Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state lawmakers failed to finalize a new budget by midnight as required by the Michigan Constitution. But they passed a temporary spending bill to stop a government shutdown.
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Citizens cannot do their job of running their government if they don’t know what their public servants are doing.
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Grand Blanc pledges kindness, unity after ‘horrible evil’ of church shooting
In a community reeling from bloodshed on Sunday, Tuesday brought messages of togetherness, even forgiveness.
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Gretchen Whitmer: Michigan government ‘will stay open,’ budget coming ‘this week’
Despite shutdown threat, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says the state government will stay ‘up and running’ as a budget is finalized.
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State of Michigan budget 2026: Will officials avoid a government shutdown?
Michigan officials meeting in Lansing today must finalize a state budget by midnight to avoid a government shutdown. Here’s what we know.
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Moments after Michigan church attack, a race to save lives: ‘I need you now’
Scores of first responders rushed to a Michigan church on Sunday after a mass shooting and fire. Dispatch recordings show how the urgency grew by the minute as crews tried to find six children in the smoke-filled church.
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Cannabis group plots lawsuit over new Michigan weed tax plan
Top Michigan marijuana trade group weighs lawsuit over proposed 24% wholesale tax integral to state budget deal. At issue: Whether lawmakers are amending a voter-approved legalization law.
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United in tragedy, Oxford and Rochester Hills offer lessons to Grand Blanc
The Genesee County suburb joins a sad list of Michigan communities that have to recover from mass shootings. ‘The aftermath gets harder,’ Oxford’s police chief says.
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In win for Michigan cities, court clears South Haven in beach drowning suit
The state Court of Appeals has cleared the city of South Haven of liability in the 2020 drowning of an 18-year-old swimmer at a public beach on the Lake Michigan coast.
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No more missing — still no motive — in Michigan church shooting, fire
Authorities said Monday that everyone is accounted for after Sunday’s deadly shooting and fire in a Mormon church. Eight patients ages 6 to 78 were treated at a local hospital. Five people died, including the shooter.
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Chief: Michigan church shooting ‘an evil act and does not define Grand Blanc’
Shattered residents say the community must find a way forward after the unthinkable happens.