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Whitmer Gov. Whitmer's 2022 budget gets Michigan back to work and supports our schools FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      Gov. Whitmer’s 2022 budget gets Michigan back to work and supports our schools  Budget plan will equitably grow the economy, expand skills training, provide child care for families, rebuild infrastructure, and help small businesses     LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s third executive budget was released today, centered on equitably growing the state’s economy by expanding skills training and childcare for families, ...

9 & 10 News February 11, 2021 The state of Michigan is already looking to the post-COVID world and how they will pay for everything. The first hints came Thursday morning as Governor Gretchen Whitmer unveiled her budget plan for the fiscal year 2022. As with everything in the past year, the weight of COVID-19 hung heavy over the state budget process. Both what it cost the state to fight the pandemic and also a lack of tax revenue as the economy was closed and then slowly re-opened. However, the initial fears weren’t as bad as they turned out to be and that has led Gov. Whitmer to proposing ...

WATCH: Whitmer seeks boost in tuition, child care, bridge spending in budget proposal (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) David Eggert Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks with reporters, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, at her office in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/David Eggert) Posted at 8:58 AM, Feb 11, 2021 and last updated 2021-02-11 11:26:21-05 LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a $67 billion budget on Thursday that she says would aid the state's pandemic recovery by s...