The Latest Breaking News from Gretchen Whitmer

‘Putin will fail and Russia will suffer strategic defeat’ in Ukraine, says Blinken – as it happened

US secretary of state makes remark in press conference with British foreign secretary Liz Truss

The Guardian - US · Mar 9, 2022

Lawyer: Man charged in Whitmer plot swayed by FBI informant

A lawyer for one of the men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 has told jurors he was a near-homeless, pot-smoking “misfit” who was influenced by an FBI informant whom he met at a protest

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2022

Michigan governor signs bill retroactively waiving able and available to work requirements for pandemic unemployment aid

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed a bill on Feb. 28 allowing part-time workers who applied for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance to keep their benefits. The law may also allow certain workers who were initially denied pandemic unemployment benefits due to part-time work or inability to work to claim retroactive…

Ballotpedia · Mar 8, 2022

Nessel asks high court to reverse ruling overturning Whitmer's emergency powers

Attorney General Dana Nessel's office has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to "disavow" a 2020 ruling that overturned Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's emergency powers seven months into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2022

Judge: No FBI entrapment for 3 in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot

A judge has ruled that three men charged in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer before the 2020 election were not entrapped by the FBI

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022

Spring break could affect jury pool in Whitmer kidnap trial

Spring break could affect the makeup of the jury in the upcoming trial of four men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022

Whitmer kidnap trial will include explosives, virtual recreations of training camp

DETROIT — The prosecution next month of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be a multimedia production with testimony from four dozen witnesses, a replica bomb built by the FBI, virtual recreations of key locations, including a secret training camp, and a discrete plan…

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2022

Auto industry restarts work after end of U.S.-Canada bridge blockade

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called the end of the blockade a ""win for Michigan’s working families."

Axios · Feb 14, 2022

Democrats eye key governors' races as backstop against GOP

Wisconsin is one of four states emerging as top priorities for Democrats in an election year when the party is facing fierce political headwinds

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2022

Ontario judge orders Ambassador Bridge protesters to stop blockade

WINDSOR, Canada — An Ontario judge granted an injunction Friday against protesters who have been blocking the Ambassador Bridge for five days, ordering them to clear the road and potentially opening a path to ending the international standoff.

Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2022