Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says the focus in spending federal coronavirus aid should be on long-lasting initiatives to help small businesses, support job growth and upgrade neglected infrastructure.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is urging a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining. Michigan has the country's highest rate of new coronavirus infections,
Everyone age 16 and over in Wisconsin and Michigan is now in eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, joining the expansion already in effect in Minnesota. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services cautioned that the demand for vaccine is still larger than the supply.
A sheriff says an Upper Peninsula man "stepped over the line" by going into the Capitol amid the Jan. 6 riot but says he isn't a "dangerous man or dangerous to the community."
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is doubling Michigan's daily COVID-19 vaccination goal to 100,000 shots. She says Michigan is receivign more vaccines and now has more providers who can administer doses.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked the White House if it is considering sending additional COVID-19 vaccines to states, including Michigan, that face surging coronavirus cases.
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