An "omnibus" multidepartment Fiscal Year 2005-2006 House budget. This is one of just three House budgets that will contain virtually all state spending. Together they authorize $39.7 billion in gross spending, about the same as the current year, and approximately $800 million less than recommended by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. This budget tightens eligibility standards for welfare and Medicaid, requires some premiums and co-pays for the latter, closes two prisons, revises university funding distributions, increases school funding, and requires no new or increased taxes. Find a non-partisan overview of the highlights <a href="http://www.mackinac.org/article.asp?ID=7136">here</a>, and detailed analysis from the House Fiscal Agency at http://www.house.mi.gov/hfa/PDFs/hb4831summaries.pdf.
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