Michigan lawmakers finalize $85B budget after all-night legislative session

By: Ben Solis, Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: July 3, 2026

Words: 1,874

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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It took nearly 24 hours, an all-night legislative session and a deluge of stalled policy bills that did not move for most of the year to compel Michigan lawmakers early Friday morning to finally pass a roughly $85 billion budget funding state government and education in the upcoming 2026-27 fiscal year.

But there were still areas of the budget where funding totals remained uncertain by not accounting for potential federal funding that the Legislature would …

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