<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:inherit;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<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!!!!!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><img width="52" height="40" style="width:.5416in;height:.4166in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D69250.10525B00" alt="Web Icon resized"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#698424">Deborah E. Mikula</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Michigan Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">3410 Belle Chase Way, Suite 100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Lansing, MI. 48911<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Office: 517-394-2774, ext. 224<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Cell: 517-404-3533<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:dmikula@milibraries.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">dmikula@milibraries.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.milibraries.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.milibraries.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>