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Whitmer proposes budget focusing on education, tax cuts

Michigan Budget Director Chris Harkins, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist prepare to present the administration’s new budget proposal to House and Senate appropriations committees
Rick Pluta
Michigan Budget Director Chris Harkins, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist prepare to present the administration’s new budget proposal to House and Senate appropriations committees

Governor Gretchen Whitmer appeared before the state Legislature’s spending committees Wednesday to deliver a $79 billion budget proposal

The Governor appeared before a joint meeting of the House and Senate appropriations committees. Whitmer was flanked by Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist and her Budget Director Christopher Harkins. She said the 79-billion-dollar proposal includes record spending on schools, universities, community colleges and job training. Also, money to attract and keep teachers.

“It is a big budget,” she said, “but it is also a great opportunity for the state.”

She also asked for an expansion of the State earned income tax credit and a one-time payment of 180-dollars to each tax filer. Many republicans say that’s a weak substitute compared to a permanent decrease in the State income tax rate.

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