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MichMash: Whitmer clashes with state Democrats after vetoing bills; MEDC revives economic development incentive 23%
By Hernz Laguerre40%
7/17/2026, 7:35:00 AM
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Tensions are high in Lansing among the Democrats with Governor Whitmer vetoing a series a bills from her own party.
This week, on MichMash, WDET’s Cheyna Roth and Gongwer News Services’ Zach Gorchow unpack the 18 months of legal battles that led to this moment.
Then later on, David Meninga, senior vice president for Community Development Programs & Execution at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation stops by.
He talks about reviving the transformational brownfield program, a state incentive that ended a few years ago but will soon come back once Governor Whitmer signs bills that passed the Legislature on July 3.
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In this episode
A breakdown of the 18 month saga of these nine Democratic bills that got ultimately got vetoed by Gov.
Whitmer
Possible reasons why Gov.
Whitmer vetoed these bills.
MEDC economic development plan
In late 2024, as the Democratic trifecta in Lansing was about to end, several high-profile bills passed.
There was legislation prioritized by unions, a key Democratic constituency, to have have local governments, school districts, colleges, universities and other public bodies pay a greater share of their employees’ health insurance premiums.
There also was legislation enabling the state’s corrections officers in prisons to gain access to the State Police pension system.
There were bills to allow for a regional property tax to provide funds for the Charles H.
Wright Museum of African American History and the Detroit Historical Center, as well as relief from debt garnishment.
Gorchow said after that the bills went no where.
“Mysteriously – and this has never been explained – the nine bills containing these policies were never walked over to the governor’s office and formally presented to her for a signing decision.
The bills remained somewhere on someone’s desk in the Legislature.”
After 18 months of legal battles, the Michigan Supreme Court decided not to take the case, leaving in place a lower court ruling requiring the House to send the bills to the governor.
About five hours later, the House complied with the courts and presented the bills.
A couple hours later, the governor’s office sent out a veto letter indicating Whitmer had vetoed all nine bills.
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