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Three years after the late night vote, the controversial earmark has led to a state investigation into potential embezzlement ...
Thomas Banisch announced his candidacy for Madison first selectman on July 2, 2015. A complaint that Banisch filed in 2014, ...
Gov. Henry McMaster will have additional oversight over South Carolina's budget process after the eliminating of budget ...
Political News & Notes: AG Dana Nessel clears former House Speaker Jason Wentworth and State Rep. Tom Kunse in Clare earmark scandal.
Politics & Elections Nessel: Ex-legislative aide bought gold bars, rare coins in $25M earmark embezzlement case Updated: May. 15, 2025, 11:11 p.m. | Published: May ...
The other is a $2 million earmark, which was enacted in 2018, for the nonprofit Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association, helmed by Gavin Brown, to study bringing rocket launches to the state.
Politics & Elections Former Michigan House speaker’s aide charged with embezzlement in $25M earmark case Updated: May. 14, 2025, 7:02 p.m. | Published: May. 14, 2025, 6:46 p.m.
Mariano’s earmark for the parking garage made up $25 million of a $28.8 million amendment to fund 35 relatively small transportation projects. The second largest earmark after Mariano’s was ...
LANSING — Michigan lawmakers made about 800 earmark requests totaling $4 billion worth of proposed spending before a Thursday deadline set by the new Republican-led House majority.
It’s earmark season, and even archconservatives in Congress want in Republicans had blocked $16 billion of spending on pet projects in the current fiscal year, but they are ready to seek them ...
Critics ridiculed projects like the so-called “Bridge to Nowhere,” a $320 million earmark for a bridge in Alaska from the tiny town of Ketchikan to the equally tiny Gravina Island.
South Carolina's budget of $14.5 billion included over $400 million in earmarks, with top counties receiving funds through influential lawmakers' efforts.