Whitmer budget proposal sparks GOP pushback over spending, taxes

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Whitmer budget proposal sparks GOP pushback over spending, taxes

(The Center Square) – Conflict over budget priorities is already growing, just one week after the State Budget Office presented Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s spending plan.

Nesbitt: Whitmer budget a non-starter

Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s $88 billion budget proposal for the next year is being called a non-starter by many Michigan Republican lawmakers, including state Senator Aric Nesbitt. The Senate Minority Leader and gubernatorial candidate tells us the state budget under Whitmer has grown from $55 billion when she took office to nearly $90 billion under this proposal. He says the governor reaches her goals through new taxes and tax increases, someth…