Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said that she hoped to 'lead by example' in cutting her own salary by 10 percent as the state struggles with a budget shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that she would be taking a 10 percent pay cut during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I'm going to lead by example," Whitmer said."I know that times are tough and that we as a state are going to be confronting a tough budget as a result of the economic shutdown." Public health has also been seriously impacted, with Michigan having the sixth most COVID-19 cases of any U.S. state as of Monday, around 32,000. The state has recorded more than 2,400 deaths due to the virus, the country's third highest tally.
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