LANSING, Mich. — Republican lawmakers have killed a law that underpinned coronavirus restrictions issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, after Michigan's Supreme Court declared the measure unconstitutional. The Democratic governor is powerless to veto the citizen-initiated bill.
A group that organized the ballot drive now is targeting a different law that enabled her administration to keep restrictions intact. The Republican-led House voted 60-48 on Wednesday to repeal the law that gave governors broad emergency powers.
A separate law remains in place. It lets a governor declare an emergency, but it cannot last for longer than 28 days without legislative approval.
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