2 days ago · Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, remains widely popular in Michigan with a 37 percent favorability rating, sparking speculation that she might run for the Senate seat being vacated by ...

1 day ago · The suddenly open seat in a top-tier battleground has several Michigan politicians taking a serious look. ... Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat who is term-limited in 2026, quickly and colorfully ...

2 days ago · Multiple Michigan Democrats had identified Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who can't seek reelection as governor in 2026 because of term limits, and Buttigieg as the top potential Democratic contenders for ...

1 day ago · Demetrius Frazier faces execution for the 1991 rape and murder of Pauline Brown in Alabama. He also was convicted in the 1992 murder of 14-year-old Crystal Kendrick in Michigan, whom he shot while ...

Jan 18, 2025 · The door is closing on Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s chance to fulfill many of her campaign promises after Democrats couldn’t coalesce around a legislative agenda in the final days of 2024.

Dec 23, 2024 · – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed six commonsense bills that will expand Michigan’s unemployment benefits for the first time since 2011, providing a lifeline for Michiganders who are in between jobs.

Jan 15, 2025 · LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants a fresh start with President-elect Donald Trump but also warns that she won’t back down over tariffs that she believes would hurt the auto industry in her state.

Democrats still hold the majority in the Senate, which was not up for reelection this year, meaning that House Republicans will at most stall Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ’s agenda in the final two years of her term.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is a lifelong Michigander. She is a lawyer, an educator, former prosecutor, State Representative and Senator. She was the first woman to lead a Senate caucus.

Sep 15, 2023 · Three men were acquitted Friday on all charges against them in connection to allegations that they were involved in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.