Whitmer’s agenda will face a friendlier Legislature

LANSING

When Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her fifth State of the State address Wednesday – the first she’ll hold in person since 2020 – she will do so as the first governor to speak in front of a Democratic Legislature in 40 years.

Whitmer, a Democrat, could propose a litany of new, sweeping legislative priorities, seeking a more productive second term with a Legislature that is more inclined to w…