Granholm to offer revised 2010-11 plan

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans to lay out a revised spending plan for lawmakers Wednesday.

The nonpartisan Senate Fiscal Agency estimates Michigan has a budget deficit of about $300 million for the current fiscal year.

The state also faces a deficit in the budget year that starts Oct. 1, even though the state in line to get about $698 million
more federal dollars for public schools and Medicaid.

The Democratic governor said Tuesday she wants lawmakers to finish up next year's budget soon. She already has signed a school spending bill into law, but deep differences remain between the Republican-controlled Senate and Democratic-controlled House over what the rest of the budget should look like.

Budget talks should pick up now that the additional federal money is in place.