Michigan sports catch $25 million in 2025 budget

Frankenmuth facility scores $10M subsidy By Scott McClallen

• ...roughly $1 billion will be for pork projects that were not vetted by committee hearings or other processes, but instead are selected by individual lawmakers. 
• The projects could fund friends’ private businesses, failing companies, or a sports complex.
• The largest budget in state history will give $10 million to the Frankenmuth Youth Sports Complex, $3 million to the Berston Field House in Flint, $3 million to the West Michigan Sports Complex and $2 million to a boxing group in Detroit.
• “Rather than focusing on statewide necessities like infrastructure, safety, education, and other essential services, Democrats are continuing their politically motivated trend of funding nonessential projects like these in clearly targeted areas of the state,”...