Budget

Governor Rick Snyder signed the state's Fiscal Year 2015 budget package on Monday that includes investment in education, transportation and public safety.
Synder signed House Bill 5313, known as the General Omnibus Bill, that he says reflects a state growing stronger by focusing on improving the…

Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley is giving City Council more time to make recommendations before adopting the next fiscal year budget.
According to ABC 12, Earley made the comments during a press briefing on Thursday morning. Earley and staff have also taken some recommendations into account...

At Monday night's Flint City Council meeting, residents got their chance to speak on Emergency Manager Darnell Earley's proposed budget. The two year budget proposal includes cuts of 36 police department jobs and 19 firefighter positions. According to ABC 12, the budget also calls for incr…

Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley laid out a two-year budget plan with massive cuts to police and fire at Wednesday night's City Council meeting. Under the proposed $55 million budget, the city's police department would lose 36 police officer positions and the fire department would lo…

Michigan Lieutenant Governor Brian Calley signed a $330 million supplemental budget on Friday that will help fix winter road damage, fund vital mental health services and support the Office for New Americans.
In a statement Calley said "while Michigan is still in need of a comprehensive road fun…

Flint Emergency Manager Ed Kurtz has signed off on the new fiscal year budget which is set to begin July 1st.
When the new budget begins, 27 city workers will lose their jobs. The layoffs will come from building safety, traffic engineering, planning and general administration...

On Thursday, Governor Rick Snyder signed House Bills 4228 and 4328 into law, finishing the budget process for the next fiscal year which is set to begin on October 1st.
This is the third year in a row that the state has passed a budget plan ahead of schedule...

Governor Rick Snyder, Lt. Governor Brian Calley, legislative leaders and budget officials are holding a news conference today at 3 p.m. to sign budget bills.
Watch it live below and follow along with a group chat.

Congressman Dan Kildee, of Michigan's Fifth District, has called on Speaker of the House John Boehner to appoint conferees to a conference committee so that Congress can reach a bipartisan agreement on a budget. This follows actions from last month when both the Senate and the House of Representativ…

Gov. Rick Snyder, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley and State Budget Officer John Nixon will present FY 2014 budget recommendations to the Legislature today at 11 a.m. Watch it live here!
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