Week 7 -3/3/2023
CNS Budget
To: CNS Editors
From: Eric Freedman and Judy Putnam
http://news.jrn.msu.edu/capitalnewsservice/
Welcome to the seventh CNS file of the spring 2023 semester.
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EDITORS: There will be no file next Friday, March 10, because of MSU spring break. We will resume our regular school the following Friday, Mach 17.
NEW CNS LOGO: Editors, here is a new Capital News Service logo you are free to use in print and online. Credit: Asher Freedman
Here’s your file:
STUDENT TEACHER STIPENDS: Providing $9,600 stipends to college students who spend a semester as unpaid student teachers would induce more of them to enter education as a career, advocates say. We hear from Michigan Independent Colleges and Universities, a Northern Michigan University expert and the MEA. By Sophia Brandt. FOR MARQUETTE, BAY MILLS, IRON MOUNTAIN, ST. IGNACE, SAULT STE. MARIE, CHEBOYGAN AND ALL POINTS.
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LOCAL COURT FUNDING: A quarter of local trial court funding is set to expire in 2024 or even earlier if the state Supreme Court says judges can’t continue to impose costs on convicted criminal defendants. Unless the Legislature acts, local taxpayers would then be saddled with those expenses. We hear from the Association of Counties, state court administrator and the president, from Gratiot County, of the Michigan Judges Association. Alpena County reference. By Jack Timothy Harrison. FOR ALPENA, DETROIT, IRON MOUNTAIN, DETROIT, MARQUETTE, SAULT STE. MARIE, CHEBOYGAN AND ALL POINTS.
w/LOCAL COURT FUNDING PHOTO: Tom Boyd, who heads the State Court Administrative Office, testifying about court funding at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Credit: Michigan Supreme Court.
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SUBSTITUTE TEACHING: Subs are in high demand, and many school districts are contracting with private staffing companies rather than recruiting and handling their own roster of subs as in the past. We talk to a Grand Haven sub, a Grand Rapids-based staffing company and a Western Michigan University expert. By Morgan Womack. FOR GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, HOLLAND, WKTV AND ALL POINTS.
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PROPERTY TAXES: Do big box stores avoid paying their fair share of local property tax? Yes, according to critics – including a UP legislator – who say the companies take advantage of the controversial “dark store” assessment metric that the state Tax Tribunal uses. We hear from the Retailers Association, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, and local government associations that say some cities, counties and townships could be on the hook for millions of dollars in business tax refunds, including Houghton, Big Rapids Township and Lansing Township. By Dan Netter. FOR GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, CORP! BIG RAPIDS, IRON MOUNTAIN, LANSING, MARQUETTE AND ALL POINTS.
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