Gov. Rick Snyder
Gov. Rick Snyder pulls out a knife Wedensday and proposes $102.8 million in spending cust for 11 state departments to help address a $325 million mid-year revenue shortfall, The Detroit News reports.
The mid-year cuts, which need legislative approval, include $23.3 million from the Michigan State Police’s budget and $17.8 million from the Department of Corrections, Chad Livengood reports.
At the same time, the Detroit Free Press reports that Snyder's $54 billion budget boosts efforts to train Michiganders for technical careers and modestly increases funding for K-12 schools.
The propsoal also calls for a $16.5 million reduction for the Department of Community Health and $15.5 million less for the Department of Human Services before those agencies are merged officially in April, the News writes.
“This was not an across-the-board cut,” Snyder told lawmakers at a Wednesday morning budget presentation, the News reported. “I believe across-the-board cuts are bad management.”
The News reports:
The governor is expected to submit a supplemental budget bill to the Legislature to help alleviate the rest of the deficit, which is blamed on a surge in corporations cashing in refundable tax credits mostly awarded under former Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s administration.
