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by  Alan Stamm (Photo: Gulfstream Aviation) The Michgan governor's three-day March trip to Florida on a corporate jet is a touchy topic that remains sensitive. In response to continuing questions about financing for the initially undisclosed flight, Gretchen Whitmer's chief of staff says in a Friday afternoon statement that the governor personally paid $855 for her seat to and from West Palm Beach on March 12 and March 15. JoAnne Huls, the senior aide, says a nonprofit paid $27,000 to businesmen who own the Gulfstream G280, according to Zach Gorchow, executive...

DETROIT (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s private round trip to Florida to see her ailing father was paid for from a fund that’s used for travel not covered by tax dollars, her chief of staff said Friday. The cost was $27,521, with Whitmer personally paying $855 of that amount, according to the Michigan Transition 2019 website, which lists donations and expenses. The nonprofit was initially formed for inauguration events. The lack of details has dogged Whitmer since the March trip was revealed in April. “As chief of staff, I acknowledge we could have done a better job of answering...

Whitmer's chief of staff takes blame for lack of 'clarity' on Florida trip, says travel fund paid for it By FOX 2 Staff Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s private round trip to Florida to see her ailing father was paid for from a fund that’s used for travel not covered by tax dollars, her chief of staff said Friday. The cost was $27,521, with Whitmer personally paying $855 of that amount, according to the Michigan Transition 2019 website, which lists donations and expenses. The nonprofit was initially formed for inauguration events. Another twist in Whiter Florida trip story as private fund paid mos...

Nonprofit paid for Whitmer's chartered flight out of state View Comments Lansing — A nonprofit organization tied to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration paid to charter the flight that carried her to Florida in March to visit her father, but Whitmer funded her seat on the flight with her own personal money. The revelations came in a memo signed by Whitmer's chief of staff, JoAnne Huls, on Friday afternoon, weeks into a controversy centered on the out-of-state trip during a pandemic. "Due to ongoing security and public health concerns, we made a decision to use a chartered flight for this ...

Disclosure: Whitmer paid $855 toward $27,500 charter flight to Florida, nonprofit paid rest Michigan Governor's Office Gov. Gretchen Whitmer paid $855 toward her seat on a $27,000 charter jet flight to Florida to visit her ailing father, the governor's chief of staff said Friday. A nonprofit fund spent $27,521 chartering a private jet owned by metro Detroit business families to fly Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to Florida in mid-March to visit her father, according to a new public disclosure. In a memo to staff Friday, Whitmer's Chief of Staff JoAnne Huls disclosed for the first time that a privately...