The federal government is giving Michigan a large increase in homeland security funding this year to help defend against potential terrorist threats.
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Michigan is expected to receive $21.4 million in homeland security grant money, compared with $13.6 million last year.
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Under a separate grant program for security in urban areas, Detroit is expected to get about $14.2 million, a 4 percent cut from last year.
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But Wayne County will receive $2.3 million in new funding to help protect the United States' northern border. St. Clair County also is expected to receive $2.3 million and Chippewa County is supposed to get $1.6 million under the program.
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Michigan Senator Carl Levin helped make changes to the homeland security funding formula last year to help distribute it more equitably.
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