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Calling former President Donald Trump a “convicted felon … running on vengeance and grievance,” Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told a national television audience Sunday that voters have a “stark choice” this November about who they want to occupy the White House.
Billions of dollars in federal funds are up for grabs through President Joe Biden’s administration. And state officials are fighting to ensure they land in Michigan.
As Democrats won a majority in the House and Senate and retained control of the governor’s office in 2022, the party’s trifecta carried forward decades of unfulfilled legislative goals.
In her keynote address at the 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, Whitmer focused on three components she identified as the drivers of innovation: culture, capital and creativity.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that her administration will increase its focus on affordable housing and energy efficiencies.
Legislation signed into law this week by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will require insurance companies to cover treatments for mental and health and substance use disorders at the same level as physical health services.
Eric Molitor filed papers to run against Wexford County Sheriff Trent Taylor in the Republican primary in August.
A new directive signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer calls for spending federal funds on a new workforce development program.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is urging Michiganders to re-elect President Joe Biden in November—or else risk losing access to reproductive rights.
https://www.tiktok.com/@gandernewsroom/video/7361185696364743982 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer thinks politicians need to get out of the way and let Americans make their own reproductive healthcare choices—a position she shares with President Joe Biden.
Under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration, state officials are investing an additional $290 million into wastewater infrastructure throughout the state.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a series of tax credits to help developers build or rehabilitate more than 1,000 affordable rental homes across Michigan.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said ex-President Donald Trump is still taking pride in letting politicians interfere in private medical decisions for women.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer clapped back at comments made by former President Donald Trump while he was in Grand Rapids Tuesday for a campaign event.
Governor Whitmer has announced the expansion of four businesses in Kent and Bay counties. These projects, supported by the Michigan Strategic Fund, are predicted to bring about 144 new jobs and generate nearly $72 million in capital investment.
The Michigan Family Protection Act will create legal protections for parents who use fertility treatments, surrogacy, or assisted reproduction.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel are blasting Republican-led attempts to restrict mifepristone.
A motion filed this week in federal court by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer aims to protect the constitutional right to reproductive freedom in Michigan.
Federal funding will help improve wastewater treatment systems and replace drinking water mains in several rural Michigan communities.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s latest budget plan could boost funding for rural communities—including new programs to support farmers.
In a late night meeting Sunday, Michigan State University trustees formally removed Rema Vassar as the board’s chair after she had resigned the post hours earlier following an outside report released last week.
Ex-President Donald Trump lashed out against the United Auto Workers union during a radio interview in Detroit this week.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is promising to protect access to reproductive health care in Michigan amid ongoing efforts to ban in-vitro fertilization.
https://www.tiktok.com/@gandernewsroom/video/7340049313256508714 Michigan kids are poised to reap some of the biggest rewards of Michigan’s new state budget after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this week proposed plans to boost funding at public schools and deliver on her...
More than $1.1 million in state grants awarded this month is set to help Michigan workers access the training and skills to prepare for new, high-wage jobs.
State legislation signed into law last year aims to protect children from lead contamination by installing water filters at child care centers and schools.
https://www.tiktok.com/@gandernewsroom/video/7335209663111122219 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer unveiled her latest state budget proposal this week—and it includes plans to provide free preschool for all 4-year-old Michiganders, as well as fully fund the first two years of...
Michigan is at the center of an electric vehicle revolution. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration wants to ensure every community—and worker—is ready.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for all of the US and state flags at the state capitol complex and upon all public buildings and grounds across Michigan to be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday in remembrance of the students who were killed in the Michigan State University Shooting on Feb. 13, 2023.
