After championing a budget and road funding framework last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expressed new uncertainty about the culmination of a deal with state lawmakers Tuesday, Sept. 30, as the clock ticks down to avert a partial state government shutdown.

“I feel confident we will get it done and we’ll be able to continue running government and providing services to the people of Michigan. All the pieces? Not sure that they’ll all get done tonight," she said during a short interview with the Detroit Free Press after she spoke at a Ford event at Detroit's Michigan Central. It wasn't clear from Whitmer's comments what might be left in limbo when the clock strikes midnight and the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

Whitmer has repeatedly said that there is no budget agreement without a road fu

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