GOP state budget includes billions in cuts. Here's what would get axed

LANSING — A budget approved Tuesday, Aug. 26 by the Republican-controlled House would cut spending across state government, including cuts to the Michigan State Police and payments to local governments.

When combined with K-12 and higher education budgets passed earlier, the House budget for the 2026 fiscal year would total nearly $79 billion. That's more than $4 billion lower than the budget Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed in February and more than $5 billion lower than the budget passed by the Democratic-controlled Senate in May .