McBroom: Whitmer Budget Transfer Deals $1M Blow to Western U.P.

One of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget transfers will continue an ongoing problem in the western Upper Peninsula.

At one time, pensions for Michigan Works program state employees were paid for through one of the counties in the various consortia, with money provided by the state. In our six-county consortium, that was Gogebic County.

In 2015, the system was changed – but the state didn’t provide Gogebic County with the money needed to fulfill the employees’ pension obligations.

State Senator Ed McBroom says the bill is now nearly a million dollars…

The state stepped up and covered its pension obligations for eastern Upper Peninsula counties last year. McBroom says there was money in this year’s budget to resolve our situation, but…

You can hear Todd VanDyke’s full discussion about the state budget situation with McBroom on Sunday’s Copper Country Today.