A plain-language update on the state budget issues, funding opportunities, and policy decisions that directly affect families, farms, and businesses in Barry, Eaton, Ionia, and Kent counties.
These are active items in the state budget and committee discussions — decisions that will affect District 78 whether we show up or not.
State budget and committee work include money for expanding internet to rural areas. Reliable internet helps students, small businesses, telehealth, and modern farm operations.
Lawmakers are discussing grants, tax rules, and regulatory changes that affect family farms, cottage food producers, and Main Street businesses.
Proposals include money for well testing, contamination response, and drought relief that protect drinking water and farm irrigation.
Funding and incentives for rural healthcare workers and job training are being considered to help local employers find and keep staff.
State programs and tax incentives are on the table to help build affordable housing and improve roads and utilities in small towns.
State programs and tax incentives are on the table to help build affordable housing and improve roads and utilities in small towns across our district.
Better broadband and targeted grants help local businesses grow and hire right here in District 78.
Water testing and healthcare incentives protect families and make it easier to get care close to home.
Reliable internet, affordable housing, and good roads make our communities stronger and keep young people and workers here.
Simple, fundable, and local — these are the specific requests Kaleb will take to committee staff on behalf of District 78.
Prioritize funding for the final connections that bring high-speed internet to unserved homes and businesses in our townships.
Simplify paperwork and expand outreach for state grants and low-interest loans aimed at family farms and micro-businesses.
Fund well testing, emergency remediation, and drought relief for townships in District 78.
Support loan repayment and training programs for rural healthcare providers and skilled trades workers.
Provide targeted tax credits or matching grants for small housing projects that serve local workers.
We can turn local stories into targeted requests that Lansing can fund or fix. Your one paragraph could be the example that gets a bill passed.
One short paragraph about how broadband, water, healthcare, housing, or business regulations affected you — and a photo if you have one.
Addresses or townships without broadband, dates of water problems, or receipts showing increased costs. Hard numbers move Lansing.
Sign up for our community roundtable so we can gather priorities and invite experts and committee staff to hear directly from you.
Your submission goes directly to Kaleb's campaign team. Stories will be compiled into a one-page packet for Lansing committee staff — with your permission.
Compile short case studies and data into a one-page packet for Lansing committee staff — clear, local, and hard to ignore.
Request meetings with the House committees that handle broadband, agriculture, appropriations, and natural resources.
Follow up publicly with next steps and any bills or budget items we are tracking — so you always know what happened with your story.
Send your example today and join the roundtable so our community's voice shapes what gets funded and fixed in Lansing.
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