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Michigan governor to be stripped of emergency powers used for COVID-19 rules

By Carly Roman
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Michigan governor to be stripped of emergency powers used for COVID-19 rules

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will be stripped of emergency powers she used during the coronavirus pandemic after a 76-year-old law was repealed Wednesday.

The GOP-led state House followed the Senate’s lead on Wednesday in voting 60-48, largely along party lines, to support an Unlock Michigan petition seeking to eliminate the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945.

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