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Lawmakers begin passing budget bills; no deal with Whitmer

Lawmakers begin passing budget bills; no deal with Whitmer DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 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.

Whitmer signs $2 4B in virus relief, vetoes other aid | News, Sports, Jobs

Associated Press GOV. GRETCHEN WHITMER addresses the state March 2 to announce further loosening of Michigan s coronavirus restrictions. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP) LANSING, Mich. (AP) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed at least $2.4 billion in COVID-19 relief spending Tuesday while vetoing roughly $650 million after Michigan Republicans did not negotiate with her and tied other aid to legislation that would have curbed her administration’s authority to order pandemic restrictions. It’s the latest move in a long-running dispute between the GOP-led Legislature and the Democratic governor over her pandemic response. As expected, Whitmer vetoed a bill that would have ceded the state health department’s power to close schools and prohibit sports to local health departments, allowing them to act only if certain metrics were met.

Gov Whitmer signed $2 4 billion in COVID-19 relief spending Tuesday

LANSING Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed at least $2.4 billion in COVID-19 relief spending Tuesday while vetoing roughly $650 million after Michigan Republicans did not negotiate with her and tied other aid to legislation that would have curbed her administration s authority to order pandemic restrictions. It s the latest move in a long-running dispute between the GOP-led Legislature and the Democratic governor over her pandemic response. As expected, Whitmer vetoed a bill that would have ceded the state health department s power to close schools and prohibit sports to local health departments, allowing them to act only if certain metrics were met. Republicans had linked about $840 million in federal K-12 funding to the measure. The fate of that wasn t immediately clear because the governor s office and the attorney general were conducting a legal review. Whitmer vetoed $87 million in proposed federal funding for private schools and $10 million in federal dollars for parents whose c

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