(Grand Rapids, MI) – The Fiscal Year 2026 state budget still has not been introduced in the legislature and budget talks are scheduled to continue today between the governor and leaders of the state House and Senate. Governor Gretchen Whitmer wouldn’t confirm an economic trip is planned for next month to Japan, but did say she is always available to negotiate the budget regardless of where she is. Whitmer added, “I will not be the holdup. I can tell you that.”
She says missing the September 30 deadline to get the budget done and prevent a government shutdown on October 1 will not do anyone good.
Meanwhile Governor Gretchen Whitmer is appealing the denial of disaster relief funds for northern Michigan by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Whitmer says President Trump authorized FEMA Public Assistance money on July 22 for the March ice storm. Individual, businesses, and utilities all had their funding requests denied by FEMA. Presque Isle Electric and Gas Co-Op and Great Lakes Energy are facing up to 150-million-dollars each in recovery costs from the ice storm.
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