The Michigan House of Representatives on Friday sued 31 state departments and their leaders to prevent them from spending any of the $645 million a legislative committee effectively blocked.
The lawsuit is the latest in a battle over power between the Republican-led House and Democrats who hold offices in the state’s executive branch.
The administration of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is violating Michigan’s Management and Budget Act, which says the state House and Senate appropriations committees may or may not designate certain budgeted monies as being for a “work project,” which gives the state more time to spend it, said ...
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