A House subcommittee has proposed closing the Michigan State Police post in Detroit.
The budget bill was approved by the subcommittee Wednesday. It next goes to the House Appropriations Committee.
Democratic Rep. Richard LeBlanc says the proposal includes transferring the state troopers in Detroit to other posts and spending more money on state police crime labs than Gov. Jennifer Granholm has proposed. He said all of Wayne County is patrolled by either sheriff's deputies or local departments.
The Michigan State Police oppose the proposal to close the Detroit post.
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved several budgets including 3 percent cuts to university and community college funding and another $118-per-student reduction to K-12 schools.