During the pandemic, Governor Gretchen Whitmer divided people into essential and non-essential groups: some received unemployment benefits while others lost their livelihoods. Ian Murphy, owner of Iron Pig Smokehouse, defied Whitmer's orders to close his restaurant and fought for his right to earn a living, taking on a lengthy legal battle with the state—and winning.

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