Whitmer discusses roads, housing, innovation in Grand Rapids - WDET 101.9 FM

Whitmer discusses roads, housing, innovation in Grand Rapids - WDET 101.9 FM

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer continued to highlight road funding, housing, and innovation as three main priorities during a speech at the Grand Rapids Chamber Monday. Whitmer has proposed a roads plan that involves putting all taxes on gas sales toward roads, and raising some new revenue from larger companies and the marijuana industry. Meanwhile, a competing House Republican-led plan agrees on the gas tax front, though it would find additional money f…

Gretchen Whitmer refuses to cut corporate welfare to fix Michigan roads - The Midwesterner

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer refuses to cut corporate welfare to fulfill her campaign promise to “fix the damn roads.” Thirty-three days after House Republicans approved bills to pump $3.1 billion into fixing the state’s crumbling roads, an effort that relies heavily on diverting funding from corporate welfare programs, Whitmer told the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce […]