Legislature, governor reach $4.8B spending deal for water infrastructure, broadband, housing aid – By Beth LeBlanc (The Detroit News) / March 23, 2022
Lansing — The GOP-led Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have reached a $4.8 billion deal on infrastructure spending after weeks of negotiations that reached into the late hours Wednesday night.
The House Appropriations Committee moved the bill to the full House chamber shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday. The House and Senate are expected to vote the spending plan through both chambers Thursday.
“These are tough times for families, small businesses, and communities, and this bipartisan supplemental will help grow our economy, create jobs, and invest in every region of our state,” Whitmer said in a statement Wednesday. “I look forward to signing this supplemental when it reaches my desk and continuing in this spirit of collaboration to pass another balanced, bipartisan budget that delivers on the kitchen-table issues.”
