MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer spent more than $204,900 on her September trip to Taiwan and Korea, @MichCapCon has learned.

This might explain why and how criminals have looted @MichiganHHS's SNAP program for years. More exclusive reporting from @MichCapCon that you won't find anywhere else.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spent over $178,000 on her June trip to Europe, @MichCapCon has learned.

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Michigan is only supposed to pay SNAP benefits to people who live in Michigan. In 2024, Michigan spent $1.6 million across 2,663 cases of out-of-state payments for SNAP benefits. In 2025, it paid $1.9 million across 3,177 cases, and in 2026 through April 5, it has paid $452,986 across 929 cases. See the document only @MichCapCon Simultaneously, Michigan has refused to share its SNAP data with @USDA_FNA.

@MichCapCon broke the news first. A new lawsuit claims that Michigan’s largest agency retaliated against a whistleblower

@MichCapCon brought the receipts. michigancapitolconfidential.…

Last year, criminals stole at least $7.7M worth of SNAP benefits. Michigan will be the first state in then Midwest to upgrade SNAP cards later this year. Read only at @MichCapCon

The cost for Whitmer’ Germany and Italy trip will likely be much more. @MichCapCon always gets the documents

While Michigan AG Dana Nessel is trying to claw back $24M from Gotion, Michigan Gov. Whitmer wants to spend another $150M on the site prep program.

If you think that you're bad with money, Michigan's @MEDC gave $24M away for 2,350 jobs that were never created. We're really bad at shark tank. michigancapitolconfidential.…

Michigan’s economic development agency dropped $734,204 on scratch-n-sniff additions to five magazines in a last-ditch effort to attract more residents, according to documents that Michigan Capitol Confidential obtained through a records request.

An employee of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was fired in 2024 after allegedly not conducting interviews when making decisions about whether to approve benefits. That same employee received perfect scores on four assessment reviews before being fired. @MDHHS_Director

Happy FOIA Friday. @MichCapCon has filed over 280 FOIA requests in 2025. What agencies and topics should our next 20 investigate?

The number of high-earners employed by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services grew from 513 in fiscal year 2020 to 2,944 in fiscal year 2024, an increase of 474%.

It's really hard for state of Michigan employees to get fired, according to five years' worth of firing documents obtained from a range of public agencies for @MichCapCon

The Michigan House this week passed bills that aim to require the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to get a warrant before entering private property. One of the bill sponsors cited a @MichCapCon story asa reason why the bill should become law.