2022 state budget

Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal is now on the table with a record-setting $74 billion in revenue to work with. The governor’s calling for money for schools, for roads, even some tax cuts. And all she has to do is get the Republican Legislature to go along with her in an election year.

The first step toward spending Michigan’s surplus from tax revenue and federal recovery funds begins this week. Governor Gretchen Whitmer and her budget team are putting the finishing touches to her proposed budget for the coming fiscal year.

The state budget, signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, has a provision that could threaten the funding of local health departments that issue mask mandates. The governor says it's unenforceable, but some counties aren't willing to risk it.