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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer officially announced pardoning four individuals on Dec. 23, which was the first time she has utilized her executive power to set aside a conviction.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 12/15/2022) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed more veto letters in her first four years in office than any Michigan governor in at least 100 years, and that's before she takes action on any of the 55 remaining lame duck bills.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 12/14/2022) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Wednesday said Michigan needs to “look at loopholes” in lobbying policies that arguably contributed to concerns that House Speaker Lee Chatfield improperly used his lobbying and campaign donor connections to fund lavish travel.

Even if Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs all 55 bills being sent to her by the House and Senate, the 2021-22 term will go down with fewer public acts than any other two-year legislative calendar in the full-time legislative era, which started in 1965.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 12/08/22) In a classic case of too little too late, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon outraised Gov. Gretchen Whitmer 2:1 in the last two weeks of this cycle's campaign.