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Mid-year spending plan upgrading long-neglected infrastructure.

The House will next consider the massive influx of aid, likely in the new year.

Lawmakers from both parties cited longtime underfunding of first responders

The state Legislature is on a summer break with much of the state budget still unfinished. That includes revenue sharing payments to local governments, as…

Michigan lawmakers are nearing final approval of a $17.1 billion K-12 budget, one that would eliminate a longstanding base per-student funding gap among…

Michigan’s state budget deadline is July 1st. Recently, the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce, along with a number of business organizations, wrote a…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer outlined a plan today to encourage more people to return to work as the COVID-19 crisis eases. It includes a temporary pay boost…

Budget negotiations between Governor Gretchen Whitmer and legislative leaders will re-start this week with new numbers to work with.A state financial…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and state lawmakers have 26 billion dollars to work with to draw up the next state budget. That number is two billion dollars…

Business leaders on Monday protested House-passed cuts in funding to the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Wayne State University, saying the research…