After months of negotiations, Michigan’s divided Legislature has yet to outline a compromise state spending plan that will prevent an impending government shutdown.

The annual process of agreeing on a state budget to allocate dollars for schools, state departments, local governments and more is usually done by July 1, the statutory deadline to pass a budget.

Lawmakers missed that deadline this year amid funding and policy differences , lower revenue projections and disagreements on a long-term funding plan to fix the state’s roads.

While missing the deadline carries no penalty, the state government will shut down on Oct. 1 if lawmakers fail to pass a budget for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to sign into law by that date. Oct. 1 is the start of the state’s new fiscal year.

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