Michigan's budget status just got complicated
LANSING — Finalizing the 2018 state budget just got a little more complicated for state lawmakers.
The state's main checking account — the general fund — continues to grow, but it's growing at a slower rate than officials estimated as recently as January, the House and Senate fiscal agencies said in reports released late Monday.
Due mostly to lower-than-anticipated personal and corporate income tax revenues, state general fund revenues for the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years will be $377 million lower than estimated in January, the House Fiscal Agency said.
The Senate Fiscal Agency had a more pessimistic outlook — pegging the two-year decline at $492 million.
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