Michigan lawmakers ended a budget stalemate early Friday, approving an $81 billion spending plan that increases funding for roads and schools while cutting vacant jobs and reducing money for a major business incentive program.

The agreement came two days after the Legislature missed the constitutional deadline to pass a new budget. Lawmakers avoided a shutdown with a temporary measure earlier this week. Final votes stretched into the early morning hours, with the Senate approving a 25% wholesale marijuana tax around 3:15 a.m.

The new budget is slightly smaller than the $82.5 billion plan signed last year by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, but larger than the $78.5 billion version pushed by House Republicans.

Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt of Porter Township, who opposed the omnibus plan,

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