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      <description><![CDATA[Discover the potential benefits of reopening the Palisades Nuclear Powerplant in Michigan for clean energy and job creation. <a href="https://wgrd.com/reopening-nuclear-power-plant-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Spring means storms in Michigan and state officials want to make sure we&apos;re prepared for severe weather. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-statewide-tornado-drill/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:47:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Eligible families in Michigan to receive tax credit refund, checks expected in February. <a href="https://wgrd.com/working-families-tax-credit-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Eligible families in Michigan to receive tax credit refund, checks expected in February. <a href="https://wgrd.com/working-families-tax-credit-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[Michigan lawmaker Rep. Josh Schriver still has his job as Michigan's 66th House District rep, but has been stripped of his committee assignment and his staff for what he shared online. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/michigan-lawmaker-in-trouble-after-racist-social-media-post/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>New Podcast Goes Inside the FBI’s Investigation into the Plot to Kidnap Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:39:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A true crime podcast is taking a closer look at the FBI investigation into the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. <a href="https://wgrd.com/chameleon-podcast-michigan-plot/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 13:56:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Learn how Michigan residents are receiving support through a Natural Disaster Declaration following severe storms and tornadoes. <a href="https://wgrd.com/natural-disaster-declaration-for-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Feeling Distressed? Here Are The Best Places To Scream In Michigan</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 23:34:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Scream your stress away: alternative ways to find relief without alarming others. <a href="https://wgrd.com/best-places-scream-grand-rapids/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Which Households Will See Michigan's New $550 Tax Refund Check?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 20:50:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Michigan families will begin retroactively receiving checks for 2022 tax season thanks to new Earned Income Tax Credit legislation. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/qualifies-michigan-earned-income-tax-refund/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michigan families will begin retroactively receiving checks for 2022 tax season thanks to new Earned Income Tax Credit legislation. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/689/p/qualifies-michigan-earned-income-tax-refund/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Is Governor Gretchen Whitmer a Secret Swiftie?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 20:03:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[She's been dropping a lot of Taylor references lately... is Big Gretch a secret Swiftie? <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer-secret-swiftie/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Michigan’s Biggest Celebrities Showed Up To Support The Detroit Lions Sunday Night</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:59:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Some of the Lion's most famous fans made their way to Ford Field this weekend. Here's a list of who made it out to cheer on #OnePride <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/michigans-celebrities-detroit-lions-sunday-night-january-21/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Some of the Lion&apos;s most famous fans made their way to Ford Field this weekend. Here&apos;s a list of who made it out to cheer on #OnePride <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/michigans-celebrities-detroit-lions-sunday-night-january-21/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Is Michigan About to Ban Charcoal Grilling?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:11:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The way we grill in Michigan could be changing soon if national activists have their way. Propane and charcoal grills might become things of the past. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/694/p/charcoal-grilling-ban-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The way we grill in Michigan could be changing soon if national activists have their way. Propane and charcoal grills might become things of the past. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/694/p/charcoal-grilling-ban-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Poll: Whitmer &amp; Dixon A Virtual Dead Heat In Michigan Governor’s Race</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 15:58:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The race to be Michigan's Governor is a statistical dead heat. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/poll-whitmer-dixon-a-virtual-dead-heat-in-michigan-governors-race/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The race to be Michigan&apos;s Governor is a statistical dead heat. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/44/p/poll-whitmer-dixon-a-virtual-dead-heat-in-michigan-governors-race/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>A Very Cool Museum to Visit — The Bobblehead Museum in Milwaukee</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:35:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[On a recent trip around Lake Michigan, I found a very cool museum located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum is full of nothing but bobbleheads! <a href="https://wgrd.com/a-very-cool-museum-to-visit-the-bobblehead-museum-in-milwaukee/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[On a recent trip around Lake Michigan, I found a very cool museum located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The museum is full of nothing but bobbleheads! <a href="https://wgrd.com/a-very-cool-museum-to-visit-the-bobblehead-museum-in-milwaukee/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Gov. Whitmer Shares ‘Back to School’ Throwback Photo, Gives Advice to Students</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 19:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Whoa. Big hair, Big Gretch! <a href="https://wgrd.com/gov-whitmer-shares-back-to-school-throwback-photo-gives-advice-to-students/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Whitmer Takes A Playbook Note From Ted Lasso</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/whitmer-takes-a-playbook-note-from-ted-lasso/</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2021 16:48:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Ted Lasso is an American sports comedy-drama streaming television series developed by Jason Sudeikis. Ted Lasso is also the name of the lead character in the show. Michigan's Governor, Gretchen Whitmer is following in his footsteps and choosing to BELIEVE. <a href="https://wgrd.com/whitmer-takes-a-playbook-note-from-ted-lasso/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ted Lasso is an American sports comedy-drama streaming television series developed by Jason Sudeikis. Ted Lasso is also the name of the lead character in the show. Michigan&apos;s Governor, Gretchen Whitmer is following in his footsteps and choosing to BELIEVE. <a href="https://wgrd.com/whitmer-takes-a-playbook-note-from-ted-lasso/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Dude, Michigans Governor Is Obsessed With The Big Lebowski</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:02:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Let's play a game. How well do you know Michigan's Governor? She was born on a Monday. She's a Virgo. She shares the same birthday as Richard Nixon. She is a graduate of Forest Hills Central High School. She graduated from Michigan State University. She's our 49th Governor. But what else...it's a round of 10 questions with the Governor. <a href="https://wgrd.com/dude-michigans-governor-is-obsessed-with-the-big-lebowski/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Let&apos;s play