State government isn't going to shut down
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer notified state employees this week that 38,000 state employees could be placed on a temporary lay-off if state government is forced to shut down Oct. 1 for lack of a 2020 budget.
Nobody could buy Michigan lottery tickets. Retail stores couldn’t get their hard alcohol purchases approved by the Liquor Control Commission. Secretary of state offices wouldn’t open. State road projects and welcome centers would freeze.
There’d be no student financial aid checks. Revenue checks to local government or schools wouldn’t go out on schedule.
The prisons, State Police, bridges and Child Protective Service workers would still be running, but that’s about it.
Will state government really shut down? By all appearances, yes. In reality, no.
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