No Sales Tax On PPE Under Bills On The Move
The now-daily uniform of personal protective equipment (PPE) wouldn’t have the 6% sales and use tax attached to it under legislation that moved out of a House committee Thursday morning. HB […]
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March 2, 2021
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March 2, 2021
Gyms Restricted To 25% Capacity Say Their COVID Spread Rate is .0057%
After fighting for months to get the green light from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration to reopen fitness centers around the state, operators got the OK last September 9 at 25% capacity. Now […]
February 23, 2021
$84M Clawed Back From Fraudulent Unemployment Claims
The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) clawed back approximately $84 million in benefit payments due to suspected fraud during the unprecedented demand for benefits this past 11 months, a Senate […]
February 23, 2021
Restaurants’ Reopening Plan Would Allow For 50% Capacity Right Now
Restaurants would be allowed to open to 50% capacity instead of the state-ordered 25% under a reopening plan proposed by the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association (MRLA). The MRLA plan […]
February 16, 2021
AG Wants MSC To Reconsider Its ‘Erroneous Interpretation’ Of Consumer Protection Act
The Attorney General’s office asked the Michigan Supreme Court (MSC) to revisit its “erroneous interpretation” of an exemption in the Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCPA) that allows for a “free […]
February 16, 2021
$3B In More Spending, Not Cuts, Highlights Gov’s ’22 Budget
Who would have thought we’d be here? Eleven months deep into the first pandemic in 100 years and state government is wrestling with how to spend $3.3 billion ($2.4 billion […]
February 9, 2021
State Projecting July-August Vaccination Start For ‘Everyone Else’ Category
If you’re not a senior, a frontline essential worker or someone with a health issue, you may not get a COVID vaccine until July or August at the earliest, according […]
February 9, 2021
Are You More Likely To Get COVID-19 In A Plane Or A Restaurant?
An epidemiologist and 15-year Harvard School of Public Health faculty member questioned the wisdom of shutting down in-person dining as a way to control COVID-19 spread if the main reason […]
February 3, 2021
Michigan COVID Restrictions Tougher Than Most, But Not Abnormally So
Michigan is ranked 42nd among the states according to how much it’s reopened from COVID-19 restrictions, according to one site tracking pandemic-related restrictions on a state-by-state basis. However, Michigan isn’t necessarily […]
January 26, 2021
$246M Proposed For Biz Aid In $5.6B Supplemental
The more than 1.2 million Bridge Card beneficiaries in Michigan will see a six-month, 15% bump in their benefits by the end of January, the governor’s office announced Thursday. A family of […]
January 26, 2021
Concerns Shift To Capacity Limits & Curfew As Gov Allows Indoor Dining
The restaurant industry and their allies were relieved to see confirmation of the Feb. 1 reopening of indoor dining, but many weren’t happy with the restrictions that came along with […]
January 19, 2021
Case Rates Down 70% Since Nov. Order; 2 Other ‘Key Metrics’ Down, Too
The three “key metrics” the state is using to guide COVID-19 reopening decisions have improved since the epidemic order issued in November, with the weekly average of cases per million […]
January 19, 2021
Live Entertainment Biz OK’d For $3.5M In Aid
The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) Board Thursday signed off on $58.5 million in aid for concert venues, entertainment venues and other businesses dealing with COVID-19 restrictions with the money approved […]
January 12, 2021
Judge Keeps TRO Against UP Restaurant In Place; Orders Civil Contempt
A temporary restraining order (TRO) stopping a Calumet restaurant from operating without a food license will remain in place, an Ingham County judge said Friday. Circuit Judge Wanda Stokes held Café Rosetta in […]
January 12, 2021
COVID Relief Funds To Be Held Until Whitmer Does More
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer must take more steps to reopen Michigan’s economy before the Legislature “can have meaningful conversations” about allocating federal COVID-19 relief funds, House Appropriations Chair Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) said in a statement […]
December 15, 2020
Health Workers, Nursing Home Residents Get Vaccine First
Health care workers — both paid and unpaid — who have direct or indirect exposure to patients who work in-person, as well as residents of long-term care facilities, will be […]
November 24, 2020
Restaurant Trade Association, Hospitality Groups Sue Over DHHS Orders
A restaurant trade association is leading a federal lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for its Sunday order shuttering indoor dining as part of a coordinated […]
November 24, 2020
Whitmer Wants ‘Lame Lame Duck’
If the Legislature isn’t going to put some type of mask mandate into state law, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday she believes the rest of the legislative year should be a “lame lame duck.” Whitmer told […]
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