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When asked what could doom Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's viability as a possible 2028 presidential candidate, Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report told MIRS that Whitmer's task of keeping attention on herself will become "harder a year, two years . . . four years away from today."

A Lenawee County resident is facing federal charges alleging he threatened to kill “Jewish members of the Michigan government,” a plan he described in Twitter posts.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's $79 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget proposal spends all but $250 million of the current $9.2 billion surplus over several years on numerous ongoing and one-time programs and projects while dropping at least $1.6 billion into savings or addressing long-term debt.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's tax cut proposal moved out of a joint House-Senate conference committee this afternoon but stalled on the House floor Wednesday evening after the Democratic majority was unable to get the 56 votes needed to pass it. The House plans to return to session at 10 a.m. Thursday.

The tax cut deal House and Senate Democrats struck with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is scheduled to move out of a legislative conference committee Wednesday, Feb. 8, despite agitation among progressives and other Democratic legislators