Lawmakers begin passing budget bills; no deal with Whitmer
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Republicans who control Michigan s Senate on Tuesday began approving a $66.4 billion budget that would spend 5% more than in the current year, thanks to an influx of federal funding, but about $728 million less than what was proposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Democrats voted against seven of nine bills, showing a legislative deal with the Democratic governor remained weeks or months away. The Legislature is required to pass 2021-22 spending bills by July 1, though the fiscal year will not start until Oct. 1.
The GOP-led House also began passing budget legislation Tuesday, including $9.5 billion in supplemental federal COVID-19 relief aid.
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Lansing Former President Donald Trump targeted the Republican-controlled Michigan Senate on Friday as he continued his efforts to challenge the state s 2020 election results with misleading claims.
Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump, the GOP incumbent, by 154,000 votes or 3 percentage points in November, and six months later, there is no evidence of wrongdoing that would have changed the outcome. Still, Trump and his backers have waged a months-long campaign, which began before Election Day, to discredit the results with unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. Has the Michigan State Senate started their review of the Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020 yet, or are they about to start? Trump questioned in a statement issued at about 10 a.m. Friday. If not, they should be run out of office.
Michigan Senate votes to exempt graduations from state order that restricts crowd sizes
Andreas Rentz
BONN, GERMANY - JULY 04: Students throw up their graduate caps during the 11th celebrations of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet on July 4, 2015 in Bonn, Germany. This year, 780 women and 293 men finished their studies successfully. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) â A split Michigan Senate on Wednesday voted to exempt high school graduation ceremonies from the stateâs order that restricts crowd sizes due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Republicans who control the chamber supported the bill that was sent to the GOP-led House, while all but one Democrat opposed it.
Michigan Senate votes to exempt graduations from virus order
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) A split Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to exempt high school graduation ceremonies from the state s order that restricts crowd sizes due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Republicans who control the chamber supported the bill that was sent to the GOP-led House, while all but one Democrat opposed it.
Under the state health department s order, 1,000 people generally can be in outdoor stadiums with a fixed seating capacity of up to 10,000 1,500 if it is a bigger arena. At indoor arenas, the limit is 375 or 750 if the fixed seating capacity is more than 10,000.