LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers on Thursday neared final approval of $4.8 billion in spending, mostly for infrastructure upgrades, with an influx of federal pandemic and other funds that will go toward water systems, roads, parks and other priorities including affordable housing.
The supplemental budget plan, which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will sign, has about $2 billion for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure — including by replacing lead pipes — dam repairs and the remediation of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
The House approved the main bill 95-7. The Senate was expected to follow suit a day after the deal was announced by the governor and Republicans who lead the Legislature's budget committees.
