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Governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling for streamlining the state’s environmental permitting process — including a reduction in the types of projects that require regulatory approval.It was one of the proposals Whitmer outlined Wednesday in her State of the State address.

First, a recap of Governor Whitmer’s next to last State of the State speech. Then, the massive allocation of corporate subsidies. Plus, what does "constitutional crisis" mean and are we in one?

Governor Gretchen Whitmer said divided government in Lansing should not stop Democrats and Republicans from finding ways to get things done. The governor delivered her seventh State of the State address on Wednesday.

Michigan’s FY 24-25 budget included a $655.3 million investment in the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP), which provides pre-K for eligible four-year-olds. The governor’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year increases funding to $676.1 million.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer released her much-anticipated road funding plan this week. On this week’s It’s Just Politics, Zoe Clark and Rick Pulta are joined by Bridge Michigan’s Simon Shuster to dig into the $3 billion plan. Plus, John Truscott, former Communications Director for Governor John Engler, explains how to sell a roads plan.

Today, new safety rules for Michigan schools, four years after Oxford. Also, a Michigan perspective on recent big developments in AI. And artist Jarod Lew’s warm, intimate photographs catch facets of family experience and Asian American life.

We talk to the It's Just Politics team about Gary Peters' decision and the implications.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills that make up the Michigan Hate Crime Act. The bills expand the definition of hate crimes, include protections against crimes or threatening behavior based on characteristics such as sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and increase penalties for hate crimes.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a statement Monday congratulating President Donald Trump on his inauguration and saying she wants to work on “shared priorities.”

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her seventh State of the State address to a Republican-controlled House and a Democratic-controlled Senate on February 26.