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Governor Gretchen Whitmer will create a new administration position to focus on growing Michigan’s population.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer made stops Tuesday in Lansing and Brighton to build support for her 2023 agenda as she prepares to deliver her fifth State of the State address.

This will be the first State of the State delivered in person at the Capitol in three years and the first delivered by a Democratic governor to a Democratic Legislature in 40 years.

Higher education, mental health, and recycling are among the subjects bills signed into Michigan law this month.

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.

Seven state departments and agencies will have new leadership heading into Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s second term.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is on a two-day business jaunt to Washington DC, where she has meetings set up with Biden administration officials and members of Michigan’s congressional delegation.

In a statement Monday night, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said she had tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19.

Whitmer’s order concerns the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Passed in June, it sends federal dollars to fight gun crime to the states.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in Detroit Wednesday to sign the final bill in the new state budget. She also made some line-item vetoes that highlight differences with Republican leaders on abortion.