Michigan lawmakers could hold votes Tuesday on a new state budget to avoid a government shutdown.

At the invitation of Mayor Marcus Muhammad, state Representative Joey Andrews spoke at a budget town hall in Benton Harbor Monday, saying he still hasn’t seen the complete plan worked out between Republican and Democratic leadership, but it does avoid devastating cuts to key programs that were originally in the House plan.

Andrews said while we can’t expect significant funding increases to many programs, “no cuts is a win.” He added that applies to schools as the education budget could be the first thing the House votes on Tuesday night.

“ I think we’re going to see basically a small increase in the per -pupil amount, maybe $100, $200 per pupil, rea

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