US EditionMichigan House Passes $78 Billion Budget
The budget cuts thousands of government jobs and state department funds to increase road spending by over $3 billion, aiming to eliminate $5 billion in alleged waste, fraud, and abuse.
- On Tuesday, the Michigan House approved a $78.5 billion budget plan with a 59-45 vote, proposing a spending package focused on key priorities such as education, infrastructure, and public safety.
- This vote follows months of negotiations and diverges from the Democratic Senate plan, requiring a final agreement by October 1 to avoid a shutdown.
- The budget cuts $5 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse, allocates $3.1 billion for roads, and increases public safety trust fund money amid criticism for deep health department cuts.
- House Speaker Matt Hall described the budget as eliminating unnecessary spending and focusing tax dollars on key areas like roads, public safety, and education, while Democrat Julie Brixie criticized the plan for reducing funding to essential health services.
- The budget now moves to the Senate for review, and lawmakers must reach a unified plan before October 1 to prevent a government shutdown and fund state priorities.
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Michigan House GOP budget cuts spending, DEI to pave way for roads
Michigan House Republicans unveil and quickly approve the bulk of a $78.5 billion budget proposal. Plan would cut spending for most state departments, eliminate thousands of government jobs and ban DEI initiativesThe proposed cuts would help pay for a $3 billion increase in road funding, along with $99 million in earmarks and $50 million for a UP copper mineLANSING — Michigan House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled and promptly approved a $54.6 bi…
State House approves $78-billion budget
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The Michigan House has passed a $78-billion budget for Fiscal Year 2026 on a 59-to-45 vote to set up negotiations with the state Senate, which passed its budget this spring. House Speaker Matt Hall of Richland says their budget includes $3.4-billion for roads without raising taxes. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2491/files/2025/08/0827hall1.mp3 The Senate budget, however, was passed bef…
The Detroit News
Michigan House GOP's $79B budget boosts roads, cuts hospitals, police
The Michigan House approved the final pieces of a nearly $79 billion annual spending plan that includes large cuts to state police and hospital funding.
Michigan House passes $78 billion budget
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS/WOOD) — The Michigan State House of Representatives passed a budget of just over $78 billion at its Tuesday sesssion. The move comes with just weeks left on the clock for Michigan to put a 2025-2026 fiscal year budget into place for the Oct. 1 deadline. Fifty-nine representatives voted yes and 45 voted no. Six lawmakers did not vote. The House's 808-page budget has now been sent to the Michigan Senate for consideration. It i…
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