Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is informing contractors who were set to receive a piece of the $645 million in non-statutory work projects that the House Appropriations Committee denied earlier this month that the State Budget Office and her administration are not done with its review, and are awaiting a legal opinion from Attorney General Dana Nessel as it takes its next step.

In a letter, Whiter acknowledged that the State Budget Office is still reviewing existing contracts, obligations and encumbrances. While the Budget Office is being charged with answering questions from impacted funding recipients, it’s not clear that they have answers at this point in time.

Suffice to say, the Governor is not happy about the situation based on the tone of the letter.

If your state House member or senator didn’t record a public act in 2025, they were not alone. Of the 147 elected legislators serving this year, 67% (a total of 98) didn’t see a bill signed into law.

By comparison, in 2021, when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed 167 public acts, which was (at that time) the fewest number of bills signed in a calendar year since 1960, 58 percent of legislators recorded at least one public act.

Four years later, the Legislature produced 74 public acts, the fewest number in a regular legislative session year since the founding of the state in 1837.

Of the 74 public acts in 2025, 39 were from House members (Republicans had 33, Democrats 6). The remaining 34 came out of the Senate (Democrats 23, Republicans 11).