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Michigan Legislature Bucks Gov. Whitmer, Votes To Repeal Emergency Powers

Tim Pearce
Michigan Legislature Bucks Gov. Whitmer, Votes To Repeal Emergency Powers
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Michigan’s GOP-controlled legislature took steps to reign in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers in times of crisis on Friday.

Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield announced on Thursday that the state legislature would reconvene to review Whitmer’s actions. Michigan has enacted some of the harshest emergency regulations in response to the pathogen and slow its spread through Detroit, a hotspot for the virus.

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