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Concerns are mounting in Lansing over whether a state budget will get done by a July 1st statutory deadline. On this week’s It’s Just Politics, a frank and honest conversation with four bipartisan lawmakers about what is - or isn’t happening - at the state Capitol.

Republican state House Speaker Matt Hall says he's forming a new committee to review spending and regulations, raising fears the Legislature will miss a budget deadline.

A libertarian-leaning think tank has filed a lawsuit seeking to challenge a key aspect of how the state budget is put together.

Hours after the U.S. House passed a GOP-backed spending plan that would slash funding for programs like Medicaid and food assistance, Michiganders were on the streets.

First, we discuss the contents of a Michigan State University email about the institution's finances. Then, a visit from a Grand Rapids PBS icon. Plus, Bob Seger's 80th birthday and his legacy.

It’s looking like state lawmakers won’t close the books on Michigan’s latest state budget before an end-of-the-month deadline to do so.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer spoke out Wednesday against a Republican budget proposal that could force big cuts to federal spending, including popular programs like Medicaid.

State House Republicans without advance notice Thursday muscled through a $20 billion dollar bare-bones budget, touching off a rancorous floor fight and setting up a showdown with the Senate Democratic majority.

University of Michigan Law Professor Richard Primus on the constitutional crises of years past, and whether we're in one right now.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration rolled out its 83-point-five billion dollar proposed budget Wednesday for the coming fiscal year.