compared to our peer countries, as long as the funds are directed to doing good like this, instead of just the bloat at the administration level, it's agreeable.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Government actually doing things for its citizens. Crazy!

[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That headline buries the lead.

[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

How so?

The entire article is about the education budget.

[–] kibiz0r@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hell yeah, we love Big Gretch!

[–] ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully 2028 Democratic primary is Big Gretch v Pritzker. I think either would be a better nominee than Newsom.