LANSING, Mich. — The budget fight is a long way from over.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued 147 line-item vetoes Monday.
The education and transportation budgets saw the most changes.
Governor Whitmer cut $375 million in one-time road funding saying it doesn't fix the fundamental problem.
"I remain eager to have a conversation with anyone who's serious about fixing the problem. The fact of the matter is this budget, this one-time 400 million dollars that fixes four bridges and 39 miles is not serious," she said.
One of the more controversial cuts came to the Pure Michigan campaign which was scrapped entirely.
"I'm always going to put public safety, like the tethers that we need to monitor in the state police budget, ahead of any ad campaign," the governor said.
The governor said there were no real negotiations throughout the budget process.
"They came with ultimatums. That's not a negotiation. They said well if you don't accept our terms we're going to send you budgets and I said go ahead and send them. I'll use all of my tools to clean them up when you do and that's why today's action should not be a surprise to anyone in this town," she said.
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