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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SBAM supports the 2018 tunnel agreement as the best solution to ensure uninterrupted and affordable energy supply under the Straits of Mackinac; we also oppose undoing properly enacted legislation through […]
Another single day record for COVID-19 cases was reported by the state Friday – 8,516. The 8,500+ cases are closer to the current two-day record of 9,010 cases set earlier […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) took at least six hours of testimony Tuesday on permanent rules designed to ban the sale of flavored vaping products. Health advocates […]
Michigan builders are prioritizing the construction of higher-value homes to gain more profit, a market-driven in part by the pandemic. But the state lacks housing for moderate-income buyers, such as […]
Expanded unemployment benefits and COVID-19 liability protections for businesses passed out of the House and Senate early Wednesday morning as part of a deal with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. House Speaker […]
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) within the Michigan Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) is one of the first state OSHA programs to promulgate rules […]
To shore up the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers agreed to shift $165.6 million from 13 restricted funds for other purposes to help plug the General […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer arguably lost her battle Friday to retain power under the 1945 Emergency Powers of Governor Act (EPGA), which a split Michigan Supreme Court (MSC) said violates the Constitution […]
After a “recent surge” of COVID-19 cases, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Friday she is moving the Upper Peninsula backwards into Phase 4 of the MI Safe Start Plan. Whitmer said […]
Drivers would no longer lose their licenses for low-tier violations unrelated to unsafe driving violations under a series of bills approved by the House Thursday. “When we suspend an individual’s […]
Additional legal liability protections for business and health care providers moved out of a House committee Wednesday morning, but not with unanimous support or the backing of the state’s trial […]
As of Wednesday, 2.1 million voters had requested absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 general election, eclipsing a record set during the August primary of 2,065,000 requests for absentee ballots, […]
Pointing to her strategy to confront the COVID crisis, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Wednesday that “our economy is operating at 87% of what it was […]
Don Slimmen, owner of the 16-lane Spartan West Bowling Center in Ludington, told a legislative panel Wednesday morning that he will be out of business in 30 days if he’s […]