LANSING, MI (WTVB) – It was wiped off the books for this fiscal year with a line-item veto last fall, but Pure Michigan might be making a comeback.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she’s open to a deal with the Legislature for a supplemental budget bill to restore the ad campaign during the current fiscal year.,
The governor’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year includes a partial restoration of the Pure Michigan funding, with the thought that the tourism industry will pick up the rest of what had been spent.
That proposal appears to be a compromise with critics like Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey. He supports the campaign, but has said the tourism industry should fund it, not taxpayers.
(reporting from Michael Arney-TTWN Media Networks Inc.)
