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Governor Gretchen Whitmer has extended Michigan’s ongoing State of Emergency to October 27th.
Whitmer has used the State of Emergency to issue executive orders to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an interview Tuesday morning on KBear 102.3, Whitmer said the orders have helped Michigan come back from being one of the hardest-hit states early on…
Whitmer said challenges that would overturn her emergency authority would put the state at risk…
She pointed to neighboring Wisconsin, which has taken a more lax approach to the virus, and which now has the third-highest COVID-19 infection rate in the nation.
Whitmer also extended four executive orders through October 31st. They will…
• Allow continued use of e-notarization and e-signatures;
• Extend limitations on those who may enter health care facilities, residential care facilities, and juvenile justice facilities;
• Extend enhanced cleaning and testing protocols for jails and state prisons;
• Continue protections for workers and customers at food selling establishments.
