Finance Updates – Page 3 – Finance Updates

Why Michigan School Districts Are Rejecting $321M in Safety & Mental Health Aid

Nearly 80% of Michigan districts, including m...

In Marquette-Alger RESA, 11 of 13 districts r...

Districts say the provisions could force waiv...

About $321 million in School Aid Fund dollars...

New CRA Bank-Size Thresholds for 2026: What Community Banks Need to Know

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Effective Jan. 7, 2026, the Fed and FDIC rais...

Intermediate small banks are those with at le...

The thresholds apply through Dec. 31, 2026 un...

Banks near the cutoffs may shift CRA exam cat...

CFPB Funding Clash: OLC Opinion vs Judge Jackson, Appropriations Risks Ahead

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A Nov. 2025 OLC opinion says Dodd-Frank lets ...

Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled in NTEU v. Vou...

The dispute leaves CFPB operations vulnerable...

Although the Supreme Court upheld the CFPB’s ...

Fed & GOP Push to Index Bank Thresholds to GDP—What It Means for Community Banks

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Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowma...

Analysts estimate indexing since 2018 would l...

Backers say this would make supervision more ...

Key uncertainties include which thresholds re...

Trump’s Plan to Ban Big Investors From Buying Homes: Political Move or Practical Fix?

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Trump proposed banning large institutional in...

Large institutions are only about 3.2% of U.S...

Public single-family rental and real-estate f...

Analysts say the policy is unlikely to materi...

Federal, State Cuts Threaten Colorado’s Rural Colleges and Workforce Growth

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Colorado community, rural, and minority-servi...

Federal pullbacks to MSI and TRIO-related fun...

Colorados FY 2025-26 budget adds about $38.4 ...

Instability threatens high-cost workforce pip...

Michigan’s Climate Fellows: Sustaining Clean Energy Jobs Amid Scaling Challenges

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Michigan’s EGLE launched the MI Healthy Clima...

A third and final cohort under current fundin...

Fellows support local climate and workforce p...

The program aligns with a fast-growing clean ...

Trump’s FY 2026 EPA Budget Could Cut Science, Waste & Water Programs by Up to 90%

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Trump’s FY 2026 EPA budget proposal would sha...

State and categorical grants face major rollb...

Enforcement and compliance would be scaled ba...

The plan targets a smaller, reorganized EPA w...

Michigan’s FY26 Boost for Brownfield Redevelopment: $77.6M Budget & Major Reform Proposals

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Michigan’s FY26 budget allocates $77.6 millio...

HB 5286 and HB 5287 would expand access by do...

Since 2019, EGLE has issued $184 million for ...

The state still faces a large gap with about ...

U.S. Science Policy Shifts: Budget Cuts, DEI Rollbacks, and the China Race

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U.S. science policy is pivoting toward steep ...

The administration argues these moves curb id...

Researchers warn the cuts and a 15% cap on in...

Lawsuits and internal agency dissent are moun...