{"id":4155,"date":"2015-01-21T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T22:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=4155"},"modified":"2015-01-21T18:34:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T22:34:09","slug":"governor-snyder-delivers-2015-state-of-the-state-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2015\/01\/21\/governor-snyder-delivers-2015-state-of-the-state-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Snyder Delivers 2015 State of the State Address"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governor Snyder delivered his fifth State of the State speech last night and used the forum to kick off\u00a0his call for support of the road funding ballot question on May 5th. \u00a0Within his speech, he focused on efforts he intends to pursue this year on reforming social service, health and education programs and restructuring certain aspects of state government. \u00a0He announced plans to\u00a0pursue 3rd grade reading improvement and utilize his regional prosperity team concept to better target business and job creation activities and skilled trades training. \u00a0The Governor also announced a schedule for upcoming “special messages”, beginning with a special message on energy\u00a0policy\u00a0in March, followed by criminal justice and drug abuse prevention messages later in the year. \u00a0For more information, please see the following links:<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for a video\u00a0and\u00a0additional background information\u00a0for the 2015 State of the State<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for a transcript of the 2015 State of the State address<\/p>\n

Chris Hackbarth is the Director of State Affairs for the League handling municipal finance issues. \u00a0He can be reached at 517-908-0304 or chackbarth@mml.org.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Governor Snyder delivered his fifth State of the State speech last night and used the forum to kick off\u00a0his call for support of the road funding ballot question on May 5th. \u00a0Within his speech, he focused on efforts he intends to pursue this year on reforming social service, health and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","mml-onemagnify-plugin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGovernor Snyder Delivers 2015 State of the State Address - 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