Whitmer asks legislature for $100 million stimulus package

By Washington Examiner

Published December 1, 2020 8:00pm ET

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Whitmer asks legislature for $100 million stimulus package — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in response to a water main break north of Detroit, leaving thousands under a boil water advisory. | (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

With nine session days left in 2020, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked the Republican-led Legislature to pass a $100 million COVID-19 stimulus package as well as several other pieces of legislation.

“This is the most urgent public health emergency our state has faced in our lifetimes, and it demands our full, immediate, and unified attention,” Whitmer wrote in a letter.

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