The Brief
- If a new state budget is not adopted by Oct. 1, there is a threat of a state shutdown.
- Governor Whitmer would have all the power to run the state in that situation.
- It happened twice in the past under Gov. Granholm, leading her to lay off state workers and close Secretary of State offices.
FOX 2 – The state budget shutdown clock is ticking louder as the October 1st deadline looms – the number is at 27 days and counting.
The backstory:
And if there is no budget by then. It’s the governor calling the shots on what happens next, according to a former legal advisor to past Gov. Jennifer Granholm.…