Gretchen Whitmer

Gretchen Whitmer

FILE – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Jan. 25, 2023, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer signed legislation Thursday, March 16, 2023, codifying LGBTQ protections into the state’s civil rights law, permanently outlawing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the state. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)