state budget

A proposal to delay paychecks for future governors and legislators if the state budget is not wrapped up by the July 1 legal deadline failed Thursday in the state House. Plus, Detroit Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan has a good week.

A proposal to delay paychecks for future governors and legislators if the state budget is not wrapped up by the July 1 legal deadline failed Thursday in the state House.

The Republican state House speaker and the Democratic Senate majority leader both say they'd support withholding lawmakers' pay if the Legislature misses a budget deadline.

Michigan's state budget negotiations haven't yielded much progress. Zach Gorchow of Gongwer News Service looks at the chances of a state government shutdown.

A challenge to a common, controversial and expensive part of the state budget process will be heard Tuesday by a Michigan Court of Claims judge.

We are into week six of seemingly stalled budget negotiations in Lansing. Six weeks since K-12 schools, higher ed and some local governments started their fiscal years without knowing how much state money they’ll receive. Just what’s going on at the state Capitol?

The Legislature already blew past a self-imposed deadline of passing a budget by July 1. But Whitmer says there's still plenty of time to reach a deal before the state's fiscal year ends.

Republican Speaker of the House Matt Hall has an idea to move stalled budget negotiations forward in Lansing: leave the discussions to just him and Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Plus, Whitmer visits President Trump at the White House again and a Democratic candidate drops out of the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

General Motors’s profits drop as tariff costs climb. A potential rule change could affect homeless people who use roadside rest areas. A professor makes the case for why Michigan lawmakers are considering banning cell phones in K-12 schools.

It's not clear there's been any progress in state budget talks as lawmakers get ready for a possible return to Lansing this week.