Deadline looms... and still no budget signed in Lansing

From our media partners at WOOD TV:

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The budget drama in Lansing became a little more unusual Monday.

As of the late afternoon, there was still no word on exactly what Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer would do with the budgets passed by the Republican-led Legislature — though the executive branch told state employees Friday that there would be no layoffs and no reason to plan for a government shutdown. That indicates Whitmer expects to sign the bills, though one can expect changes by line-item veto.

And then there is the State Administrative Board. The little-known group is comprised of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer, superintendent of public instruction and the director of the Department of Transportation.

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