LANSING — The respective leaders of the Michigan Legislature and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday evening announced that they have reached a budget deal just days before the end of the current fiscal year, by proxy avoiding a government shutdown and raising sorely needed money for roads.

The details of the deal are still scarce, but it would include passage of a school aid budget and the state budget on time despite months of uncertainty and political jousting between the Republican-controlled House and the Democratic-controlled Senate, while Whitmer, for the most part, sat on the sidelines until it became apparent that she needed to step in and push things along.

That said, House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) said Thursday that the agreement was to a framework and a foundatio

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