Gov.Whitmer releases her Fiscal 2020 budget recommendation,kicking off the state budget process

摘要

Michigan Gov.Gretchen Whitmer released her Fiscal Year 2020 budget recommendation on Tuesday,March 5 in a presentation before the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.The proposed $60.2 billion budget is significantly larger than the $56.8 billion budget the state is currently operating under.The proposed budget focuses on the Governor's campaign promise to”fix the damn roads,”by instituting a raise of the fuel tax by 45 cents per gallon by Oct.1,2020 in three,15-cent increments.