Gov. Whitmer calls on federal government for state budget support through COVID-19

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be speaking about COVID-19 in the state at a press conference on Thursday, May 28 at 3 p.m. from Lansing with Human Services Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun.

Salons, barber shops propose changes state-wide as they wait on Whitmer

As for when you could be able to get a haircut or color professionally and legally, Whitmer's answer Thursday was vague on an actual open date. 

Trump signs social media executive order that calls for removal of liability protections over 'censoring'

Flanked by Attorney General Bill Barr, President Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Thursday that interprets Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) as not providing statutory liability protections for tech companies that engage in censorship and political conduct.

Twitter fact-checks Trump; he threatens new regs or shutdown

Claiming tech giants “silence conservative voices,” Trump tweeted Wednesday that, “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen.”

Small gym owners across state sue Gov. Whitmer over closure

First, Hill and colleagues set up coalition of small gyms, the acronym is LIFFT- then, they filed suit in federal court, naming Gov. Whitmer, claiming some of her executive orders are unconstitutional. 

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says husband invoking her name to get boat in the water was a joke

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said her husband did ask a boat company to put their boat in the water right before Memorial Day and said he was joking when he asked if it helped that he was married to the Governor.

Whitmer facing criticism after husband urged business to get his boat in water for Memorial Day weekend

The Michigan governor's husband supposedly asked a business to get his boat in the water in time for the Memorial Day weekend, around the time Gretchen Whitmer was urging residents to resist flocking up north during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer allows gatherings of 10 or fewer people immediately

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is loosening restrictions on group gatherings, effective immediately, allowing groups of ten or fewer people to congregate again, as long as everyone practices social distancing.

President Trump approves Michigan Emergency Declaration for Midland flood

President Donald J. Trump declared that an emergency exists in the state of Michigan and ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from severe storms and flooding beginning on May 16, 2020, and continuing.