LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – When the state of Michigan has a divided state Legislature, budget deals have historically been pushed until the last days.

In 10 of the past 15 years, one party has held a trifecta in state government – meaning that party had the majority in the House and Senate and also had the sitting governor. Budgets are much easier to pass when one party has the votes necessary to approve it.

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But when one party can hold up the bargaining, deals take much longer to get done. The deadline to approve a state budget to avoid a government shutdown is Oct. 1.

For example from 2019 through 2022, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was the Democratic governor and the GOP had majority in the House and Senate.

But from 2019 through 2021, the final budget deal wasn’t put in place until late September.

In 2019 and 2020, the final budget deal was made Sept. 24. In 2021, the budget deal came Sept. 22.

From 2007 to 2009, the Democrats had Gov. Jennifer Granholm and had the majority in the House. The GOP controlled the Senate.

The state had brief state shutdowns that lasted just hours in 2007 and 2009 when the budget deal wasn’t made until Oct. 1.

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From 2011 to 2018, there was little budget drama as the Republicans had Rick Snyder as governor and controlled the House and Senate.