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Michigan Gov. Whitmer signs at least $2 billion in COVID-19 relief spending
LANSING, Mich. โ Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed at least $2 billion in COVID-19 relief spending. READ: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs $2.5 billion in COVID-19 relief fundingThe veto was the latest in a dispute between the GOP-led Legislature and the Democratic governor over her response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whitmer vetoed legislation that would have ceded the state health departmentโs power to close schools and prohibit sports to local health departments.