Gov. Whitmer, legislative leaders announce they’ve reached tentative agreement on state budget Full details not yet known, but plan will include new funding for Michigan roads State lawmakers still need to pass, and Whitmer must sign, state budget before Oct. 1 to avoid a government shutdown LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative leaders announced late Thursday they have reached …
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Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to make a case he did not want to hear: the automotive industry he said he wants to save were being hurt by his tariffs. The Democrat came with a slide deck to make her points in a visual presentation. Just getting the …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the toll tariffs are taking on the auto industry and the potential effects of his tax and spending bill on Medicaid. It’s the latest in a string of meetings between the Democratic governor and the Republican president after the two …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is trying to use her recent positive relationship with President Donald Trump to get some breaks for her state — on both tariffs and Medicaid changes. Whitmer met with Trump at the White House on Tuesday, where she laid out the negative impacts that tariffs would have on Michigan’s substantial auto …
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