LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- In the absence of a federal COVID-19 relief bill, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has asked the Legislature to approve a $400 million COVID response package before the end of the year.
The governor’s call for $300 million dollars is on top of an earlier $100 million dollar request.
Kurt Weiss with the state budget office says the money is needed to help set up a vaccine distribution system, pay direct care workers, add more contact tracing, and more to help hospitals, businesses and families with the immediate crisis.