Nessel highlights AG role to Michigan Senate panel as it mulls budget to be inherited by successor

By: Katherine Dailey

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: April 16, 2026

Words: 815

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago


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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel won’t be spending the money allocated to her department in the upcoming Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget, but she and members of her staff presented the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government with her take on the executive office’s recommendations knowing that her successor will carry the weight of its impacts.

Nessel is term-limited and cannot run for reelection this year, and her replacement to be decided in November will start …

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