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Snyder to sign state budget into law

LANSING, MI (AP)--   The $48 billion state spending plan for the budget year that starts October 1 is about to be signed into law.  Governor Rick Snyder has scheduled a bill-signing ceremony for Tuesday afternoon at the Romney Building across from the Capitol.

The package includes a small cut in individual income taxes, twice as much money for film credits, a slight increase in education funding, and a down payment on school employees' health care costs in retirement.

The Republican-controlled House and Senate passed the budget bills three weeks ago.  Snyder has the right to veto portions of the bills.

Democrats have criticized the GOP budget plan for not spending more on education.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.