15.6 percent: reduction in state prison population from 2006 to 2014.
4.4 percent: increase in state appropriations for the corrections department from Fiscal Year 2006-2007 to FY 2014-15.
4.25: the current income tax rate percentage in Michigan
3.75: the recommended tax rate percentage by James Hohman
10.8 billion: the state school aid budget in 2011
12.1 billion: state school aid budget for 2015