Emergency Powers of Governor Act of 1945

Measures to restrict the state government’s emergency authority are a step closer to final passage in the Legislature.

Republican-sponsored bills to limit the state executive branch’s emergency powers made it out of the Michigan House oversight committee Tuesday.

Bills to pre-empt many future state and local COVID-19 emergency orders are expected to be voted out of a Republican-controlled state House committee Tuesday.

A law Governor Gretchen Whitmer used to issue emergency orders during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic was repealed Wednesday by a vote by the…

The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered the Board of State Canvassers to certify a petition that would repeal the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor…

The Michigan Supreme Court has issued an opinion on months of orders by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer that were aimed at preventing the spread of the…

Michigan’s Attorney General is launching an investigation into the petition campaign pushing to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers.The…

Expect to see people collecting signatures soon on a petition to repeal the Michigan law that's given Governor Gretchen Whitmer broad emergency powers…