MIRS recaps the all-nighter state lawmakers pulled to finalize state budget deals before July 4. The end product was $6 billion smaller than the budget created last year. Together, they eliminated more "ghost employees," tapped into stagnant accounts and tried tightening Michigan's Medicaid practices to make ends meet.

But Democrats like state Rep. Alabas Farhat (D-Dearborn) and Senate Appropriations Chair Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) warn that the obstacles of federal reforms and state revenue shortfalls are not over. (4:35).

Also, former U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing) is condemning national Republicans for allegedly trying to get "the most-left" and Democrat Socialists to turn out for Abdul El-Sayed (12:25).

With the suspension (on Sunday, July 5th) of the US Senate campaign of State Senator Mallory McMorrow, Michigan's U.S. Senate primary for Democrats is now a two-person race between Abdul El-Sayed, the former Wayne County health director – and U.S. Representative Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham), Stabenow's pick.