Michigan economy, COVID-19 response ‘completely intertwined,’ says Whitmer ahead of State of the State address
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer plans to spend a significant portion of her State of the State address Wednesday night speaking about her plans to help Michigan’s economic recovery, but she can’t do that without also addressing the state’s efforts to contain COVID-19.
“I mean, they are completely intertwined,” Whitmer said in a Tuesday interview with MLive.
“. You can’t fix the economic crisis without fixing the health crisis and so the plan to recover has got to have strategy on both fronts. And I think that’s why this moment and this recovery plan is so important, and it’s also why I’m hopeful that we can find common ground, and that this will transcend the usual partisan arguments,” Whitmer said.
Updated on January 27, 2021 at 1:24 pm
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Baker administration finance officials are characterizing the governor s fiscal 2022 spending plan as something of a recovery budget, and the $45.6 billion proposal includes several measures targeting areas spotlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In public health, Gov. Charlie Baker s budget will include spending to support staffing at the state laboratory and public health hospitals and continue $10 million in grants for local boards of health, according to the Executive Office of Administration and Finance.
After a year that s driven most government services, at least temporarily, to the virtual realm, the budget proposes $138.8 million in spending by the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security, for investments around improved cybersecurity and supporting partially remote workforces.
COVID-19 Spending Thread Runs Through Baker Budget
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker delivered his annual State of the Commonwealth address on Jan. 26, 2021, remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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January 27, 2021
Baker administration finance officials are characterizing the governor s fiscal 2022 spending plan as something of a recovery budget, and the $45.6 billion proposal includes several measures targeting areas spotlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In public health, Gov. Charlie Baker s budget will include spending to support staffing at the state laboratory and public health hospitals and continue $10 million in grants for local boards of health, according to the Executive Office of Administration and Finance.
LIVE BLOG - CORONAVIRUS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: AT Thru-hikers told to stand down this season
Update: Tuesday, Jan. 26, 10:01 a.m.
Hikers are being advised to postpone plans to hike the entire length of the Appalachian Trail this year due to COVID-19.
The Asheville Citizen Times reports the Appalachian Trail Conservancy made the suggestion because it feels the pandemic makes long-distance hikes unsafe. Morgan Sommerville, regional director for the conservancy, says that as long as the pandemic continues, while vaccines aren t widely available and there s been no all-clear signs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the conservancy is recommending against long-distance hikes on the trail.