a game. How well do you know Michigan&apos;s Governor? She was born on a Monday. She&apos;s a Virgo. She shares the same birthday as Richard Nixon. She is a graduate of Forest Hills Central High School. She graduated from Michigan State University. She&apos;s our 49th Governor. But what else...it&apos;s a round of 10 questions with the Governor. <a href="https://wgrd.com/dude-michigans-governor-is-obsessed-with-the-big-lebowski/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Big Gretch Celebrates Michigan’s Argriculture</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:42:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[To the song "Lazy Sunday", Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was picking apples at an orchard. It was her effort to acknowledge Michigan's agriculture business. <a href="https://wgrd.com/big-gretch-celebrates-michigans-argriculture/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[To the song &quot;Lazy Sunday&quot;, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was picking apples at an orchard. It was her effort to acknowledge Michigan&apos;s agriculture business. <a href="https://wgrd.com/big-gretch-celebrates-michigans-argriculture/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:45:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is encouraging lawmakers in Lansing to remove a 90-year-old abortion law in the state. <a href="https://wgrd.com/governor-whitmer-supreme-court-ruling-could-lead-to-banned-abortions-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is encouraging lawmakers in Lansing to remove a 90-year-old abortion law in the state. <a href="https://wgrd.com/governor-whitmer-supreme-court-ruling-could-lead-to-banned-abortions-in-michigan/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer released a statement to the media today in the wake of the new abortion law in Texas that makes bans all abortions in the state after about six weeks of pregnancy. <a href="https://wgrd.com/governor-whitmer-clarifies-michigan-abortion-laws-in-wake-of-controversial-texas-law/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer released a statement to the media today in the wake of the new abortion law in Texas that makes bans all abortions in the state after about six weeks of pregnancy. <a href="https://wgrd.com/governor-whitmer-clarifies-michigan-abortion-laws-in-wake-of-controversial-texas-law/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[She's the 49th Governor of Michigan and the second female ever elected to the position. And now Gretchen Whitmer is 50. She celebrated her birthday on Monday. She did it with a fashion show of leather jackets, her "super power". <a href="https://wgrd.com/whitmer-50-fashion-and-fabulous/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[She&apos;s the 49th Governor of Michigan and the second female ever elected to the position. And now Gretchen Whitmer is 50. She celebrated her birthday on Monday. She did it with a fashion show of leather jackets, her &quot;super power&quot;. <a href="https://wgrd.com/whitmer-50-fashion-and-fabulous/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:09:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer became a Detroit Piston for a day. She participated in drills with a few players and assisting the coaching staff and trainers at their practice facility in midtown Detroit. <a href="https://wgrd.com/whitmers-ball-handling-is-on-point-and-she-scored-with-the-pistons/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer became a Detroit Piston for a day. She participated in drills with a few players and assisting the coaching staff and trainers at their practice facility in midtown Detroit. <a href="https://wgrd.com/whitmers-ball-handling-is-on-point-and-she-scored-with-the-pistons/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Let The Debate Begin: Whitmer Adds Questionable Condiment to Pasty</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Let the debate begin. On her recent trip to the Upper Peninsula, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was seen adding a questionable condiment to her pasty. <a href="https://wgrd.com/let-the-debate-begin-whitmer-adds-questionable-condiment-to-pasty/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Let the debate begin. On her recent trip to the Upper Peninsula, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was seen adding a questionable condiment to her pasty. <a href="https://wgrd.com/let-the-debate-begin-whitmer-adds-questionable-condiment-to-pasty/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:56:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's a non-election year, however, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has raised $8.5 million dollars for her re-election campaign. This is the most of any gubernatorial candidate in a non-election year in Michigan history. <a href="https://wgrd.com/whitmer-raises-8-5-million-for-re-election-campaign/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It&apos;s a non-election year, however, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has raised $8.5 million dollars for her re-election campaign. This is the most of any gubernatorial candidate in a non-election year in Michigan history. <a href="https://wgrd.com/whitmer-raises-8-5-million-for-re-election-campaign/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2021 16:33:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As part of today's update on Coronavirus in Michigan, the state's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, is encouraging the state's primary care physicians to register as vaccine providers. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigans-chief-doc-primary-care-docs-should-give-vaccinations/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As part of today&apos;s update on Coronavirus in Michigan, the state&apos;s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, is encouraging the state&apos;s primary care physicians to register as vaccine providers. <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigans-chief-doc-primary-care-docs-should-give-vaccinations/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:15:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Following a decision from the Michigan Supreme Court that said that the law that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used when issuing her executive orders was unconstitutional, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced that she will no longer enforce those orders. <a href="https://wgrd.com/mi-attorney-general-nessel-will-no-longer-enforce-gov-whitmers-executive-orders/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Following a decision from the Michigan Supreme Court that said that the law that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used when issuing her executive orders was unconstitutional, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced that she will no longer enforce those orders. <a href="https://wgrd.com/mi-attorney-general-nessel-will-no-longer-enforce-gov-whitmers-executive-orders/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Gov. Whitmer Extends Michigan’s State of Emergency Through May 28</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 00:39:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Thursday night, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer extended Michigan's state of emergency until May 28 due to COVID-19. The move came after the state legislature refused to do so.

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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thursday night, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer extended Michigan&apos;s state of emergency until May 28 due to COVID-19. The move came after the state legislature refused to do so.

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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:15:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As of today, Michigan is the first state in the entire nation to ban flavored e-cigarettes.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-becomes-first-state-to-ban-sale-of-flavored-e-cigarettes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As of today, Michigan is the first state in the entire nation to ban flavored e-cigarettes.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/michigan-becomes-first-state-to-ban-sale-of-flavored-e-cigarettes/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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