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The governor is expected to announce a plan to spend $160 million in the state budget to offer free school breakfast and lunch to all Michigan students.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the first public act of the new year Tuesday — a $1.1 billion spending bill that includes money for housing and assistance for businesses that suffered losses due to COVID-19.
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“If we reach across the aisle and we bring people together in every region, and focus on solving problems, we can make Michigan a place where all people can envision a great future,” said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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Michigan government cybersecurity experts are reviewing the social media platform TikTok and others for potential threats.
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Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Barry Croft Jr., who was the fourth and final federal defendant to learn his fate. Judge Robert J. Jonker described him as "the idea guy" behind the plot.
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The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. Adam Fox returned to federal court Tuesday, four months after he and Barry Croft Jr. were convicted of conspiracy charges at a second trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Three of the 14 men charged over the kidnapping plot were sentenced in a Jackson County courtroom Thursday. During the hearing, prosecutors played a recorded statement from Whitmer in which she talked about how the case has impacted her and her family.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Wednesday to make sure state government is ready to comply with the new abortion-rights amendment to the Michigan Constitution.
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When Michigan lawmakers adjourned this week, they left many priorities sitting on the table. That includes an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit.
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Michigan lawmakers have finished this year's scheduled legislative sessions without reaching agreement on a spending package that would have totaled almost $500 million.