Tag: Gretchen Whitmer

GOP Candidates Banned From Michigan Governor’s Race Vow To Fight Back

Legal action was promised when five of the 10 Republican candidates were disqualified from Michigan’s gubernatorial race on May 26. On May 27, Oakland County entrepreneur Perry Johnson, one of the disqualified candidates, filed a lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Appeals, asking the court to require that the Michigan Board of State Canvassers certify…


Whitmer Kidnap Trial Postponed Amid COVID-19 Exposure

By Robert Snell From The Detroit News A key participant in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the judge to halt one of the nation’s most important cases of alleged extremism. Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker postponed the trial in…


Making Canada Dependent on Foreign Energy When We’re an Energy-Rich Country Is Ludicrous

Commentary Energy analysts and business leaders have been warning North Americans and Europeans about declining energy security for years. Western nations have spent the last decade obsessed with developing renewable energy resources while shutting down their own conventional energy resource development under the assumption that a great transition would happen. Canada shut down the Northern…


Michigan Governor Demands Canada Reopen Key Bridge Amid Protests

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said that the Canadian government needs to work toward opening traffic on a key U.S.-Canada bridge that has been blocked by protesters. “The blockade is having a significant impact on Michigan’s working families who are just trying to do their jobs. Our communities and automotive, manufacturing, and agriculture businesses are feeling…


Michigan Bill to Allow Bus Drivers, Cafeteria Workers to Substitute Teach to Ease Teacher Shortage

Amid a statewide teacher shortage, Republican lawmakers in Michigan are considering bill that would temporarily allow school staff members such as cafeteria workers, nurses, and bus drivers to substitute teach as long as they have a high school diploma. Under the current Michigan law, a school district may employ a person who does not have…


Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Vetoes Republican-Sponsored Scholarship Plan

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed a legislative package that would have granted tax credits for contributions to scholarship programs that could help low-income students to have a private school education they may not have otherwise been able to afford. Collectively, the Senate Bills 687 and 688 and House Bills 5404 and 5405 would create…


Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig Formally Launches Republican Bid to Unseat Michigan Governor Whitmer

A former Detroit police chief on Tuesday announced a bid to unseat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, delivering remarks after the initial announcement was disrupted by protesters. James Craig, a Republican, planned to launch his campaign on Belle Isle, but Detroit Will Breathe, a far-left group that describes itself as a movement that seeks to advocate against…


1st Sentence to Be Handed Down in Michigan Gov’s Kidnap Plot

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—Prosecutors preparing for the first prison sentence in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are loudly signaling to five other defendants that a key insider has shared extraordinary details about the operation. Ty Garbin cooperated within weeks of being arrested, willingly putting a “target on his back to begin his…


Complaint Filed to Force Michigan Governor to Return Alleged ‘Illegal’ Campaign Contributions

LANSING, Mich.—A conservative, pro-Constitution organization based in western Michigan has asked the state’s Bureau of Elections to investigate what it alleges is the “illegal circumvention” of the Michigan Campaign Finance Act. The group, called the “Michigan Freedom Fund,” points to Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s own recently filed campaign finance report, which shows that, since January…


Department of Justice Opts Against Probing Michigan, Pennsylvania Nursing Home COVID-19 Policies

The Department of Justice has chosen not to investigate how the governors of Michigan and Pennsylvania ordered nursing homes to accept residents who had tested positive for COVID-19. Steven Rosenbaum, a top Department of Justice (DOJ) official, wrote letters on Thursday to the offices of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, both Democrats,…