“House Democrats are grasping for any money they can find to pay for their massive budget,” said Hall, R-Richland Township. “They hiked the income tax and robbed Michiganders of the permanent relief they were promised. They’re raiding the retirement funds of our hard-working school teachers.

“Why is supporting our law enforcement always such a fight with the House Democrats? House Republicans had a plan in place months ago to fix this issue and keep our courts open and operating, but it got held up by a bunch of left-wing politics trying to defund local communities.”