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Detroit Evening Report: Whitmer to deliver State of the State Wednesday night

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Jerome Vaughn

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her seventh State of the State address at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 26.

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She’s expected to outline her administration’s plans for the next year in the address, covering key topics like her plans for job growth, lowering costs and improving the state’s roads. 

Whitmer initially campaigned on the theme “Fix The Damn Roads,” but critics complain that there’s been only marginal improvements in recent years. 

The address will be held in the Michigan House Chambers in front of a joint session of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate, and will be broadcast live throughout the state.

“Michigan is a state on the move as we continue working together to create good-paying jobs, fix our roads, and invest in our students and schools,” Whitmer said in a statement. “I look forward to delivering my 2025 State of the State Address where I will lay out my plan to build on our years of strong, bipartisan progress and strategic, fiscally responsible leadership.”

Tune in to WDET 101.9 FM or stream the address live at wdet.org to hear Whitmer’s full remarks and the Republican response, or watch the livestream below.

More headlines for Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025:

  • Motorists throughout metro Detroit are preparing for the closure of eastbound I-696 in the city’s northern suburbs. The freeway will be closed between I-75 and Lahser Road starting on Saturday. This phase of the reconstruction project is expected to last two years.
  • The Great Lakes Water Authority is seeking a rate increase for water and sewer service. The agency is holding a public hearing at 6 p.m. Wednesday, on Zoom and in person at the Water Board Building, 735, Randolph St., Detroit, to discuss the rate increase request.
  • The city of Detroit has announced the grand opening of 86 new affordable housing units in the area near Woodward between downtown and Midtown.
  • Officials from the Detroit Lions are in Indianapolis this week for the NFL Combine, an event that gives the league’s 32 teams a chance to review hundreds of college players in advance of the April draft.

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MichMash: Michigan AG discusses legal challenges to Trump, open US Senate seat

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Hernz Laguerre

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer coined the phrase “Fix the damn roads” while on the campaign trail in 2018. But as she reaches the end of her term, how does the governor plan on getting the job done? This week on MichMash, Gongwer News Service’s Alethia Kasben and Zach Gorchow break down a comprehensive plan introduced by the governor’s office this week.

Also, Alethia sits down with Attorney General Dana Nessel to discuss the halt to President Donald Trump’s federal employee “buyout” offer.

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In this episode:

  • Breaking down Whitmer’s “Mi Road Ahead” plan
  • Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s attempt to halt the Trump administration’s federal employee “buyout” offer
  • Nessel’s disagreement with how the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is running

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurEPQC3ZfI

Whitmer on Monday introduced the “Mi Road Ahead” plan to “fix the damn roads” — a promise the Democratic governor has echoed since making it an integral part of her 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

Kasben says the plan is “significant and kinda wonky. The governor is agreeing to — for the first time — a long held Republican proposal that every tax that we pay at the pump should go to roads,” she said. “This can get a little sticky though that [funding] goes to schools and local governments and Democrats do not want to take funding away from schools.” 

Michigan residents pay a 6% sales tax on our fuel purchases that goes towards schools and local governments. Whitmer suggested that they wouldn’t be affected by this switch. 

Attorney General Dana Nessel was also on the podcast this week. Nessel has joined several AG’s across the country in an effort to halt the Trump administration’s federal employee ‘buyout’ offer.

She also discussed her dissatisfaction with the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, stating that “virtually everything” about the department is illegal.

“You have a situation where Elon Musk is making all of these decisions. Here is a person who hasn’t been vetted or has done a background check. He hasn’t submitted what most federal employees have to do, which is a financial disclosure report showing all of his many conflicts of interests,” she said.

Nessel said Musk’s position is a violation of the appointment clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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