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18,300 Michigan households could pay more under proposed education tax hike
Michigan would assess some of the highest income tax rates in the country under a proposal that would cause about 18,300 households to send more money to public schools, according to IRS data.
The tax increase would mean that only California, New York and Oregon would have a higher tax rate for the highest earners, James Hohman, fiscal policy director at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, told Michigan Capitol Confidential.
“Michigan currently charges a 4.25% income tax on all income,” he told CapCon in an email. “The proposal would create a new tax bracket and charge its taxpayers another 5%. In addition, Michigan allows local governments to assess income taxes. This means that high-earning taxpayers in Detroit would be subject to 48.65% tax rates when including federal, state and local income taxes. Taxpayers in Grand Rapids would be subject to 47.75% in income taxes.” Click here to read more.
Special education teacher accused of sexually abusing student, police say
TUCSON, Ariz. - A special education teacher is accused of sexually abusing a student.
Fabien Hector Benjamin III, who taught at Buena High School in Arizona, was arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor through recordings, luring a minor for sex, sexual abuse and public sexual indecency.
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office started its investigation into Benjamin on Tuesday, and he resigned on Thursday after being with the school district for six years.
“When they do happen, especially in an educational world where the teacher is the role model, we take that very seriously,” Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels said. Click here to read more.
Biden Tells New York Times He Did Not Individually Approve Names of Many Pardoned Via Autopen
Former President Joe Biden admitted to the New York Times that he did not individually sign off on each of the pardons issued via his autopen signature to batches of criminals at the end of his term, though he reportedly delineated criteria to staff.
In the final months of his term, Biden issued four large sets of pardons, three of which were categorical clemency actions covering large swaths of people, the Times noted Sunday.
Per the outlet, Biden approved standards to give out categorical pardons to criminals in his final months in office, but staff ultimately ran a final list of names that supposedly met the criteria through the autopen, though it had been revised after Biden delineated the requirements: Click here to read more.
10 Unaccompanied Migrant Children Found at Marijuana Grow Sites
Ten of the 14 children found at the marijuana grow sites in California did not have a parent present at the facility, according to Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection conducted an operation at two marijuana grow sites in Carpinteria and Camarillo, California, last week and found 14 migrant children working among over 360 illegal aliens at the facilities.
“Our ICE enforcement officers found 14 children, 10 who were unaccompanied. They were likely being exploited—potential slave or forced labor, potential child and human trafficking, so this is something that is incredible disturbing and goes far beyond politics,” McLaughlin told Fox News over the weekend. Click here to read more.
American Parents Coalition Calls for Federal Investigation of YMCA
American Parents Coalition Executive Director Alleigh Marré is requesting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, chairwoman of the House Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee, investigate the YMCA’s use of over $600 million in annual federal funds to support policies jeopardizing children’s safety. She also accuses the YMCA of infringing on parental rights and violating federal law.
In Marré’s letter to Greene, she explains that the coalition filed a Title IX complaint earlier in July with the departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development concerning how “YMCA affiliates across the country are allowing biological males in girls’ locker rooms, bathrooms, and overnight cabins.”
Marré also notes that parents are often not told about these arrangements. Click here to read more.
