LANSING — Michigan lawmakers have fewer than six weeks to hash out more than $80 billion in spending, as discussions on the state budget continued to stall.

Legislators remain divided on key spending priorities, including a $3 billion road plan, which Gov. Whitmer says must be included in any spending agreement.

Lawmakers also appeared no closer to an agreement on education spending this week, seven weeks after their self-imposed deadline to approve $20 billion in public school funding.

“Now you have every school in the state getting ready to start, or has started, and we don’t know what kind of funding we’re going to have,” said Tom McKee, superintendent of Rudyard Area Schools.

Northern Michigan superintendents continued to share concerns about the potential loss of categorical spe

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