A group tasked with tackling Michigan’s population crisis announced 64 workgroup members to make recommendations about longstanding problems.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
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Whitmer signs $82B Michigan budget: ‘Good stuff’ or wasteful ‘spending spree’?
The governor signs a record budget that includes new money for business incentives, affordable housing, public safety — and plenty of ‘pork.’ Here’s what you need to know.
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Gov. Whitmer signs law allowing Michigan to pass stricter environmental rules
The new law repeals a 2018 Republican-backed law that prohibited the state from setting stronger environmental standards than the federal government.
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Whitmer expands teacher union rights, critics say it sets back students
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed several education bills, including measures that give teachers more say in classroom assignments. She signed another measure that makes it easier for out-of-state teachers and counselors to work in Michigan.
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Gov. Whitmer signs law to make Michigan 22nd state to ban conversion therapy
The law bans mental health professionals from offering children therapy aimed to change their gender identity or sexual orientation.
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Whitmer signs ‘transformative’ $24.3B Michigan education budget. What to know
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a new state education budget that expands Pre-K access, boosts per-pupil funding and invests in training new teachers. More education policy changes are coming too.
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Raise a glass, Michigan. Cocktails-to-go, college stadium beer sales now legal
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs new laws she says are about ‘fairness, safety and revenue.’
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Opinion | Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new education agency carries dangers
It makes sense for a single agency to coordinate policies in higher education. But Whitmer’s new department may violate the state Constitution and, as we’ve seen in Florida, there are perils when a state executive takes away power from independent institutions.
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Whitmer population council adds youth, lowers average age of members to 52
A new council tasked with reversing Michigan’s stagnant population got younger Thursday but remains significantly older than the state.
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Juneteenth becomes an official state holiday in Michigan
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.