Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bipartisan bills Thursday to remove the mandatory essay portion of the Michigan Merit Exam given to mostly 11th graders and end the requirement to place test scores on school transcripts.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met with British internet celebrity Jason Riley and musician Mikael Temrowski after popping in on the last day of the 20th Anniversary Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she won't endorse candidates in the Democrats' U.S. Senate primary or in the Secretary of State race. The latter race involves her current lieutenant governor, Garlin Gilchrist II, as well as her former deputy legal counsel and lottery commissioner Suzanna Shkreli.

In an attempt to lower gas prices, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order declaring a state of energy emergency in Michigan to loosen requirements on fuel blends and allow for the sale of higher vapor pressure gas.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive instructing state agencies to help registered businesses pursue tariff refunds from the federal government and to report on the impacts of those tariffs.

A new statewide poll shows a clear majority of voters still believe the country is on the wrong track, while partisan splits continue to harden across nearly every major issue, from the direction of the state to job approval ratings for top political figures.

In 252 days, the state's second female governor will be out of work and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been silent on what the future holds … that is until now.

You'd need to take your shoes off to include your toes and hands to count the number of times House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) has talked about "waste, fraud, and abuse" or "ghost employees" when critiquing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's budget proposal.

Fourteen months ago, when other governors were lambasting President Donald Trump on a variety of issues, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sat peacefully in the executive residence living room. She decided she was going to take a different course with the GOP president.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used her final State of the State to reflect.

A Center Line man was sentenced on Friday to 10 months in federal prison for posting online threats to assassinate Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and making calls threatening DTE Energy shareholders.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Romeo) this weekend for the christening ceremony of the USNS Lansing in Mobile, Ala. formally marking the ship’s completion and readiness for service as the first Navy vessel named after Michigan’s capital city.

For 2025, there were three people who earned the most Quotes of the Day: two state leaders and a newly minted state party chair.

For the fourth time in her tenure, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used her power of pardon on Tuesday to spare the lives of two turkeys from the butcher's knife nine days before Thanksgiving.