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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order extending current safety measures to protect consumers and employees at grocery stores and pharmacies until May 29, 2020. 

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will speak from Lansing on Friday at 3 p.m. about the extended state of emergency and the state's response to COVID-19.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer responded to a tweet from President Trump, urging her to "make a deal" with Michiganders who disagree with the stay-home restrictions.

In the wake of Thursday's raucous protest in Lansing against Governor Gretchen Whitmer's Stay Home order, Republican state Senator, and Majority Leader, Mike Shirkey said people who used threats to stir up fear not only do they not represent the cause of protesters, they are "a bunch of jackasses".

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive order to allow residential and commercial construction to restart on May 7 and set requirements that sites must follow to maintain the health of employees.

President Donald Trump tweeted support for the protesters who congregated inside the capitol building Thursday afternoon.

Whitmer took shots at the Republicans in her release saying by "refusing" to extend the states of emergency and disaster they are putting their heads in the sand and risking lives. 

Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-65 to extend and clarify Executive Order 2020-35, ordering all K-12 school buildings to close for instructional purposes to students for the remainder of the school year, and provided continuity of learning infrastructure by setting guidelines for remote learning. 

A day before Gretchen Whitmer's state of emergency ends, protesters congregated on the capitol lawn to express their displeasure with the governor's plans.

A power struggle has formed between Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican lawmakers over the length and authority of the governor's emergency declaration that she's used to make executive orders

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announces plan for free college tuition for frontline workers

The plans were scuttled due to the drive-in exceeding the proper social distancing guidelines as set by Gretchen Whitmer. The plans was to allow 165 cars for the five-acre field with social distancing enforced.

"Historically when Americans have put their lives on the line to defend the rest of us from a foreign enemy, we have shown our gratitude by giving them educational opportunities to improve their lives," she said.

The plaintiffs in Martinko et. al. v. Whitmer et. al. alleged that the “mandatory quarantine” imposed by the Stay Home, Stay Safe order (EO 2020-59) and the intrastate travel restrictions contained in an earlier version of the order (EO 2020-42) violate their rights to both procedural due process and substantive due process, according to a release.