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EDA approves $1.4 million grant for Central Michigan University's business incubator

By Andy Nghiem | May 19, 2022

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently joined U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo to announce $1.4 million in grant funding for business renovations to Central Michigan University's Research Corporation's business incubator.

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MASA's Kerr on $10 million school safety funding: 'Schools should be safe havens for all those who walk their halls'

By Andy Nghiem | May 11, 2022

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced $10 million in state funding to improve the safety at hundreds of schools across the state.

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Whitmer signs bills six new bills into law: ‘We can continue ... growing our economy and creating good-paying jobs’

By Andy Nghiem | May 2, 2022

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) in early April signed six new bills into law that will improve insurance procedures, support small businesses, and modernize Michigan's State Bar admissions process, according to a press release from the governor's office.

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Whitmer: 'Today, I will be signing six bipartisan bills, adding on to the over 800 bipartisan bills I have signed since taking office'

By Andy Nghiem | Apr 20, 2022

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed six new bills into law that will support small businesses, improve insurance procedures and make other revisions to the state's laws.

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Whitmer awards $3.5 million to 9 cities and villages to 'upgrade water infrastructure'

By Andy Nghiem | Mar 20, 2022

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently awarded more than $3 million in grant funding to promote cleaner drinking water in nine Michigan cities and villages.

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Whitmer proposes largest-ever Michigan state budget for upcoming fiscal year 2022

By Andy Nghiem | Feb 16, 2021

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently proposed a massive $67 billion state budget for fiscal year 2022, which is the largest-ever executive budget proposed in Michigan, according to reporting by Bridge Michigan.

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Whitmer’s COVID-19 school funding proposal exacerbates already-existing economic gaps

By Andy Nghiem | Feb 5, 2021

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy recently questioned Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s approach for distributing COVID-19 relief funding to Michigan schools and criticized her proposed policies for favoring school districts that are already heavily benefiting from federal relief funding.

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Mackinac Center for Public Policy advocates for more transparency for business subsidies

By Andy Nghiem | Jan 19, 2021

According to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Michigan lawmakers should be more transparent when deciding how to distribute taxpayer money to select businesses.

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Michigan expands rollout of COVID-19 vaccine for seniors over 65 and frontline workers

By Andy Nghiem | Jan 8, 2021

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently announced that the state will open COVID-19 vaccination opportunities for seniors and other frontline workers beginning Monday, Jan. 11, according to Bridge Michigan.

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Michigan family blames Whitmer's COVID-19 nursing home orders for their father's death

By Andy Nghiem | Dec 18, 2020

A Michigan family blames overreaching COVID-19 orders, state-imposed isolation and neglect for causing the decline and death of their father, according to Michigan Capitol Confidential.