"Whitmer's Budget Plan: Shifting Funds and Promising Increases for Michigan Welfare and Education"
TL;DR
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's $80.7 billion budget proposal includes a $46 million increase to Michigan’s Family Independence Program, the state's only cash-based government assistance program for low-income residents, marking the first increase in decades and drawing attention from anti-poverty advocates.
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