state budget

State Rep. Betsy Coffia (D-Traverse City) listens to testimony at the Michigan Capitol. (Photo courtesy of Michigan Legislature)

Few details as lawmakers race budget clock; Coffia says talk of a deal was 'premature'

Ed Ronco

State Rep. Betsy Coffia (D-Traverse City) says she "cannot even consider voting for a budget if I have not even seen the numbers and fiscal analysis."

The Michigan State Capitol, in Lansing. (Photo: David Marvin/Flickr Creative Commons)

Up North legislator asks for $35M for a new juvenile facility

Claire Keenan-Kurgan

The need for more beds in the juvenile justice system is getting greater, especially after a state facility in Gaylord closed earlier this year.

Amber McCann, press secretary for House Speaker Joe Tate, says the budget is the Legislature’s “No.1 job and our No. 1 one priority.” (File photo: Rick Pluta/MPRN)

Michigan's budget takes priority as lawmakers return to Lansing

Rick Pluta

The Michigan Legislature is coming off a spring recess and diving into the state budget, ahead of an October deadline.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer appears before a joint meeting of the House and Senate appropriations committees Wednesday, February 7, 2024. Whitmer says her Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal would boost education opportunities, finance more affordable homes and help draw people to live in Michigan.

Housing, schools, public safety at center of Whitmer budget proposal

Rick Pluta | MPRN

Harbor Springs Republican Sen. John Damoose urges caution on spending, but says governor's budget is 'not all bad'

Whitmer to present budget proposal to Legislature

Rick Pluta

The budget season at the Michigan Capitol will kick off Wednesday when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer presents her spending plans to the House and Senate appropriations committees.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the state budget presentation Feb. 8, 2023.

During Traverse City stop, Whitmer outlines wish list for next budget

Rick Pluta

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she’s looking to expand human services spending and business incentives as she looks ahead to the next state budget.

Copper Peak ski jump to attract international athletes to U.P.

Max Copeland

The ski jump in the western Upper Peninsula is getting $20 million for upgrades.

House Democrats pressure colleagues to vote on December COVID relief funds

Colin Jackson | MPRN

Michigan House Democrats are calling for the release of more than 350-million-dollars in federal COVID relief aid.

Police officer David Moore is pictured wearing a body camera in Ipswich, Mass., on Dec. 1, 2020. The city was among 25 statewide awarded grants to purchase body-worn cameras for videotaping interactions with the public. A new study says the benefits to society and police departments outweigh the costs of the cameras.

New state budget includes funding for police body cams

Rick Pluta

The state of Michigan’s new fiscal year began Friday. It includes funding to equip Michigan State Police troopers with body cameras.

In a pool photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., on Monday.

Whitmer signs budget deal, vetoes money for anti-abortion efforts

Rick Pluta

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the final two bills of the new state budget Wednesday.