Michigan will avoid a state government shutdown if lawmakers can take quick action to approve a newly-negotiated budget.

The deadline is October 1, and late on Thursday, the governor’s office announced a compromise has been reached with legislative leaders between the Senate Democratic plan and the House Republican plan. State Representative Joey Andrews tells us some of the details remain unknown, but his understanding is that this deal contains wins for both sides.

“It looks like we got a budget that’s going to hold most all of the investments that we made the last two years I was there while also being able to keep school investments growing,” Andrews said. 

Andrews says the House was in session Thursday to lay the groundwork for some of the cuts and revenue increases included in the budget. Among them are a 24% tax on marijuana that Andrews voted against because he thinks it could harm the fledgling industry. He says the House also decoupled the corporate tax from its federal counterpart and took action to blunt the effects of Medicaid cuts.

“By and large, we’re holding all the big programs intact. Medicaid, SNAP, school breakfasts and lunches are all being held intact. And hopefully, at least some small boosts to school funding should be in there as well.”

Andrews says the Legislature could vote on the new budget on Tuesday, narrowly beating the deadline.

Andrews is also set to speak at a town hall in Benton Harbor at 6:30 p.m. on Monday to explain the budget. He will be joined by Mayor Marcus Muhammad for the event at city hall.