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The Michigan Capitol Commission won’t immediately ban guns at the building despite the potential for more armed demonstrators this week at another planned protest over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s coronavirus stay-at-home order. Instead, the body appointed a study committee. ....
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer rejected a GOP offer to extend her emergency powers in exchange for a promise to work with lawmakers. "Michigan remains in a state of emergency regardless of the actions you decide to take,” Whitmer says. But she faces growing pressure and lawsuits to loosen her orders. ....
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday offered Republican legislative leaders a series of bargaining concessions in an attempt to break an ongoing budget stalemate but made clear she will not sign away gubernatorial power. ....
Lawmakers send Meijer tax break bill to governor Lansing Legislation headed to the governor s desk would create a tax break for automated equipment at a Lansing-area Meijer distribution site. The three-bill package would change Michigan tax law to exempt from sales, use and property taxes automated consumer goods handling systems that sort and recombine products into pallets for storage at distribution sites and eventual shipment to stores. The tax exemption would apply to similar machinery at distribution sites statewide, but Meijer anticipates an immediate effect at its Delta Township distribution facility where the company is planning a multimillion-dollar expansion, John VanFossen, of Meijer, told lawmakers Wednesday. ....
How embolden are the Democrats these days? Embolden enough to go on Facebook and through a Facebook Live Video threaten Trump Supporters. In that Facebook live video, a Democrat Michigan state representative Cynthia Johnson issued a warning to all Trump supporters and told those who she called “soldiers” to “make them pay”. In that video clip she said: “So this is just a warning to you Trumpers. Be careful. Walk lightly. We ain’t playing with you. Enough of the shenanigans. Enough is enough. And for those of you who are soldiers, you know how to do it. Do it right. Be in order. Make them pay.” ....