Whitmer signs COVID-19 relief bills, but vetoes more than $1 billion in GOP-backed deals Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer approved measures allocating hundreds of millions in federal COVID-19 relief funds on Tuesday, but used vetoes to nix other provisions including a bill to take away state pandemic powers that ultimately represent more than $1 billion in federal dollars.
Whitmer called the bill to remove power from the state health department director a reckless idea, poorly executed and poorly timed. But because of legislative maneuvering by the GOP-controlled House and Senate, the veto at least temporarily imperils more than $840 million in education funding.
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