Gov. Whitmer added her signature to bills to require gun buyback programs to completely destroy firearms and that create new school safety policies.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed new laws Wednesday that are aimed to increase safety in schools and communities.

Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed two new members — one Democrat and one Republican — to serve on the bipartisan Board of State Canvassers. The Board of State Canvassers consists of four members — two members from each major political party — who are nominated by their state central committee,

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a 16-bill package that expands reproductive rights and access to birth control for Michigan residents.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two bills into law earlier this week that will allow pharmacists in the state to prescribe hormonal birth control. House Bill 5436 gives Michigan

Here's a breakdown of all 19 bills signed on Wednesday, which include safe storage of firearms, protection from hate crimes, and expanding protections from sexual violence of all kinds.

The package of bills allows women to more easily access critical health care by lowering costs and cutting “unnecessary red tape.”

Michigan pharmacists can now prescribe birth control, as Gov. Whitmer signs bills to improve reproductive rights and access.

The bills ranged from new public education requirements to regulating peer-to-peer car sharing programs in the state.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed 16 new bills Tuesday with the goal of expanding access to reproductive health care and contraception options.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law bills that would reclassify certain crimes as hate crimes, replacing Michigan’s 1988 ethnic intimidation law