Dozens of hours of MIRS research discovered more than $2.06 billion in next year's state budget dedicated to special projects that exclusively benefit a specific area or group, spending defined by some as "pork." The spreadsheet can be found here. In the more than $81.6 billion omnibus budget bill, HB 4437, approved by legislators, MIRS found $1.69 billion was assigned to a special project or a particular non-statewide recipient. The budget review did not consider payments from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund (MNRTF) as special project appropriations. The House officially sent this bill to the Governor Monday giving her
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