Category: Gretchen Whitmer

Aide to Michigan Governor Takes Trip to Florida Amid COVID-19 Warnings

A top aide to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Florida for spring break, posting photographs on Facebook from the trip. Trisha Foster, the state’s chief operations officer, posted from the Florida Keys this week, according to social media screenshots obtained and published by Breitbart News. The pictures showed youth on the beach and by…


Michigan Governor’s Aide Takes Trip to Florida Amid COVID-19 Warnings

A top aide to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Florida for spring break, posting photographs on Facebook from the trip. Tricia Foster, the state’s chief operations officer, posted from the Florida Keys last week, according to social media screenshots obtained and published by Breitbart News. The pictures showed young people on the beach and by…


Nearly Half of New US Virus Infections Are in Just 5 States

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states—a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots. New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey together reported 44 percent of the nation’s new COVID-19 infections, or nearly…


Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario Unite to Urge Michigan Not to Shut Down Line 5

WASHINGTON—Shutting down the Line 5 pipeline would create a “dangerous precedent” that would forever imperil future cross-border infrastructure projects between Canada and the United States, says Alberta’s energy minister. Sonya Savage joined counterparts from Saskatchewan and Ontario in warning a House of Commons committee Tuesday about the knock-on effects that could result if the cross-border pipeline…


Michigan Man Charged Over Death Threats Against Biden, Pelosi, Whitmer

A 21-year-old Michigan man faces criminal charges for allegedly making death threats against Democrat officials—President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer—according to the state attorney general’s office. Joshua Docter from Holland, Michigan, faces one count of threat of terrorism and one count of using a computer to commit a…


Michigan Attorney General Rejects GOP Calls For Probe Into Nursing Home Deaths

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Monday that no investigation into Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s handling of nursing homes during the CCP virus pandemic is currently warranted, after a number of Republican lawmakers called for a probe into virus-related deaths in the state’s long-term care facilities. Nessel, a Democrat, said in a statement that she “will…


Reporter to Sue Gov. Whitmer over Nursing Home Death Data

A legal foundation in Michigan is preparing to file a lawsuit, on behalf of a reporter, against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over the release of comprehensive COVID-19 nursing home death data. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff wrote in a recent tweet: “We are preparing a lawsuit against Gov. Whitmer of Michigan. She refuses to turn over…


Michigan Republicans Call for Investigation Into Whitmer’s Nursing Home Policy

Republican state legislators in Michigan are calling for an investigation over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s role in CCP virus-related deaths among nursing home residents. Whitmer, a Democrat, issued an executive order (pdf) in April 2020 to designate 21 nursing homes as “regional hubs,” which were expected to provide care for both seniors recovering from the CCP…


Michigan Republicans Seek Probe of Whitmer’s Nursing Home Policies

Republican state legislators in Michigan are calling for an investigation over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s role in CCP virus-related deaths among nursing home residents. Whitmer, a Democrat, issued an executive order (pdf) in April 2020 to designate 21 nursing homes as “regional hubs,” which were expected to provide care for both seniors recovering from the CCP…


Parents, Advocacy Group Ask Court for Injunction on Michigan Order Against Winter Sports

An advocacy group and parents in Michigan are asking a court to block the state’s order banning contact winter sports. Let Them Play Michigan and parents filed a lawsuit on Feb. 2 against Michigan Health Director Elizabeth Hertel. Plaintiffs said they sued “to vindicate the rights of high school athletes to maintain their physical and mental health,…