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Washington Post: Michigan’s Whitmer asks White House to surge vaccines to virus hot spots as cases climb

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), battling a surge of coronavirus infections in her state, appealed on Tuesday to White House officials to shift away from a strict population-based formula for vaccine allocation and instead rush more doses to hard-hit parts of the country.   “I know that some national public health experts have suggested this as an effective…

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Detroit Free Press: Whitmer calls for unity, says continued efforts and vaccines will end pandemic

LANSING – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sounded a hopeful note in her third State of the State address Wednesday, delivered online for the first time in Michigan history amid a pandemic that could soon be significantly reduced because of vaccine distribution.   On a night typically dedicated to pomp and procedure in front of lawmakers and…

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Politico: For Gretchen Whitmer, governing no matter the potential political fallout

With little direction from Washington, the nation’s governors have pulled together a patchwork of mitigation efforts to fight Covid-19. They limited gatherings, ordered masks, closed businesses and encouraged al fresco dining, beer-to-go and prayers at home. Now, they’re wrestling with what to do about school reopenings at a time when coronavirus cases keep rising. And…

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Washington Post: The turbulent rise of Gretchen Whitmer

Then the faulty dams burst, the city of Midland flooded to record heights and a quarter of its residents evacuated their homes. President Trump threatened to withhold Michigan’s federal funds over its plans to send every voter mail-in ballot applications. And Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer faced yet another surreal, television-primed protest of her stay-at-home orders — this time with demonstrators…

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Guardian: ‘Big Gretch’: how the pandemic pushed Michigan’s governor into the spotlight

On Monday morning, Detroit local media reported on assassination threats made by members of rightwing Facebook groups against Michigan’s governor, Gretchen Whitmer. That afternoon, Whitmer addressed the tense situation by taking aim at largely silent Republicans in the legislature. “This could be avoided if Republican leadership in the legislature would step up and denounce that…

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MLive: Gretchen Whitmer is a national figure now. What you need to know about ‘The woman in Michigan’

A few times each week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers a clear, forceful summary of the changes she’s implementing to keep Michiganders safe from COVID-19 on a state-run livestream. Later, she delivers a similar message on national television. For Michiganders used to hearing from the governor mostly about how to ‘fix the damn roads,’ it’s not…