State Budget

What Does A Government Shutdown Look Like?

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wouldn't confirm her trip to Japan in September to reporters at an event Monday, but said regardless of where she is, she is always available to negotiate.

A summer survey of 214 local school officials found that 79 percent do not have confidence that a state budget deal will be reached before a government shutdown goes into effect on Sept. 30.

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 08/20/2025) (BOSTON) -- Thanks to strong revenue growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and robust...

Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) hasn't had a one-on-one meeting with the House Speaker in about a month, and she's concerned that the state is careening towards a Sept. 30 shutdown because House Republicans have not been able to produce a budget that makes their road funding and tax cut promises add up.

House Minority Leader Ranjeev Puri (D-Canton) recommended to Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) that Rep. Alabas Farhat (D-Dearborn) be reinstated as Minority Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee.

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/17/2025 ) (DETROIT) – The budget won't be done until a roads plan is done, the Governor told members of...

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/11/2025 ) (ANN ARBOR) – The Attorney General says all of her division heads right now are having...

Talk in Lansing right now about possibly creating new revenue for the government to fund schools or other services is helping "frame the moment" for tax-the-rich efforts, says Rachelle Crow-Hercher of the Invest In MI Kids ballot proposal committee.

(Source: MIRS.news , Published 07/07/2025) (TROY) – Four Democratic lawmakers representing parts of Oakland County spoke to a filled room...

Rice: Schools Passing 'Overly Cautious' Budgets Due To Missed Deadline In Lansing

As the sun set on the July 1 statutory deadline, no budget bills passed the Legislature and a conference committee has not been set into motion, despite the House being gaveled in for eight hours and the Senate’s K-12 bill being listed on the agenda for through passage.

With one day to go until the statutory July 1 budget deadline expires, House Minority Leader Ranjeev Puri (D-Canton) told MIRS on Monday that Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township)’s budget approach has been destined for failure from the start.

July 1 Deal For School Budget Not Far-Fetched

Cuts To U-M, MSU Can't Be Absorbed By Restricted Endowment Funds, MASU Says

House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) told MIRS on Friday that he is “ready to work in good faith” to get a Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget done for the K-12 schools by July 1 and that he's prepared to meet with the Governor, the Senate Majority Leader and the Budget Office to make it happen.

The University of Michigan would lose 65.1 percent of its state funding and Michigan State University 18.3 percent of its state funding, with the remaining 13 state universities gaining around 25 percent more, under a higher education budget proposal the House passed late Thursday evening with the minimum 56 "yes" votes needed.

House D's Introduce $24B School Aid Budget

A joint statement from 17 education organizations on Friday calls for the Legislature, but more specifically the House, to pass a budget by the July 1 statutory deadline so that schools can set their budgets accordingly.

Senate Health Policy Dedicates Nearly 2 Hours To Medicaid Hearing