US EditionLawmakers finally approve Michigan’s 2026 budget, adding a 24% marijuana tax
- Michigan lawmakers approved the state's 2025-26 budget after two missed deadlines, passing it early Friday morning with bipartisan support.
- Months of negotiations and partisan stalemate between the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate delayed the budget passage.
- The $81 billion spending plan includes the highest-ever per-pupil funding of $10,050, maintains universal free school lunches, and earmarks about $2 billion for road and bridge repairs.
- A new 24% wholesale tax on marijuana, expected to generate $420 million annually for local road infrastructure, was a key component and passed despite opposition and protests from the cannabis industry.
- The budget cuts phantom employee positions, trims some agency funding, and signals long-term investments in roads and education while creating jobs and preventing government shutdown.
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MichMash: Lansing passes the 2026 state budget 3 days late - WDET 101.9 FM
When we started working on MichMash this week, it was past the Oct. 1 deadline and a state budget for the 2026 fiscal year had yet to be passed. In this week’s first episode, WDET’s Cheyna Roth and Gongwer News Service’s Alethia Kasben speculate when a budget might get passed and what would happen in the meantime. Then early Friday morning, Michigan lawmakers finally passed the budget — 3 days late. So in this bonus episode, Cheyna and Alethia d…
Michigan lawmakers pass overdue budget with more money for roads, cuts for many programs
LANSING — Michigan lawmakers approved a state budget early Friday morning that pours $1.1 billion more annually into road and bridge improvements, gives schools a slight boost in funding and slashes spending for a slew of other programs.
Michigan passes long-awaited budget with cuts and 24% marijuana tax
Michigan lawmakers on Friday broke a monthslong stalemate to pass a sweeping state budget. “Senate Democrats worked across the aisle to get the job done and deliver another responsible budget that boosts public education, invests in our aging roads, and protects access to healthcare, all while mitigating the worst effects of the devastating federal cuts,” Democratic Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks said. The budget totals at least $75.9 bi…
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The Oakland PressBudget passes through Michigan House, Senate
Michigan lawmakers approved a state budget early Friday morning that pours $1.1 billion more annually into road and bridge improvements, gives schools a slight boost in funding and slashes spending for a slew of other programs.
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