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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on Gov. Rick Snyder's budget proposal (all times local):
11:50 a.m.
Gov. Rick Snyder wants to expand a program so state police troopers patrol more Michigan cities.
He says putting state police in Detroit, Flint, Pontiac and Saginaw has reduced violent crime in those cities. In his annual budget presentation Wednesday, he asked lawmakers for $1.5 million more to expand the "Secure Cities" effort into Benton Harbor, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Highland Park, Inkster and Muskegon Heights.
Snyder also wants to add 85 new troopers and 350 new corrections officers.
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11:30 a.m.
Gov. Rick Snyder is proposing that Michigan school districts receive between $60 and $120 more per student in state funding in the next budget.
Lower-funded districts would get more, while better-funded districts would get less of an increase.
The $14 billion school aid fund would grow by 2 percent under the Republican governor's proposal.
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4 a.m.
Gov. Rick Snyder is proposing that Michigan's 15 public universities get 4.3 percent more in state operations funding in the next fiscal year.
The higher education budget Snyder will unveil on Wednesday includes nearly $1.6 billion, according to his office. If approved by lawmakers, it would bring the overall university budget above the level it was when Snyder took office in 2011, when he and lawmakers cut funding by 15 percent to address a deficit.
To get all their state funding, universities would have to limit tuition increases to 4.8 percent or less.
Funding increases would range from a high of 6.8 percent for Grand Valley State to a low of 3.5 percent for Wayne State.
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