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/*]]>*/</style></div><div>Great news! Thank you for sharing Debbie.</div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__">Patty<br><br>Patty Braden<br>Director, Romulus Public Library<br>11121 Wayne Road<br>Romulus, MI 48174<br>734-942-7589<br>www.romuluslibrary.org</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>To: </b>"michlib-l" <Michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, September 24, 2020 8:52:43 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Michlib-l] $1M Increase to State Aid<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:'inherit' , serif;color:#050505">Our shared advocacy efforts have been successful - we have excellent news to report to Michigan Libraries!!!!!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:'inherit' , serif;color:#050505">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="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:'inherit' , serif;color:#050505">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="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:'inherit' , serif;color:#050505">The Governor is expected to sign this budget into law in the coming days and it will become effective on October 1, 2020.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:'inherit' , serif;color:#050505">MLA will report more in today's edition of "Primary Source" newsletter.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:#698424">Deborah E. Mikula</span></b><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Executive Director</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Lansing, MI. 48911</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Office: 517-394-2774, ext. 224</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cell: 517-404-3533</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:dmikula@milibraries.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:#0563c1">dmikula@milibraries.org</span></a></span></p>
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