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On Tuesday, with two weeks before a possible partial state government shutdown, Governor Gretchen Whitmer seemingly reemerged with a speech at the State Capitol. Its focus was the economic impact on Michigan of federal tariff policy and, more to the point, that not having a state budget deal is only making things worse.

The Democratic-led Senate is suing the Republican-controlled House over nine bills that passed the legislature last term but didn’t physically make it to the governor before the new session started.

The state senate seat representing more than a quarter million Michiganders has been empty since January. Governor Whitmer has said she plans to call a special election, but to date she hasn’t.

A lawsuit has been filed to pressure Governor Gretchen Whitmer to call a special election for an open state Senate seat.

The Legislature already blew past a self-imposed deadline of passing a budget by July 1. But Whitmer says there's still plenty of time to reach a deal before the state's fiscal year ends.

What to make of a private meeting between Governor Whitmer and President Trump; from our friends at Interlochen Public Radio’s Points North, a microorganism that conducts electricity and what might happen if our devices were alive; and with Michigan Public’s own Beenish Ahmed, the short story collection about Muslim-American life that won her a Kresge Artist Fellowship.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer met privately with President Donald Trump last week to urge him to change course on tariffs that are having a big impact on automakers in her state.

The Democratic governor said she had no qualms about partnering with a Republican president with whom she once had a fractious relationship.

An open U.S. Senate seat, legislative inaction and the Whitmer/Trump relationship: The It’s Just Politics team takes stock of the first six months of 2025 with a look at the top three Michigan politics stories of the year so far.

Democrat Gretchen Whitmer touted her accomplishments as Michigan's governor as she passes the midpoint of her second term and is continuously floated as a potential 2028 presidential candidate.