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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 a $67.1 billion budget for next year.
WATCH: Whitmer seeks boost in tuition, child care, bridge spending in budget proposal
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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) â Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a $67 billion budget on Thursday that she says would aid the state s pandemic recovery by solidifying new programs to attend community college for free, expanding child care assistance and boosting local bridge repairs.