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State Rep. Sharon McDonnell warns Troy of Medicaid-driven budget shifts, outlines local wins and bills
Summary
State Rep. Sharon McDonnell told the Troy City Council that Michigan's 2025 legislative session and revenue shortfalls mean fewer laws passed and a large one-year budget transfer to cover Medicaid; she highlighted local impacts including a $400,000 cut to Troy Historic Village and proposed bills on I‑75 naming, school tech bonds and hyperbaric regulation.
State Rep. Sharon McDonnell, who represents most of Troy in the Michigan House, told the Troy City Council on Jan. 12 that changes in Lansing and weaker revenue forecasts are reshaping the state budget and will affect local projects.
“Only 74 public acts were signed into law compared to an average of 383 over the past 2 decades,” McDonnell said, describing a year in which the House changed control and fewer bills reached the governor. She said federal tariffs and other factors have driven repeated downward revisions to state revenue estimates.
McDonnell said the state budget moved $7,000,000,000 from…
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