LANSING (AP) -- Republicans in the Michigan Legislature are trying to balance the state budget without tax increases.
House Republicans on Tuesday detailed a proposal they say would erase a deficit projected at roughly $1.7 billion for the budget year starting Oct. 1. The plan relies heavily on spending cuts including the elimination of a 3 percent pay raise for unionized state workers scheduled for October.
State department spending would be cut by about $665 million. Appropriations going to universities would decline by about 3 percent. That is consistent with a plan the Republican-led Senate was expected to vote on later Tuesday.
The House Republican plan would not cut money that goes to Michigan schools on a per-student basis. But other schools money would be reduced.
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