Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This story was originally published by BridgeMichigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Sign up for a free BridgeMichigan newsletter here. By Simon D. Schuster, Bridge Michigan LANSING — GOP House Speaker Matt Hall is threatening to hold up Michigan’s state budget unless Democrats in the state Senate start passing some of his caucus’ priorities, raising the specter of the second straight year of protracted budget negotiations.