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Speaking from the Detroit Diesel headquarters, Whitmer outlined some successes in the past year and shared her vision for 2022 involving tax cuts, helping seniors, slashing insulin costs, mental health funding and reduction in costs for electric vehicles.

"Getting rid of the pension tax so seniors have more money in their pockets. Talking about an increase in the (Earned Income Tax Credit), almost quadrupling it," Rep. Hollier said. "To make sure people who need (it) or who are having a rough time of it and are working can keep more money in their pockets."

After a three-hour debate at the capitol, both sides agreed that a better reporting system is needed.

First the governor's husband Marc Mallory contracted the virus and now her second-in-command on Sunday got the virus from his little daughter Ruby.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, for the first time, said that Michigan had a "dysfunctional" economic development strategy and that's part of the reason Ford Motor Company ignored Michigan and is building two new car battery plants down South.

The congresswoman says she'd maintain two-thirds of her current constituents, while adding new residents from Southfield and portions of western Wayne County.

In her upcoming legislative negotiations, it is certain that metal detectors will be under consideration - and the daily searching of student backpacks.

The governor, who has no symptoms, had a negative rapid test Tuesday and is awaiting the results of a PCR test out of an abundance of caution, a spokesperson says.

A new bill signed last week will work as a temporary stopgap for the growing pressure schools and teachers face amid staff shortages and educator burnout.

A challenge to the president's vaccine mandate will be heard in a Supreme Court session in early January.

As holiday travel kicks into full gear, concerns have morphed into alarms for many hospitals and doctors as Michigan manages some of its worst hospitalization numbers of the pandemic.