Rarely-used budget move puts zoo, other Lansing projects in limbo

What if Potter Park Zoo lost its accreditation because it couldn’t renovate the home of the big cats and lemurs? Does Lansing’s only zoo become a petting zoo?

A scenario that didn’t seem possible a couple of years ago is back on the table after a state House panel denied the funding stream for dozens of projects, big and small, in the name of “waste, fraud and abuse.”

Potter Park was one of about 20 Lansing-area projects that may see previously agreed-upon state money slip away after House Republicans used an arcane legal maneuver last week to slam the brakes on money approved long ago…

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