state budget

The plan, a key part of Governor Gretchen Whitmer's promise to "fix the damn roads" commits about $2 billion to road building and repair as part of the state's fiscal year 2026 budget.

The agency that’s overseen foster care cases in Kent County for most of the past decade is suing the state health department for eliminating its funding, while judges that oversee child abuse and neglect cases in the county called the lack of transition planning a “child welfare emergency.”

Michigan's new state budget restricts Medicaid coverage of GLP-1 weight loss drugs to morbidly obese individuals, cutting pharmaceutical appropriations by $240 million.

Gov. Whitmer took the opportunity to speak publicly to what she saw as wins from the budget process during stops in Flint, Clinton Township, and Kalamazoo.

The previous House budget would have cut Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy by 19%, while the adopted budget reduces the agency’s funding by 7%.

Governor Whitmer signs Michigan’s new $80 billion budget, but a new 24% marijuana tax to fund roads is already in legal trouble. Hear from Michigan Budget Director Jen Flood & legal expert Robert LaBrant.

Rx Kids, an anti-poverty cash aid program for new and expectant mothers, is getting $270 million in this fiscal year’s state budget.

A closed-door signing ceremony in the governor’s Capitol office capped months of contentious bargaining.

Friday on Stateside, details in the state Legislature's $80 billion budget plan. The budget includes a new 24% tax on cannabis wholesalers to fund road repairs, as well as a slight increase on spending on K-12 education.

School districts would receive a record $10,050 per student, an increase of $442, and dedicated funding for universal free school meals would remain.