(The Center Square) – The Michigan Senate on Tuesday afternoon approved more than $4 billion in COVID-19 recovery spending, some of which is contingent on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer relinquishing pandemic powers she’s held for nearly a year.
Senate-passed bills seek to allocate $1.9 billion in education funding and $2.3 billion for the state health department and unemployment funding.
Federal funding comprises about $3.4 billion of the funds.
About $840.7 million of school district funding is tied to the enactment of HB 4049, which would prohibit the state Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) from closing schools to in-person instruction or banning school sports under a COVID-19 epidemic order.
Michigan Senate ties $4 billion COVID-19 relief bill to Whitmer surrendering pandemic power
- by: Scott McClallen
- 2021-03-03
- Source:
The Center Square
- 03/03/2021
