Michigan will avoid a state government shutdown if lawmakers can take quick action to approve a newly-negotiated budget.

The deadline is October 1, and late on Thursday, the governor’s office announced a compromise has been reached with legislative leaders between the Senate Democratic plan and the House Republican plan. State Representative Joey Andrews tells us some of the details remain unknown, but his understanding is that this deal contains wins for both sides.

“ It looks like we got a budget that’s going to hold most all of the investments that we made the last two years I was there while also being able to keep school investments growing,” Andrews said.

Andrews says the House was in session Thursday to lay the groundwork for some of the cuts and revenue increases included in th

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