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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Wednesday making June 19, or Juneteenth, a paid state holiday for government workers. It marks the date enslaved people in Texas were emancipated by Union troops in 1865.
The aim is to improve educational outcomes from early childhood through after-school and postsecondary programs, with the goal of every Michigan student earning a skill certificate or degree after high school.
The Gov. Whitmer-appointed Growing Michigan Together Council has a tough job figuring out how to keep young adults from moving away, while getting more people to move to Michigan.
Spring floods in the Upper Peninsula were ‘of such severity and magnitude’ that the state needs federal help to recover, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote to President Joe Biden and emergency management officials
Access to lakes, good and diverse jobs and affordability can help kick-start Michigan’s population stagnation, according to a roundtable of mid-career workers in Michigan spearheaded by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
There’s no first step to attracting people to Michigan, because everything that needs to happen must all happen simultaneously. We must rise above petty politics and apply brilliant ideas already being tested locally.
Michigan drivers will be subject to tougher distracted driving laws. Holding a cell phone for non-emergency calls, texts or social media use could result in a ticket.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer aims to use her growing profile to raise money for President Joe Biden and defend a U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Debbie Stabenow.
John Rakolta, a Republican megadonor and Trump-nominated ambassador, will co-chair Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new council focused on developing solutions to Michigan’s population crisis.
At the Mackinac Policy Conference next week, Gretchen Whitmer will announce a commission to develop policy recommendations to jump-start population growth, reimagine road funding and improve public education.
The push to establish a ‘red flag’ law in Michigan is the final piece of a three-pronged plan by Michigan Democrats to start addressing gun violence. It is opposed by some gun rights groups.
With complete control of governance, Democrats passed a raft of liberal bills within their first 100 days. Republicans are annoyed, sounding much like Democrats from years past. Now comes the hard part.
Repealing Right-to-Work and restoring prevailing wage were top priorities for unions, while business groups and Republicans have argued doing away with current policy would be bad for business.
Attorney General Dana Nessel has repeatedly called for greater government transparency. But in high-profile criminal cases in her own office she has successfully fought to keep records on government searches hidden, even after they are introduced in court.
