budget deal

Lawmakers have voted to send a more than 50-billion-dollar spending plan to the governor’s desk.

A conference committee has approved a more than 50-billion-dollar general government budget proposal.

The Legislature is expected to finalize and send a state budget to Governor Gretchen Whitmer by the end of this week.

The state Legislature is on a summer break with much of the state budget still unfinished. That includes revenue sharing payments to local governments, as well as using federal pandemic aid.

Michigan schools can expect a funding boost under a budget deal that was finalized Wednesday by the Legislature and sent to Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

The state Senate is due back in Lansing Wednesday to vote on three budget bills as schools and local governments are about to begin their fiscal years.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Wednesday spend 2.2 billion dollars to help families who lost income due to COVID-19.

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