Michigan Judge Pauses Disbursement of Stadium Grant Funds

Michigan's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity is barred for now from spending any more of the $2.5 million approved by the state legislature for improvements to two minor league baseball fields in Lansing and Utica. The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is likely to succeed on its claim that the appropriations 'served a local purpose rather than a general or statewide purpose' and required two-thirds of the legislature to approve the grants, rather than a majority, Judge Michael F. Gadola of the Michigan Court of Claims said Tuesday. A preliminary injunction is necessary because if the department disbursed ...