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The governor's budget director notes that he and the two GOP budget chairs, have a good track record on working deals - and it looks like crafting a multi-million dollar tax cut package is in the works.

Whitmer signed a $19.6 billion budget that includes $1.9 billion for services for students with disabilities. It also funds mental health, school safety, and recruitment effort

Under a new budget, Michigan schools would get big funding boosts.

Historic budget proposal from the governor. The guest is Budget Chair, Rep. Tom Albert.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer tried to stop speculation Thursday that local governments and state universities risk losing funding if they have COVID-19 vaccine or mask mandates.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer tried to stop speculation Thursday that local governments and state universities risk losing funding if they have COVID-19 vaccine or mask mandates. Republicans put language to that effect in the state budget the governor signed this week.

Lansing political scene reacts to James Craigs possible political play Published  FOX 2 - When Macomb Countys Candice Miller, described as the dream candidate, said she would not run for governor, the state GOP chair Ron Weiser started a furious hunt for another dream candidate and to date, the popular wisdom was, he had not found one. Lansing reacts to James Craig mulling over gubernatorial run The chief may be a household name in Detroit but in the rest of the state, hes a question mark. Cou...

Throughout her 2 1/2 years in office, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has rarely agreed with the Michigan Legislature on policy issues. The governors unilateral approach to handling the states COVID-19 response not only locked out the Legislature but also damaged this relationship. Now with the possibility that one-person governance will be over, the governor and Legislature need to determine what policy changes theyll focus on when they return to the normal lawmaking process. There are plenty of iss...

Whitmer visited her father in out-of-state trip Updated 9:33 PM; Today 9:33 PM Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks as she visits a vaccine clinic at the EMU Convocation Center on Monday, April 12, 2021.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News Facebook Share Gov. Gretchen Whitmer left the state more than a month ago to visit her elderly father who suffers from a chronic illness, a spokesperson confirmed on Monday after the trip was first reported by MIRS News. “In the past six months she has left the s...

Tim Skubick With $10 billion in new federal coronavirus relief assistance flowing into state coffers, would it not be ironic if a hunting trip turned out to be the element needed to end a feud between the governor and the Republican-controlled Legislature on spending this cash? Even if you’ve only been half awake these past few months, you must have bumped into this ugly back-and-forth going on in our town. The governor hangs on for dear life to her emergency powers to curb the spread and sp...