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Revenue projections for the current and upcoming fiscal years were increased at today’s Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference (CREC) in Lansing, giving the legislature more to work with during the budget process. Held in January and May, the CREC gathers economic experts to project the state of the economy in the upcoming years, as well as […]

Following months of negotiations, the legislature approved appropriations that would restore some of the funding that Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed from the current fiscal year budgets. Restored funding includes: $13 million for secondary road patrols $15 million to reimburse county jails for holding state prisoners $15 million to combat PFAS contamination at municipal airports $27 […]

The House and Senate voted this week to restore some of the programs vetoed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer from the 2019-2020 Fiscal year budget. Additionally, the bills address some of the governor’s transfers made through the State Administrative Board actions. The votes came after weeks of negotiating between the House, Senate, and administration. Both the […]

Legislation that would curb a governor’s ability to use the State Administrative Board to transfer funds appropriated by the legislature was reported by the House Government Operations Committee. The bill would limit the amount of money the board could redirect in any one line-item to $200,000 in one budget year. The legislation was introduced after […]

Legislation has been introduced that would curb a governor’s ability to transfer funds using the State Administrative Board. Introduced by Representative Ben Frederick (R-Owosso) and House Appropriations Chairman Shane Hernandez (R-Port Huron), the legislation would limit the amount of money the board can redirect in any one line item to $200,000 in one budget year. […]

In response to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s line-item vetoes in the budget, Republican members in the House and Senate introduced legislation this week that would reinstate funding for some of those items. Twenty-three nearly identical supplemental appropriations bills were introduced in each chamber, which would restore over a quarter-million dollars in vetoed funding. Each bill would […]

On Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued 147 line-item vetoes in the state budgets for the upcoming fiscal year, which began on October 1. While her utilizing vetoes was not a surprise, the high-number of those she red-lined was. In total, she vetoed nearly one-billion dollars in spending, including $375 million in one-time funds for infrastructure […]

This week the legislature voted to approve the budgets for the upcoming 2019-2020 fiscal year. Following months of negotiations, both the House and Senate passed the budget bills funding the various departments and agencies. The bills will now be sent to Governor Gretchen Whitmer for consideration. She can either sign each of the bills, veto […]