COVID briefing set for Friday at 3:30 p.m.
Top staffers from the Whitmer administration will provide a briefing on Michigan’s health and fiscal responses to COVID-19 on Friday, Jan. 22 at 3:30 p.m.
Please use this LINK to participate. No RSVPs or registrations are required.
Speakers will include:
- Michigan’s Chief Operating Officer Trish Foster for an update on the COVID-19 vaccine
- State Budget Office Director David P. Massaron for an update on the COVID recovery package
Whitmer plan would spend $5.6 billion on COVID response
At a press conference held Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer unveiled a COVID Recovery Plan that outlines $5.6 billion in overall spending, including a request to use about $274 million from the state’s General Fund, which the Legislature would have to approve.
The spending boost would come from three buckets:
- $274 million from the General Fund, bolstered by stronger than expected revenues in recent months
- $309 million from the state School Aid Fund,
- $5 billion in federal funds coming from COVID-19 relief packages
During the Q&A portion of the event, the governor said it would take two years to reach vaccination goals based on the present pace, though she is confident the incoming Biden administration will accelerate the delivery of more vaccines.
