As shutdown looms, road funding a $3B sticking point in Michigan budget talks - Bridge Michigan

Michigan’s dire road funding outlook prompts question: Where’s the Senate’s road plan?

Susan J. DemasAs Michigan’s budget stalemate continues in the weeks leading up to Labor Day, one area of consternation between the Democratic-led state Senate and the Republican-controlled state House is how to pay for road repair and maintenance in perpetuity as existing bond funding and projects lapse. A clear outlook for road funding has been deemed critical for the current budget process to finally wrap, with both the House and Gov. Gretchen…

As shutdown looms, road funding a $3B sticking point in Michigan budget talks - Bridge Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and House Republicans are pushing for a $3B roads plan to be included in the state budget. Senate Democrats say that’s doable, but they won’t propose their own infrastructure plan.

Southwest Michigan schools waiting for budget clarity from Lansing

Schools around Southwest Michigan are anxiously awaiting news on the next state budget as lawmakers in Lansing continue negotiations. Berrien RESA Superintendent Eric Hoppstock tells us conversations are happening at districts all across the state as school leaders have had to draft budgets based on projections rather than hard numbers. Hoppstock says because schools have to budget over the summer, many have done so using the same state funding …