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Whitmer proposes largest-ever Michigan state budget for upcoming fiscal year 2022

By Andy Nghiem | Feb 15, 2021

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently proposed a massive $67 billion state budget for fiscal year 2022, which is the largest-ever executive budget proposed in Michigan, according to Bridge Michigan.

Whitmer’s COVID-19 school funding proposal exacerbates already-existing economic gaps

By Andy Nghiem | Feb 5, 2021

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy recently questioned Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s approach for distributing COVID-19 relief funding to Michigan schools and criticized her proposed policies for favoring school districts that are already heavily benefiting from federal relief funding.

State department settles after Mackinac Center files lawsuit, releases documents

By Andy Nghiem | Jan 19, 2021

In a settlement with the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs recently released documents detailing complaints about businesses suspected of violating Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's COVID-19 executive orders.

Contact-tracing efforts have been outpaced by virus spread as COVID-19 rampages through Michigan

By Andy Nghiem | Nov 27, 2020

As rates of COVID-19 cases surge throughout the state and overwhelm Michigan’s public health system, contact tracers are unable to keep up with the spread of the virus, reports Bridge Michigan.