Michigan officials pose for signing of the fiscal year 2026 budget Tuesday. From left are House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township; state Rep. Ann Bollin, R-Brighton Township, chair of the House Appropriations Committee; Whitmer; Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, D-Grand Rapids; and state Sen. Sarah Anthony, D-Lansing, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. (Courtesy of Executive Office of Michigan, via Michigan Advance)

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Michigan’s state budget for fiscal year 2026 on Tuesday after its passage through the state House and Senate early Friday.

That followed legislators passing an eight-day continuation budget shortly after the constitutional deadline Oct. 1.

“I just signed my seventh balanced, bipartisan budget that delivers on kitchen table iss

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