It’s never fun to get caught doing something you told someone else not to do -- like over the weekend when Governor Whitmer stepped outside of her own COVID social distancing guidelines and met up with 12 people at a bar for pizza. Will Whitmer’s gaffes damage her political reputation and her chances for re-election? We talk through this and some other matters in state government with a few Michigan reporters on this episode of the Stateside podcast.  GUESTS: Lauren Gibbons, policy and politics reporter at MLive Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, capitol reporter at Bridge Michigan Koby Levin, reporter for Chalkbeat Detroit  Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Stateside’s theme music is by 14KT. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.