Michigan Budget

A recent report shows bird populations are continuing to decline, and one third of birds need immediate conservation action.

The Michigan House approved a more than $152 million spending bill Monday to work on runways at Michigan’s Selfridge Air National Guard” base.The base is expecting federally-funded construction to support a new fighter mission that President Donald Trump announced last year.Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp) said he fears that mission won’t actually happen if the work isn’t done before Trump leaves office.

A plan to build the cemetery was proposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer but was left out after budget negotiation. Advocates say it would save military families time and money.

Mid-Michigan school administrators are mulling over potential programming cuts, changes to the state's universal lunch program and staffing issues after the state legislature failed to meet its July 1 budget deadline.

Lawmakers and policy researchers discussed a Republican-led road funding plan Wednesday before the Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee.

Michigan’s projected revenue to support a roughly $80 billion state budget is steady and predictable, even if it’s not as flush as it was in recent years.

The legislature reconvenes Tuesday with a focus on finalizing the new state budget.

Budget negotiations will continue this week as Democrats and Republicans seek common ground on House and Senate proposals.

Michigan’s Senate approved around $220-million in spending Wednesday, January 18, in the first bills passed this legislative session.Similar legislation came up last month. But lawmakers adjourned for the session without getting it across the finish line. That left budgets including human services and environmental protection unfinished.

New revenue projections adopted today suggest the Michigan Legislature could have a 1.2 billion dollar budget more than expected to work with in the coming fiscal year.