Michigan Gov. Whitmer lays out student literacy plan
Literacy is on the decline in Michigan, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she wants to stop it in its tracks.
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Literacy is on the decline in Michigan, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she wants to stop it in its tracks.
Efforts to expand high-speed internet across rural northern Michigan will get a $920 million boost from a federal grant.
Despite efforts in recent years to gain clarity, the roughly 110-mile state line between Michigan and Indiana remains as blurry as ever.
Two Michigan turkeys will live to see another day, having been pardoned from the potential fate of a Thanksgiving dinner table. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gave the order, following up on a social media contest that gave the birds the names of Faygo and Vernors.
The turkeys are the fourth and fifth pardoned by Whitmer since she took office.
A group of nine Michigan patients, physicians and reproductive rights advocates has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and four other state officials.
Officials say the multi-billion-dollar data center will be built by Oracle and Related Digital, creating more than 2,500 union construction jobs, over 450 on-site jobs and 1,500 jobs across Washtenaw County
State officials will direct $4.5 million to Food Bank Council of Michigan to help fill in the gaps as SNAP funding runs out.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is leading a coalition of governors in an appeal to the White House to fund the SNAP food assistance program.
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office announced funding for residential and commercial projects in Hamtramck and Alpena.
Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city's first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years.
The state of Michigan is suspending incentives and seeking to claw back millions from a Chinese business behind an electric vehicle battery plant project in northern Michigan after the project has been riddled with pushback from locals and national Republicans.
Research and engineering will start on a transportation hub aimed to provide a new passenger rail and intercity bus station at Michigan Central.
The governor locked in her commitment to her campaign promise in Clinton Township on Monday.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed into law a new 24% tax on marijuana to create new revenue that will help fund long-promised major road repairs.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan budget into law Tuesday, one week after the state's fiscal year was to have started.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will sign a state budget this week amid a deadline extension from the legislature. The final version includes money to continue Michigan's free school lunch and breakfast program.
The budget now goes to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk for approval.
Michigan leaders said state government operations will "run as normal" while legislative leaders finalize the upcoming budget.
Michigan lawmakers are earmarking nearly $2 billion in the 2026 state budget to repair local and state roads.
Michigan is expanding a program to help incarcerated people obtain driver's licenses or state identification cards, something advocates say will increase the odds they are successful in returning to society.
"I think that those tactics are unwarranted and not something we're going to be asking," Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said.
The Trump administration is trying to persuade a federal judge that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's attempt to shut down part of an aging pipeline interferes with U.S. foreign policy.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued a directive calling for encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations and for insurance plans to cover the vaccinations.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says uncertainty is costing Michigan "time, money, opportunities and jobs."
