state budget

The Michigan farmer suicide prevention program pays for counseling services for Michigan farmers, but its funding could be at risk.

Oral arguments in a lawsuit against some earmarks in the current state budget are taking place this week.

Despite that only a few weeks remain to avert a partial government shutdown, Democrats in the Senate majority say the negotiations process is still far behind schedule.

The Michigan House Democratic leader says he’s not confident that a bipartisan budget deal can be reached in time to avert a partial government shutdown on October 1.

The Michigan House and Senate budget leaders say they’re hopeful a state budget can be done by the October 1 start of the fiscal year.

Various studies have concluded Michigan needs to spend billions of dollars more a year just to maintain the state’s roads.

A proposal to delay paychecks for future governors and legislators if the state budget is not wrapped up by the July 1 legal deadline failed Thursday in the state House. Plus, Detroit Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Mike Duggan has a good week.

A proposal to delay paychecks for future governors and legislators if the state budget is not wrapped up by the July 1 legal deadline failed Thursday in the state House.

The Republican state House speaker and the Democratic Senate majority leader both say they'd support withholding lawmakers' pay if the Legislature misses a budget deadline.

Michigan's state budget negotiations haven't yielded much progress. Zach Gorchow of Gongwer News Service looks at the chances of a state government shutdown.