LANSING — With just two weeks until a state government shutdown, lawmakers still are providing few specifics on a potential agreement — but Democrats and Republicans both say that spending cuts are on the table.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spoke about the impasse Tuesday, but gave lawmakers little direction to avert a potential shutdown.

“We must work together to get certainty here in Michigan and to get the budget done,” she said to a group of lawmakers and local leaders.

Whitmer previously put forward an $83.5 billion recommendation that more closely aligns with the Democratic-controlled Senate’s proposal, which increases spending by about three percent compared to last year.

“A budget deal can deliver on the priorities that I’ve been fighting for — investing in our kids, fixing our roads,

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