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Michigan's disabled veterans still waiting for VA to refund wrongly charged home loan fees

By Colin Froment | 5 years ago

More than a month after a July 31 deadline, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has yet to release an update on what it is doing to identify and refund the approximately 73,000 disabled veterans -- including some in Michigan -- who were wrongly charged funding fees when issued VA loans.

DOE reading test scores find only 12 percent of Pontiac third-graders passed reading test, new law could hold students back

By Amanda Smith-Teutsch | Sep 14, 2019

State lawmakers are concerned new Department of Education rules regarding the third-grade reading test could result in large amounts of third-graders being held back a year or longer.

Allor says Republicans' budget plan would boost school, road funding without massive fuel tax

By Robert Hadley | Sep 13, 2019

A new budget should soon be headed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk without her suggested 45-cent per gallon gas tax hike, according to one Michigan lawmaker.

U.S. Rep. Paul Mitchell declines to run for a third term in 2020 after spending millions on campaigns

By Zeta Cross | Sep 10, 2019

U.S. Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-10th District), was highly motivated to win his seat in Congress. He spent more than $6 million dollars of his own money and put in several years of effort in two hard-fought campaigns. After a failed first attempt in the 2014 election, Mitchell ran again in the 2016 election, winning Michigan’s 10th District. However, by the summer 2019, just two-and-a-half years later, Mitchell said he’s had enough. In July, Mitchell announced that he did not want to run for a third term.