Michigan's Whitmer would have to notify legislature of out-of-state travel under Republican bill

A bill introduced in the Michigan legislature Wednesday would require Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to notify lawmakers when she plans to travel out of the state.

A memo sent by Whitmer’s chief of staff last week clarified the trip was paid for through a nonprofit originally created for her inauguration.  "What happens if the governor has left, decides not to tell anybody and we have a real emergency arise?" Republican state Sen. Tom Barrett, who sponsored the bill, said, according to the Detroit News. "We just need to know who is fulfilling the role of governor of the state at any given time."