Lansing — Michigan lawmakers approved a bill early Wednesday morning to fund state government's operations for one additional week, after their push to pass a new annual budget temporarily faltered inside the state Capitol.

The one-week measure that lawmakers signed off on at about 2 a.m. amounted to $1.5 billion in spending, will keep state workers on the job until Oct. 8 and will give the House and Senate seven more days to come up with a longer-term plan to fund schools, departments and road construction.

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