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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 is facing renewed scrutiny after reports that she used a private plane shared by high-powered, politically connected Detroit-area business families to visit her elderly f...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's latest scandal has drawn comparisons to other politicians who were indicted for similar circumstances.

PVS Chemicals CEO Jim Nicholson, Ambassador Bridge owner Matthew Moroun and Meridian Health founder David Cotton. We now know which businessmen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer may owe a favor after borrowing their jointly-owned private jet to visit her ailing father in Florida during a Covid surge in March. The plane, according to the Detroit News, is co-owned by several prominent political donors: The Nicholson family of PVS Chemicals, the Moroun family of the trucking company Central Transport and ...

By DAVID EGGERTMay 7, 2021 GMT File-This April 12, 2021, file photo shows Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer talking about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a press conference, in Ypsilanti, Mich. Whitmer is facing renewed scrutiny after reports that she used a private plane shared by high-powered, politically connected Detroit-area business families to visit her elderly father in Florida in March. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP, File)/Detroit News via AP) File-This April 12, ...

Prominent business families own jet reportedly linked to Whitmer Florida trip Michigan Governors Office Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wont divulge details of an out-of-state trip she took to visit her ailing father. The private jet reportedly linked to a much-criticized trip Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took to Florida in March is owned by well-known names in metro Detroit business. Neither the governor nor the jets operator are answering questions about whether Whitmer used the plane co-owned by the...

by  Charlie LeDuff Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (File photo) When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was outed last month for a secretive trip to Florida in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, her office claimed Michigan taxpayers did not foot the bill. What they did not tell us, however, is that Whitmer asked a group of wealthy Detroit businessmen to provide a private plane they share. Those businessmen have major dealings in and with the state of Michigan. “We wondered why sh...

Michigan, you can’t be happy with this. The state is lagging behind almost all other states around us in the Great Lakes region in how we have been dealing with the COVID-19 situation. I won’t even go into how badly we are getting shown up in regards to how the southern states have handled this and are benefitting from sane, rational leadership. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, for over a year, has beseeched the citizens of the Mitten State to follow the rules she has laid out, and toget...

UN asks its staff to avoid travelling on Pakistan-registered airlines AKIPRESS.COM - The United Nations has asked all its staff across the world to avoid travelling on Pakistan-registered airline, including the national flag carrier, over the alleged dubious licences of their pilots, geo.tv reported. “Due to an ongoing investigation of the CAA [Civil Aviation Authority] Pakistan…due to dubious licenses, caution is advised on the use of Pakistan-registered air operators,” said an advisory ...

(Last Updated On: March 28, 2021) Two suspected suicide bombers attacked a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, officials said. The congregation was concluding their mass inside the church on the island of Sulawesi when the attackers detonated at least one device outside, police said. The two suspects were the only fatalities. “I strongly condemn this act of terrorism and I have ordered t...

Top Story January 23, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The United Nations has cautioned staff of all its agencies worldwide not to travel by any Pakistan-registered airline, including the national flag carrier, because of concerns over the allegedly dubious flying licences of its pilots. The shocking claim about dubious licenses, since dialed back, was made by the country’s then aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan on the floor of the National Assembly in July last year. An advisory issued by the UN Security...