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Legislature adopts lean budget with no new taxes and a lift from short-term revenue Original

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By Colin Jackson Verified, Rick Pluta Verified
| WUOM-FM (Ann Arbor, MI) Verified
A politically divided Michigan Legislature wrapped months of drawn-out, often-contentious budget negotiations with bipartisan votes Friday morning. Already past the July 1 deadline set in state law, lawmakers spent nearly 24 hours straight in an overnight session to approve the spending plans. Proposals are split between two bills. One to cover general government spending, and another for K-12, community colleges, and public universities.
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Michigan Legislature adopts state budget after missing legal deadline

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By Rick Pluta Verified
| WEMU-FM (Ypsilanti, MI) Verified
The Legislature met until early this morning to finalize the new state budget – missing the legal deadline by two days. Michigan’s scofflaw Legislature blew past the deadline set in statute but got itself back on track by adopting a balanced budget and sending it to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk. The early morning votes came late for school districts, public universities, community colleges and many local governments with fiscal years that began Wednesday without word on state funding.
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Legislature adopts state budget after missing legal deadline

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By Rick Pluta Verified
| WGVU-FM (Grand Rapids, MI) Verified
The Legislature met until early Friday morning to finalize the new state budget – missing the legal deadline by two days. Michigan’s scofflaw Legislature blew past the deadline set in statute but got itself back on track by adopting a balanced budget and sending it to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk. The early morning votes came late for school districts, public universities, community colleges and many local governments with fiscal years that began Wednesday without word on state funding.
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