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Whitmer bill signings include tightened sex offender registration protocols, boosts in medical staffing Updated Dec 30, 2020; Posted Dec 30, 2020 Facebook Share LANSING, MI - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s major signing Tuesday was the partial approval of a COVID-19 relief supplemental equaling $106 million. Later on Dec. 29, though, she inked a series of other bills. The governor ratified more than 80 bits of legislation to immediate effect, notably the tightening of registration protocols for sex offenders and the loosening of license restrictions to boost medical staffing to fight COVID-19 su...

5 things the Michigan Legislature failed to address in 2020 Updated Dec 23, 2020; Posted Dec 23, 2020 Protesters congregate at the Capitol Building during a protest against emergency business shutdown orders amid the coronavirus pandemic in Lansing on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Neil Blake | MLive.com Facebook Share LANSING, MI - The legislative agendas of Lee Chatfield and Mike Shirkey looked very different in 2020 than they did in 2019. With COVID-19 dominating every aspect of life in 2020, the Republican leaders in the Michigan Legislature shifted focus to address the pandemic. While they ...

DAVID EGGERT LANSING — Michigan lawmakers voted Thursday to prohibit water shutoffs across the state through March, reinstating a moratorium that was upended by a court ruling. The bill, which received final approval 96-9 from the House, will be signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. It was among a number of pandemic-related measures approved by legislators — some with consensus, others along party lines — as they worked to finish business before adjourning for the year. Negotiations over $100 million in aid for small businesses and laid-off workers continued between the Democratic governor a...

Grand Rapids Business Journal LANSING — Michigan lawmakers voted Thursday to prohibit water shutoffs across the state through March, reinstating a moratorium that was upended by a court ruling. The bill, which received final approval 96-9 from the House, will be signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. It was among a number of pandemic-related measures approved by legislators — some with consensus, others along party lines — as they worked to finish business before adjourning for the year. Negotiations over $100 million in aid for small businesses and laid-off workers continued between the Demo...

Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers voted Thursday to prohibit water shutoffs across the state through March, reinstating a moratorium that was upended by a court ruling. The bill, which received final approval 96-9 from the House, will be signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. It was among a number of pandemic-related measures approved by legislators — some with consensus, others along party lines — as they worked to finish business before adjourning for the year. Negotiations over $100 million in aid for small businesses and laid-off workers continued between the Democ...