Michigan budget takes IT projects from Jocelyn Benson after transparency portal flop https://t.co/8x3jn8BW3D via @Simon_Schuster

Update: spox for governor says Whitmer didn't make any line-item vetoes.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is signing budget legislation today in the Capitol. The event is closed to the press and there will be no questions afterward, her spokeswoman said.

Gov. Whitmer continues to portray the Earned Income Tax Credit (3K refund for 700K families) as something she secured in the new state budget. It's a tax benefit, not a spending item. There has been no sign of trouble for the EITC this year. This change in tax law occurred in

Politico: Michigan’s Mallory McMorrow has shifted her stance on the war in Gaza https://t.co/EV3Tc61urs via @adamwren

Shoutout to all the hardworking Michigan journalists, who started the week early by covering a devastating tragedy in Grand Blanc, and then stayed late to cover a complicated state budget process. Incredible dedication, important work. Thank you.

Michigan finally gets a new state budget: Winners, losers in the $81B deal

Ladies and gentleman, Michigan seems to have a budget. House just gave final vote to education omnibus. Still not done: Senate vote on pot tax bill, which was part of the "deal."

Speaker Matt Hall says a portion of sales tax revenue will be dedicated to the school aid fund to offset removing the 6% sales tax on fuel. Key issue for school groups. #mileg

Conference committee also advanced $24B education omnibus budget. See details here:

Michigan budget update: House approves general omnibus budget in 101-8 vote. Includes $51.8B, plus $2.6B supplemental. Awaits Senate vote.

Not included in the final Michigan budget proposal: House GOP language that would have prohibited departments from using state funds for “for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives or programs.”

Michigan budget update: Some opposition to pot tax in Senate, where there's talk of alternative options. But House Speaker Matt Hall isn't having it: "The time to change a deal is over.” Via @JordynHermani https://t.co/LHdSUiCPnX

Enhancement grants have still been appearing on the Senate website. The largest request appeared online in the last hour, from Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks. The request is for $100M for the Rx Kids program for cash payments to new & expectant mothers

Michigan budget deal takes shape: Free school meals, $10k per student, nearly $2B for roads, pot tax, no tax on tips, $$ for Selfridge, earmark reform, more

House Appropriations Chair Rep. Ann Bollin, R-Brighton, told reporters Wednesday that a final per-pupil spending amount for Michigan schools will be $10,050 a child. The state will also continue funding universally free breakfast/lunch as its own budget line item.

Whitmer's office says she was heading back to Michigan today after her Toronto speech. She is currently expected to speak at a summit in Quebec on Sunday, according to a tentative agenda

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on the 2028 presidential race: 'I anticipate helping, but I don’t know if I’m going to be the person'

In Canada speech, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer suggests she's unlikely to run for president in 2028: "I don't know if I need to be the main character in the next chapter, but I want to have a hand in writing it."

Whitmer in Canada: "Right now, as as I speak, the Michigan Legislature is finalizing our next balanced budget, which will be my seventh." Did not mention she/Legislature missed the deadline in the state constitution, which requires a balanced budget.