Construction workers gather Sept. 3 at Michigan's statehouse in Lansing to call for a long-term road funding solution as a state government budget deadline approaches. (AP Photo/Isabella Volmert)

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Three years ago, the story of Michigan was one of Democratic success. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Democratic state lawmakers held complete control of the executive and legislative branches of government.

This year, the story of Michigan is one of enormous partisan divide.

Partisan politics have resulted in a monthslong legislative stalemate over the state budget that might send Michigan into a government shutdown. Whitmer, who is in her second-to-last year as governor, called on state lawmakers to break the deadlock in a speech Tuesday focused on Michigan’s economy.

The sta

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