State Budget

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…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and state lawmakers have $26 billion to work with to draw up the next state budget.That number is $2 billion more than initially…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed a $62.7 billion-dollar state budget just before the new fiscal year begins Thursday. The budget process this year was…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget chief and the Legislature’s Republican appropriations chairs announced they’re close to a final budget deal before the…

Action on the state’s budget is expected to pick up this week.The state Senate Appropriations committee will consider and possibly vote on multiple…

Michigan’s new budget attempts to tackle the shortage of employees in the state’s prisons.The boost in money for hiring new corrections officers would…

Governor Rick Snyder gave his final budget proposal today to mixed reviews. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle found things they did and didn’t like in…

The state got an idea Thursday of how much money it could have for the next couple years.Michigan is on track to add a little more to its bank account…

Plans to either cut taxes or overhaul the state’s teacher retirement system are being complicated by new revenue projections. They show less money than…