Blog categorized as Budget

More than $87 billion in state spending for this fiscal year and next – making up 1,600 pages of bill text – was revealed in a joint House-Senate appropriations subcommittee a little after 3 p.m. Wednesday and then passed by both the House and Senate without changes around 10 p.m.

As the Legislature gears up to pass a record budget for next year totaling nearly $81 billion, MIRS has laid out the 10 significant, big-dollar differences between the Governor's proposed budget and the spending plans passed by the House and Senate.

The final pieces of the Fiscal Year (FY) FY 2024 are being put together this week as legislative leaders and the Governor's office eye next Tuesday and Wednesday for final action.

When it comes to differences within the General Government budget among the House, Senate and Governor's proposals, the Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) is where it's at.

Homeless youth would be able to access health care without parental consent under a bill sponsored by Rep. Amos O’Neal (D-Saginaw) that is part of a bill package sponsored by Rep. Lori Stone (D-Warren) and Rep. John Roth (R-Interlochen).