A Michigan judge dismisses charges against the so-called ‘fake electors’ from the 2020 presidential election, the state Senate’s lawsuit over the state House withholding nine bills adopted last legislative session is in court, and the state legislature and Governor Gretchen Whitmer appear no closer to a budget deal with exactly three weeks before a possible partial state government shutdown.
Beth LeBlanc, politics reporter at the Detroit News, and Clara Hendrickson, political reporter at the Detroit Free Press, join Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta this week on It’s Just Politics for a Michigan politics week-in-review.
Get caught up:
Facing state gov’t shutdown, MI Dems say GOP bathroom bill is budget distraction
Five weeks past budget deadline, GOP Speaker Hall looks to push other leaders out of negotiations
GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill takes ‘dramatic’ bite out of state budget. Implications are massive.
This is “not normal.” Budget inaction leaves Lansing a complete mess.
And if you have questions about the state budget, send them to Zoe and Rick at politics@michiganpublic.org
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