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Governor Whitmer vetoes bill that puts restrictions on emergency powers

Courtesy Governor Gretchen Whitmer's Facebook Page

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed another effort by the Legislature to put new restrictions on her emergency powers. 

One of the bills would outlaw public health orders that would call a halt to this year’s high school commencement ceremonies.

Whitmer did not hold back in her veto letters. In one, she called the Republican-led Legislature’s efforts to restrain her administration’s COVID-19 powers “half-baked and punchless". In another, Whitmer said the resolution was “a solution in search of a problem” as gathering restrictions are being lifted. Whitmer added, as a personal note, that she’s looking forward to her daughter’s high school graduation ceremony.