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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sent a letter to Congress, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Small Business Administration asking for more ways to help winter businesses impacted by the lack of snow.

DTE is asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to sign an electricity rate increase of more than $450 million, which Attorney General Dana Nessel is saying is far too much.

The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, program has $1.6 billion in federal funding to get every Michigander connected, but the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office (MIHI) needs to find all the non-connected areas.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer urged small businesses that rely on snow to apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans from the Small Business Administration because of drought in 42 counties.

Wednesday evening, the Governor highlighted her vision to create a "HIRE Michigan Fund," a rebranding of Gov. Rick Snyder's Good Jobs for Michigan program from 2017 through 2019.