Blog tagged as Governor

What started as a self-described "budding" relationship, according to the Governor, has apparently blossomed into a full-blown working relationship between the sitting Democratic governor and the sitting Republican House Speaker.

The founder of a national group of roughly 200 wealthy progressives said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “disqualified herself” from earning the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, if that's what she ends up seeking, by signing the bill that retains the tipped wage, SB 8.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday started her first economic trip to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain to discuss Michigan's aerospace and defense industries and have a roundtable with women leadership in the United States and the Middle East.

A bit of ancient Michigan political history was revisited last week on a story that materialized back in the days of Gov. Rick Snyder, when the Senate was run by then-Majority Leader Randy Richardville and the Democratic Minority Leader was Gretchen Whitmer . . . yes, that Gretchen Whitmer.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday she will be giving the 2025 State of the State message on Feb. 26, marking the latest this annual message has been given to the Legislature in non-special session years since it began being delivered verbally in 1873.