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Governor Whitmer Announces Manufacturing Jobs and New Housing in Northern Michigan
Wednesday , 16, June 2021 Community, Governor Gretchen Whitmer Leave a commentGovernor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced new manufacturing jobs and mixed-use development in northern Lower Michigan today. The two projects will provide manufacturing jobs in Copemish, and new mixed-use development in Baldwin. M R Products, a woman-owned company that manufactures crowd control and visual barriers will invest $4.2 million dollars to create […]
Northern Michigan Fruit Farm Founded by Nazis Sues Lil’ Hitler over Wearing Masks
Thursday , 13, August 2020 COVID_19, Election 2020, MAGA, Trumpenreich 7 CommentsUPDATE! A reader provided a copy of what Friske Orchards Farm provides to customers when they ask about wearing masks in their store. You can see it below. On August 5, 2020, Friske Orchards Farm filed suit against Governor Gretchen Whitmer due to violating the legal mandatory mask order. The Charlevoix farm in Antrim County, […]
Stay Safe Toolkit offered to Michigan Businesses
Monday , 13, July 2020 COVID_19, Governor Gretchen Whitmer Leave a commentIn Lansing today, the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration have online resources available for businesses to better follow Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s latest Executive Order. This order requires workers and customers in all businesses open to the public wear a mask while inside or in crowded spaces. Anyone […]
How to Live in Jack OMalley’s Head Rent-Free
Saturday , 25, April 2020 Election 2020, Elections, MAGA, Michigan Republicans, Sad! Leave a comment. Four sheriffs in Northern Michigan announced in a press release they would pick and choose when to enforce Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s constitutional executive order to keep Michiganders safe. State House Rep Jack O’Malley (R – “Screw ya!”) discussed this during a telephone conference with himself, the four sheriffs, and State Senator Curt VanderWall (R […]
Dying for Trump’s Election Profits: O’Malley and VanderWall Conspire With Four Sheriffs to Commit Pre-Meditated Murder
Wednesday , 15, April 2020 Community, Election 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, MAGA, Sad!, Trumpenreich 1 CommentThis is one of those days when Up North Progressive throws 400 words away because everything has changed with the passage of hours instead of days. What’s going on in Northern Michigan can only be described as disgusting. Today the sheriffs of four counties in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan issued a press release […]
How to Concern-Troll Governor Whitmer During a Pandemic With @MIGOP Scripted Talking Points
Sunday , 5, April 2020 MAGA, Michigan Republicans, Michigan Women, Sad! Leave a commentYou would think during this troubling time Republicans and Democratic Party politicians could put partisan issues aside and together fight the COVID-19 pandemic currently devastating our state. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been in office for about 15 months. She’s made tough decisions nobody likes to protect the people of Michigan. Our Governor also has to […]
Marijuana Alone Won’t Fix the Damn Roads But It Could Help
Thursday , 30, May 2019 Governor Gretchen Whitmer Leave a commentThe Michigan Policy Conference on Mackinac Island is wrapping up today. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the new auto insurance reform law that will hopefully lower the highest premiums in the country. Noted along with the irony that the governor signed the bill while visiting the one place in the state where cars are not allowed […]
Rob Alway Editorializes Whitmer’s Visit to Northern Michigan with a Headline only Hearst and Pulitzer Could Love
Saturday , 13, April 2019 Community, Governor Gretchen Whitmer Leave a commentThe way Editor-In-Chief of the Mason County Press Rob Alway tells it, you would think Governor Gretchen Whitmer was skulking in the shadows around the state on April 12, 2019, secretly meeting with supporters as if she has something to hide. Governor Gretchen Whitmer was in Ludington today. Did you know that? Probably not. In […]
The State of Michigan Will Have a Tornado Drill on March 27, 2019
Tuesday , 26, March 2019 Community, Environment Leave a commentOn Wednesday, March 27, 2019, the entire state of Michigan will participate in a tornado drill to raise awareness about safety during severe weather. Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed the week of March 24th to 30th as Michigan’s Severe Weather Awareness Week to better prepare the state for severe weather emergencies. At one o’clock in the afternoon […]