Confusion surrounded the cuts, since neither the Whitmer administration nor the Legislature immediately provided a full list of impacted projects.

It's likely at least some of the funding will be restored through a supplemental spending bill expected early next year.

LANSING — Michigan Democrats responded with anger and recriminations Thursday, Dec. 11, one day after House Republicans used a rare maneuver to axe $645 million in approved funding for dozens of projects ranging from one that provides wigs for children with cancer, to programs to fight climate change, to development of a plant in Hemlock to produce material used to make semiconductors.

The unilateral action by the House Appropriations Committee represented "one of the most corrupt abuses of power and unprecedented displays

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