<div dir="ltr">Wow great news. Thank you for the hard work. Sue Wolverine Library<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 1:56 PM Michael Mccaffery via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr">Amazing News.<div><br></div><div>Great work!</div><div><br></div><div>MPM</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 1:53 PM Lynn Sisson via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)">Thank you Debbie and Congratulations! Hard work pays off!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>From:</strong> Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a>> <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Debbie Mikula via Michlib-l<br><strong>Sent:</strong> Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:53 AM<br><strong>To:</strong> <a href="mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">Michlib-l@mcls.org</a><br><strong>Subject:</strong> [Michlib-l] $1M Increase to State Aid</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:inherit;font-size:11.5pt">Our shared advocacy efforts have been successful - we have excellent news to report to Michigan Libraries!!!!! </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:inherit;font-size:11.5pt">The FY21 state budget reflects a $1,000,000 increase for State Aid to Libraries.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:inherit;font-size:11.5pt">After watching the process unfold yesterday with the conference committee, the house and the senate working until late afternoon, the Governor's office issued a press release yesterday evening stating: "The Michigan Legislature and the administration of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have worked together to put a Fiscal Year 2021 budget in place that will soon become law. It is a budget that funds shared priorities such as education, economic development, public health, public safety, and the environment." </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:inherit;font-size:11.5pt">The Governor is expected to sign this budget into law in the coming days and it will become effective on October 1, 2020. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(5,5,5);font-family:inherit;font-size:11.5pt">MLA will report more in today's edition of "Primary Source" newsletter.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:rgb(105,132,36);font-size:14pt">Deborah E. Mikula</span></strong></p>
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