Bracing for federal cuts in Lansing

Planning the family budget is a relatively easy task as long as you know where the money is coming from and you are pretty sure the flow of dough won’t be abruptly cut off.

Any uncertainty over the source of your income can quickly cause sleepless nights and a whole host of “what if” questions such as what if that source goes south? What would we do?

Welcome to the opening annual budget writing assignment under the capitol dome where unfortunately for the governor and the GOP house and democratic senate, the uncertainty cloud is hanging over the progress like an early spring tornado poised to touch down. And no one is sure if it will or won’t.