LANSING, MI (AP)-- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a bill to fund a federal $300-a-week unemployment benefit, flood cleanup costs in the Midland area and Michigan’s contribution toward a project to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.
The $2.8 billion in spending authorized Tuesday is almost entirely federally funded. It's unclear how long the supplemental jobless benefit will last.
The new law includes $8 million to help develop of an Illinois facility where electric barriers could be used to scare away invasive carp. There's also $6 million to clean up from a dam failure in Midland and Gladwin counties.