Understanding the Two Proposed LMC Millage Renewals on the Ballot

Understanding the two proposed LMC Millage renewals on the ballot

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

LMC thanks voters following approval of millage requests

Lake Michigan College is thanking voters after the approval of its millage renewals this week. The votes came amid a large campaign seeking the rejection of the millages as opponents spread what LMC described as misinformation, but the final vote on Tuesday had the requests winning approval by a healthy margin. When combining results from Berrien County and the precincts in Van Buren County that had the college questions on the ballot, the renew…

JUST IN: Voters decline Home Twp. police millage ballot request

HOME TOWNSHIP — Voters in Tuesday’s election declined to double the police millage in Home Township to expand the tiny police department. The ballot proposal to increase the millage from 1.25 mills ($1.25 per each $1,000 of taxable value) to 2.50 mills for five years (2025 through 2029) to raise funds for police department operations failed by 172 votes to 105 votes, or 62% to almost 38%. If it had been approved, the millage would have generated…