GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she has signed a continuation budget to keep the state government open as legislators continue to work on a full budget.

The new fiscal year started Wednesday without a spending plan — though Whitmer and leaders of the Republican-controlled House and Democrat-controlled Senate announced last week they had reached a deal.

In the meantime, leaders promised the government would not shut down. According to a report from the Detroit News, lawmakers early Wednesday morning approved a bill to fund the state government for one week. Whitmer signed the bill, her office confirmed in a release.

“The Michigan state government will stay open,” Whitmer said Wednesday in a statement. “We’re on the verge of making huge progress to fix our

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