Public transit gets huge boost from federal grants
Public transit in Michigan is getting a big boost with the announcement of over $23 million in grant awards to improve buses and bus facilities in the state.
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Public transit in Michigan is getting a big boost with the announcement of over $23 million in grant awards to improve buses and bus facilities in the state.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is proposing to suspend the Michigan sales tax on school supplies as part of the MI Back to School Plan.
A man charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was ecstatic and exclaimed, "That's it!" as he rode past her vacation home in 2020 and told an ally to make a video, according to trial evidence presented Monday.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency as several communities in Southeast Michigan remain under a boil water advisory following a water main break.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration on Wednesday stopped recommending that masks be worn inside schools and other public places to curb COVID-19 in Michigan, pointing to a drop in cases and hospitalizations.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed a $2.2 billion spending bill that allocates federal COVID-19 aid for a continued boost in food assistance benefits and rental relief along with new grants to municipalities.
On Friday, June 11, the Michigan Supreme Court unanimously ordered the state elections board to certify a veto-proof initiative that would let Republican legislators wipe from the books a law Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to issue sweeping pandemic orders.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday proposed expanding government-funded preschool to 22,000 eligible but unenrolled 4-year-olds in Michigan, saying too many cannot access an "incredible opportunity" because of inadequate funding.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday again vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have required legislative approval to extend Michigan's COVID-19 restrictions, as cases and hospitalizations continued to rise amid increasing vaccinations.
Elizabeth Hertel took over the Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 22, the day Robert Gordon abruptly resigned.
Macomb County's Peter Lucido, a Republican who has criticized Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's nursing home policies in the pandemic, urged families with concerns about a relative's "transfer, incident or death" to submit a form to local law enforcement.
The Michigan Legislature, where majority Republicans have blasted Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over severance payments to top officials, on Tuesday disclosed nearly $700,000 worth of separation agreements or legal settlements over the past decade.
The governor was joined by Jackson Mayor Derek Dobies and members of Local 324 Union for Operating Engineers.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a press conference Wednesday afternoon providing updates on the State's response to COVID-19.
Michigan's environmental agency said Friday it has approved construction of an underground tunnel to house a replacement for a controversial oil pipeline in a channel linking two of the Great Lakes.
A Michigan man who spent more than two decades in prison on a marijuana conviction is now a free man after Gov. Whitmer commuted his sentence.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday refused to discuss the circumstances surrounding the abrupt departure of Michigan's health director during the coronavirus pandemic, including whether she asked for his resignation.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the Michigan COVID Recovery Plan to grow Michigan's economy and help end the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday her appointments to the Board of State Canvassers.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a press conference on Jan. 8 on the state's response to COVID-19.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a press conference on Jan. 6 on the state's response to COVID-19.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pocket vetoed proposed tax breaks for retail chain Meijer and separate legislation that would have let certain businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic defer their property tax payments without facing penalties or interest.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has turned down a request to release a man who insists he was wrongly convicted of murder in a college parking lot in Port Huron in 1986, his supporters said Monday.
The bill "would recklessly undermine" efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Whitmer said.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a press conference on Dec. 29 providing updates on the State's response to COVID-19.
