Michigan leaders announce budget deal ahead of shutdown deadline
Michigan leaders, including Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, and Republican House Speaker Matt Hall, announced a state budget agreement just before teh October 1 deadline that threatened a government shutdown. After weeks of stalemate between the Democratic-controlled Senate and Republican-controlled House, the bipartisan deal aims to lower costs, fix roads, cut taxes for seniors and working families, create jobs, fund schools, and keep residents safe and healthy. Key components include a school aid budget perhaps covering free school meals and a long-term road funding plan. The agreement reflects compromises addressing priority issues from both parties,demonstrating a collaborative effort to finalize the budget on time.
Michigan leaders announce budget deal ahead of shutdown deadline
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), Democratic Michigan Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, and Republican Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall announced a state budget agreement Thursday after weeks of a stalemate in budget negotiations.
Michigan is the last state without a budget approved before the next fiscal year. The state was staring down a statewide government shutdown if a deal between the Michigan House and Senate was not met by the Oct. 1 budget deadline.
Leaders have said this agreement will allow them to pass a state budget by the deadline.
“Today’s agreement in the legislature puts us on a path to lower costs, fix the damn roads, and pass a balanced, bipartisan budget by October 1,” Whitmer said. “I am grateful to Majority Leader Brinks, Speaker Hall, and legislators on both sides of the aisle for working hard to move this budget forward. In Michigan, we’ve proven again and again that we can work together to get things done by staying focused on the kitchen-table issues that make a real difference in people’s lives.”
Whitmer also noted the “economic uncertainty” over the national economy under President Donald Trump, adding she was “proud that we are taking action to lower costs, cut taxes for seniors and working families, create jobs, fund schools, fix roads, keep people safe and healthy, and so much more.”
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The Democratic-controlled state Senate and the Republican-controlled House had passed their own budgets but had not been able to come to an agreement for weeks. Whitmer, Brinks, and Hall met earlier this month to discuss an agreement.
Many details of the agreement remain unknown, but it is said to mesh with the top priorities of Democrats and Republicans. The budget agreement would include passage of a school aid budget, which might include free school meals, and a long-term road funding deal.
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