Whitmer Unveils Plan To Fix The Damn Roads, Plus A Local Makes The Voice
Governor Gretchen Whitmer today released her first proposed budget before a joint meeting of House and Senate appropriations committee members, and she's targeting investments to three problem areas for Michigan: roads, K-12 schools and contamination threats to drinking water resources.
In a nutshell, the governor proposes to raise gasoline taxes in three installments of 15 cents to an extra 45 cents by October 2020. To pay for it, she'd undo some of the tax reforms championed by Gov. Rick Snyder, her predecessor.
It's a big pill to swallow, but there can be no doubting that Michigan has…
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