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Associated Press MICHIGAN GOV. GRETCHEN Whitmer talks about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a news conference Monday outside the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, which was hosting a vaccination clinic, in Ypsilanti. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP) LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday announced a plan to tie the lifting of coronavirus restrictions to Michigan’s vaccination rate, setting specific benchmarks that must be reached to return t...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Ties Freedom to Coronavirus Vaccines 30 Apr 2021 Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said Thursday she will ease coronavirus restrictions on the state when enough residents submit to receiving a vaccine. Whitmer tied personal freedom to vaccine benchmarks as she was given her second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. “On our path to vaccinating 70 percent of Michiganders 16 and up, we can take steps to gradually get back to normal while keeping people safe,” Whitmer s...

Credit michigan.gov Governor Gretchen Whitmer plans to get her second Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at a vaccine clinic in Grand Rapids. This is as some counties in west Michigan are emerging as COVID hotspots. Whitmer is asking people who’ve had their shots to act as vaccine ambassadors to family, friends and others who might be skeptical. “These vaccines are the most effective way that we can keep ourselves and our families safe – and our co-workers,” she said during a Zoom confere...

Credit Michigan.gov Governor Gretchen Whitmer plans to get her second Pfizer COVID-19 Thursday at a vaccine clinic in Grand Rapids. This is as some counties in west Michigan are emerging as COVID hotspots. Whitmer is asking people who’ve had their shots to act as vaccine ambassadors to family, friends and others who might be skeptical.  “These vaccines are the most effective way that we can keep ourselves and our families safe – and our co-workers,” she said during a Zoom conference ca...

Courtesy / Michigan Executive Office of the Governor Governor Gretchen Whitmer plans to get her second Pfizer COVID-19 Thursday at a vaccine clinic in Grand Rapids. This is as some counties in west Michigan are emerging as COVID hotspots. Whitmer is asking people who’ve had their shots to act as vaccine ambassadors to family, friends and others who might be skeptical. “These vaccines are the most effective way that we can keep ourselves and our families safe – and our co-workers,” ...

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Michigan’s COVID-19 surge is the worst in the nation. Whitmer is focused on vaccines, not restrictions. Updated 8:34 AM; Today 8:34 AM Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer talks with Detroit Lions Team President and CEO Rod Wood as they walk off the stage after a press conference announcing a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Ford Field in Detroit, on Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com) Facebook Share Last week at an event hosted by the Michigan Chronicle, Gov. Gretchen...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reflects on COVID pandemic on anniversary of first cases From changing precautions to Whitmer losing emergency powers in October, a lot has happened in the last year Tags:  READ: In addition to flags being lowered Wednesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist are asking all Michiganders to turn their porch lights on from 8-9 p.m. to honor those lost to coronavirus. In an exclusive interview with Local 4, Whitmer spoke with Rod Meloni and reflected on the...

2020 Legislative Polar Plunge - Courtesy Special Olympics of Michigan LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Typically this time of year, dozens of Michigan Legislators and staffers would brave the cold by plunging into an icy pool in front of the Capitol Steps as part of the annual Legislative Polar Plunge benefiting Special Olympics Michigan. This year, the size of the pool is changing but the water will be just as cold, and the money raised is just as important. In order to follow safety guidelines, g...

2020 Legislative Polar Plunge - Courtesy Special Olympics of Michigan LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Typically this time of year, dozens of Michigan Legislators and staffers would brave the cold by plunging into an icy pool in front of the Capitol Steps as part of the annual Legislative Polar Plunge benefiting Special Olympics Michigan. This year, the size of the pool is changing but the water will be just as cold, and the money raised is just as important. In order to follow safety guidelines, g...