UPDATE: The Republican-led Michigan Legislature refuses to extend the state's coronavirus emergency declaration, and votes to authorize a lawsuit challenging Gov. Whitmer's authority and actions in combating the pandemic.
LANSING, Mich. — The Republican-led Michigan Legislature refused Thursday to extend the state's coronavirus emergency declaration and voted to authorize a lawsuit challenging Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's authority and actions to combat the pandemic.
Whitmer accused GOP lawmakers of “putting their heads in the sand and putting more lives and livelihoods at risk. I’m not going to let that happen.”Share this -Several major airlines to begin asking employees, customers to wear face coverings
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