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Michigan Senate backs health director appointed by Whitmer

By David Eggert Mar. 23, 2021 12:30 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate on Tuesday narrowly supported Elizabeth Hertel as state health director, backing a key figure in Gov. Gretchen...

FILE— In this Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 file photo, provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Elizabeth Hertel, director of the state health department addresses the state. Republican senators critical of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's handling of the coronavirus pandemic are weighing whether to reject her appointee Hertel to run the state health department, which has issued orders restricting business capacity and gathering sizes to limit COVID-19's spread. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)
Republicans consider whether to block Whitmer's health chief

By David Eggert Mar. 16, 2021 12:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. Michigan announced Friday, March 12, 2021, that all residents age 16 and up will become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on April 5, nearly a month before the May 1 date pledged by President Joe Biden. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File)
Nessel declines GOP request to probe nursing home deaths

By David Eggert Mar. 15, 2021 09:11 PM EDT

FILE- In a Dec. 18, 2020 file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Robert Gordon addresses the state in Lansing, Mich. On Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 Gordon resigned his position. He made the announcement without explanation Friday, just hours after signing a revised order to allow restaurants to resume indoor dining on Feb. 1. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File)
Whitmer faces criticism over severance deals for officials

By David Eggert Mar. 02, 2021 07:09 PM EST

In a photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The governor said her administration will announce the further loosening of Michigan's coronavirus restrictions in coming days. She did not elaborate much in a Wednesday news conference, in which she again pressed the Republican-controlled Legislature to pass a multibillion-dollar COVID-19 relief funding plan. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)
Ex-health director gets $155,000 in separation agreement

Mar. 01, 2021 07:48 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press Mar. 01, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Detroit News. Feb. 22, 2021. Editorial: Energy emergency shows value of Line 5 Michigan doesn’t have a propane shortage...

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her virtual State of the State address the state, in Lansing, Mich. Gov. Whitmer reported having a record $3.5 million in the bank for her 2022 reelection campaign Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, shattering what was raised by previous Michigan governors halfway through their terms. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP File)
Whitmer has record $3.5M in bank for reelection campaign

By David Eggert Feb. 01, 2021 06:17 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press Jan. 18, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Detroit News. January 14, 2021. Editorial: Charges against Snyder risk criminalizing public service Attorney General...

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2018, file photo, Nick Lyon, former director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, is seen in Flint, Mich. Lyon was charged Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of nine people who got Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint water crisis. Nick Lyon pleaded not guilty during a video appearance before a Genesee County court. Lyon also was charged with a count of willful neglect of duty. He worked for then-Gov. Rick Snyder (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)
Flint water charges escalate debate over officials' failures

By John Flesher And Tammy Webber Jan. 15, 2021 02:18 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Michigan

By The Associated Press Nov. 23, 2020 10:00 AM EST
The Detroit News. Nov. 18, 2020 Killing Line 5 is bad for Michigan The best way to protect the Great Lakes is to move...

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer's office took legal action Friday to force the shutdown of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline by revoking the easement that allows an underwater section to run through the Straits of Mackinac. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, File)
Michigan governor seeks shutdown of Great Lakes oil pipeline

By John Flesher Nov. 13, 2020 06:20 PM EST

In a provided campaign handout photo, appeals court Judge Brock Swartzle, is shown. Two seats are up for election on the Michigan Supreme Court. If Elizabeth Welch and Chief Justice Bridget McCormack win, Democratic nominees will be in the court's majority for the first time since 2010. The Republican nominees are Swartzle and Mary Kelly. (Chelsea Whitman via AP)
Decision that 'undermined' Gov. Whitmer spices up court race

By Ed White Oct. 24, 2020 01:20 PM EDT

Michigan court blocks 2-week absentee ballot extension

By Ed White Oct. 16, 2020 07:28 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — Absentee ballots must arrive by Election Day to be counted, the Michigan Court of Appeals said Friday, blocking a 14-day extension that had been...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wears a mask with the word "vote" displayed on the front during a roundtable discussion on healthcare, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2020, in Kalamazoo, Mich. The arrest of a group of anti-government vigilantes in a kidnapping plot against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer presents a new twist in the 2020 political fight for the battleground state. (Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News via AP)/
Whitmer plot could affect fight for battleground Michigan

By Thomas Beaumont And Claire Galofaro Oct. 10, 2020 01:08 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup:

By The Associated Press Jun. 22, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
The Detroit News. June 20, 2020. Purge ineligible voters ahead of vote by mail The first step in making voting by mail...

Protest organizer Alyssa Bates, left, kneels beside Grand Rapids police Chief Eric Payne during a protest in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday, June 3, 2020, prompted by the death of George Floyd. (Anntaninna Biondo/The Grand Rapids Press via AP)
Whitmer backs police changes after deaths of Floyd, others

By David Eggert Jun. 03, 2020 06:48 PM EDT

In this April 1, 2020, photo work continues at the TCF Center to build temporary hospital rooms in the convention center in Detroit. In the decade before Michigan and its largest city became the latest hotspot for the deadly coronavirus, officials were steadily cutting back on their first line of defense against pandemics and other health emergencies. Approaching bankruptcy, Detroit disbanded most of its public health department and handed its responsibilities to a private nonprofit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
In years before outbreak, investment in public health fell

By Sara Burnett Apr. 05, 2020 07:39 AM EDT