Governor Gretchen Whitmer yesterday said it’s no coincidence that the dramatic statewide increase in COVID-19 diagnoses began just after the Michigan Supreme Court struck down the 1945 law that she had used to issue emergency orders…
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services quickly reinstituted many of her orders, including the masking requirement…
Still, she called on the legislature to go on the record endorsing the practice…
The Republican-led legislature seems unlikely to do that. Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey is on record opposing it.