Great Lakes Wire

After the state’s economic data showed that jobs have been added to the economy for 10 consecutive months, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is signaling that the best is yet to come.

“Michigan is on the move. Through tough times, Michiganders continue to work hard and build on our economic momentum. For ten straight months, our economy has added jobs and our unemployment rate continues to decrease,” Gov. Whitmer said in a news release from the governor’s office. “From February 2021 to February of this year, Michigan added 172,000 jobs, and that trend will continue as we build on our efforts to empower economic development, deliver relief to small businesses, and cut taxes for seniors and working families.”

Michigan is in the midst of its best economic rebound over the past two years, according to Bloomberg.  

“We will keep working to lower costs for families, especially in light of rising prices due to the invasion of Ukraine and ongoing supply chain challenges caused by the effects of the pandemic,” Gov. Whitmer added. “I announced the More for MI Money Plan to deliver immediate relief to families by suspending the state sales tax on gas, repealing the retirement tax to save half a million Michiganders $1,000 a year, and tripling the tax credit for working families to put a combined $3,000 in the pockets of 730,000 families. Additionally, we are delivering $400 auto insurance refund checks per vehicle to every insured Michigan driver and have called on Congress to suspend the federal gas tax, further lowering costs.”

Gov. Whitmer said that she will continue to work to ensure that residents of the state are the benefactors of the state’s thriving economy.  

The governor’s office reported that Gov. Whitmer signed a law to repeal the tampon tax last November and followed that with a bipartisan tax for small corporations in December while proposing tax cuts for seniors and working families in her 2022 State of the State Address.