Michigan House Republican Budget Makes Massive Cuts to Several Departments, DEI Initiatives

Michigan House Republican budget makes massive cuts to several departments, DEI initiatives

Michigan House | Susan J. DemasThe budget bill moved by the Republican-led Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday would make massive cuts to state departments that oversee health and human services, labor and economic growth, environmental regulation and statewide law enforcement. A substantial amount of state funding would, instead, go toward fixing roads with a $3.4 billion increase to the Department of Transportation budget over the cur…

Michigan House Republican budget makes massive cuts to several state departments

BY BEN SOLIS, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—The budget bill moved by the Republican-led Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday would make massive cuts to state departments that oversee health and human services, labor and economic growth, environmental regulation and statewide law enforcement. A substantial amount of state funding would, instead, go toward fixing roads with a $3.4 billion increase to the Department of Transportation budget ove…

State House, Senate now negotiating over competing budget proposals

Negations have begun between House Republicans and Senate Democrats over the new state budget after the House approved a plan Tuesday night. There’s a lot of ground to make up between now and October 1, and the two sides are still far apart. House Appropriations Chair Ann Bollin said Republicans went line by line to find the waste, fraud, and abuse in every department, and that raised a few eyebrows when they cut from the Department of Civil Rig…

Michigan House passes full budget as talk of government shutdown hits a fever pitch

By Ben Solis, Michigan Advance The long-awaited Michigan House of Representatives budget landed Tuesday, moving the showdown over how to fund the state in a renewed time of divided government into its next phase – negotiations on a consensus spending plan. Members of the House voted Tuesday to pass a substitute version of House Bill 4706 along party lines. The vote was 59 aye votes to 45 nay votes, and the bill was given immediate effect. The Ho…