Whitmer signs most of COVID recovery plan package, vetoes funding tied to limits on pandemic powers
Michigan Executive Office of the Governor
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FOX 17
and last updated 2021-03-09 14:47:15-05
LANSING, Mich. â The debate over how to use federal dollars for COVID-19 relief will continue in Lansing after the governor signed most of the legislature's latest relief package into law.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed more than $2.5 billion in coronavirus relief spending on Tuesday. That includes a $2.25 per hour wage increase for all direct care workers through September, an increase from the $2 per hour increase previously in effect.
Other provisions include $283 million for rental assistance, $110 million for vaccine administration, and $555 million for testing and tracing.