Gretchen Whitmer won’t budge on ending three-week ‘pause’ in Michigan

Published December 3, 2020 1:00am ET



Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday she will not budge on relaxing the shutdown orders mandated by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Those orders were enacted two weeks ago by MDHHS Director Robert Gordon for a duration of three weeks. The governor said her administration has yet to determine if it will extend beyond next week the “pause” in reopening the state’s restaurants, bowling alleys and cinemas.

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