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LANSING, Aug. 21, 2025 ~ Disputes over road funding are causing continued delays in the Michigan legislature to pass a state budget.
The Democrat-controlled State Senate approved a budget back in May, though without a comprehensive road funding plan wanted by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and House Republicans, with the Senate seemingly unwilling to include one in their budget plan. House Republicans, who control the chamber, have said they would reject any budget proposal that doesn’t have these funds in the budget, while Democrats in the Senate are accusing the House of stalling ahead of the Oct. 1 deadline, with a state government shutdown occurring if a budget isn’t approved by then.
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Aug. 22, 2025 ~ State Rep. Jamie Thompson joins Kevin Dietz to react to the latest with the state budget negotiations and if pay will be withheld from lawmakers.
Aug. 22, 2025 ~ Ranjeev Puri, Michigan’s House Minority Leader, joins Kevin Dietz to discuss the latest with the Michigan state budget negotiations.
Aug. 21, 2025 ~ Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks joins Chris Renwick, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds to discuss the long-overdue Michigan state budget as the fiscal year deadline quickly approaches, and the House has yet to pass its budget proposal.
(CONTINUED) “It’s 50 days after the statutory budget deadline. There are only 41 days before the clock runs out on Oct. 1 for the state’s fiscal year, and we are still without a substantive state budget proposal from the Republicans in the House,” Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks told WJR. “It’s high time that they act on passing their version of a budget so that we can get on with negotiating the differences and getting it to the governor’s desk.“
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