As Congress nears sending the U.S. into a government shutdown, Michigan faces its own. Partisan politics in Michigan's split Legislature has resulted in a monthslong legislative stalemate. The state's Oct. 1 fiscal year deadline is approaching. Whitmer is expected to call on state lawmakers to break the deadlock in a speech Tuesday focused on Michigan’s economy. The standoff has high stakes for Whitmer herself and for the state. Michigan is particularly influenced by broader economic trends in the U.S. The standoff is also a glimpse at partisan politics reaching far beyond Washington that are grinding a battleground state’s Capitol to a halt.
