State lawmakers opposed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's practice of sending residents infected with COVID-19 to nursing homes. | Unsplash
State lawmakers opposed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's practice of sending residents infected with COVID-19 to nursing homes. | Unsplash
The Michigan Legislature used resolutions to stop the appointment of an antigun group coordinator to chair the Natural Resources Commission and to oppose the governor’s practice of putting COVID-19 positive residents in nursing homes alongside uninfected residents.
Many of the hundreds of resolutions introduced into the House and Senate are non-binding, but the opposition to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of George Hartwell as chairman of the Natural Resources Commission stopped the nomination of the former Grand Rapids mayor, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy website reported.
Both the Senate and House approved resolutions that denounced Whitmer’s decision to put COVID-19 positive residents into nursing homes with uninfected residents.
A Senate resolution opposed a rule the state’s Marijuana Regulatory Agency proposed to mandate prospective licensees to sign a “labor peace agreement” with a union, the website reported. The resolution describes this as forcing applicants to agree to labor unions’ terms without negotiation, setting a precedent for any person seeking any type of license or permit. The House adopted the resolution also.
A federal indictment that accused Rep. Larry Inman (R-Grand Traverse County) to resign from the state House resulted in the introduction and adoption of a resolution asking him to resign.
The House also approved a resolution that tried to discourage local governments from defunding or abolishing their police departments.
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