Legislators on appropriations set aside $250 million last year backing a planned semiconductor factory that has now been scrapped. But how many folks around Lansing actually believed this project would happen? 

Also, will lawmakers still be negotiating a new state budget for Michigan in September? MIRS sits down with Reps. Tom Kunse, the Clare Republican, and Lansing Democrat Emily Dievendorf to hear their thoughts (2:50). 

MIRS additionally sits down with Rep. Natalie Price, the Berkley Democrat. She's crafting bills to withhold state payments to the federal government if courts rule a White House funding cut to be unconstitutional (31:17).