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Gov. Whitmer didn’t follow MDHHS travel guidelines to quarantine after Florida trip
More than 870K COVID-19 cases confirmed in Michigan
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DETROIT – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s trip to Florida to see her father in March is raising some new questions.
This time it’s about whether the governor followed the travel guidelines her own health department published a couple of weeks prior to the controversial trip.
The governor spent considerable time pleading with Michiganders not to travel particularly to Florida.
She advised that if people did they would have to follow the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) travel guidelines.
House GOP proposes $80M to help recruit, retain police
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan lawmakers on Thursday proposed an $80 million funding increase for law enforcement, including $47 million to help recruit and retain officers at a time the profession has been “beaten down” by anti-police sentiment, a top Republican said.
The proposed spending will be added to a supplemental budget bill to be considered by the GOP-led House later Thursday.
Incentives would include signing bonuses for new officers, up to $20,000 in tuition assistance to attend local police academies and maximum $4,000 stipends during recruits training.
Other funding would incentivize the use of body cameras and community policing, in which agencies use relationships with community leaders to establish dialogues about needs and to identify residents’ concerns. Mental health support for police, other first responders and prison guards would be increased,
Budget talks advance, GOP election bills tweaked: The week in Michigan politics
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LANSING, MI - This week in Lansing was more about molding legislation than passing bills, at least on major topics.
Both chambers made moves to further clarify key initiatives, with budget talks picking up in the House and Senate and amendments made to Senate Republican election bills.
The House continued to tackle ethics reform, while Republicans in both chambers moved to allow high schools to hold in-person commencements. Here’s what happened this week at the Michigan Capitol:
Budget talks evolve
Quarterly budgets for many state agencies, staffing cuts and additional limits on how state agencies can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic all remain on the table as Michigan lawmakers move forward with setting the state’s annual budget.
Michigan House-passed bill would spell out conflict of interest policy for lawmakers
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The House Chamber pictured at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing on Thursday, April 25, 2019. Neil Blake | MLive.comNeil Blake | MLive.com
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Michigan lawmakers would be explicitly barred from voting on issues they have a personal interest in under legislation that passed the House with wide bipartisan support Thursday.
Sponsored by Rep. Pamela Hornberger, House Bill 4001 would prohibit state lawmakers from voting on bills or other measures that could personally benefit them, their families or any entities in which they have a stake.