One byproduct of a state commission drawing new political maps in open meetings is the running social media commentary and analysis that accompanies the process as it unfolds. Case-in-point: A […]
Federal employees would need to be vaccinated as a way to control COVID-19 spread under an executive order signed Thursday by President Joe Biden. The President also announced that in […]
The Michigan Independent Citizens Commission (MICRC) pushed out nine new state House districts after six hours of navigating through Washtenaw, Livingston and Ingham Counties in a region it’s deemed as […]
A $2.1 billion chunk of the federal COVID-19 response money would go toward bolstering more small business jobs, help citizens get a free education and build some 2,000 new housing […]
Michigan averaged 2,098 COVID-19 cases per day Thursday and Friday, according to statistics from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Friday marked the sixth straight increase in […]
Many workers feel they are being pressured by their employers to get the mRNA shot, Chair Beth Griffin (R-Mattawan) said Thursday morning as her Workforce, Trades and Talent Committee took […]
From Aug. 3-6, more than 85% of full-service restaurants were closing early or working under specific time segments directly due to “inadequate staffing levels.” On Wednesday, the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is not planning to issue any “broad COVID-19 epidemic orders” that would mandate masking or limit gatherings sizes, Director Elizabeth Hertel said Friday in an […]
The federal government “stood up the biggest cash assistance program in history” in just a couple of weeks at the start of the pandemic last year through the Coronavirus Aid, […]
The Senate Majority Leader and House Speaker are requesting the Attorney General to “step in” after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order determining evictions “could […]
State payments under Proposal A revenues paid under the Headlee Amendment count as state aid to local governments, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that mostly favored the state. […]
Out-of-work Michiganders who were issued unemployment benefits in error, due to a mistake by the Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA), would not have to pay that back under legislation being introduced by Rep. […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday vetoed legislation designed to end early the federal government’s $300-a-week unemployment insurance (UI) kicker after late-breaking negotiations with the Legislature stalled out. Functionally, HB 4434, sponsored by Rep. Jeff […]
The 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act has been repealed because of a 60-48 vote in the House Wednesday afternoon. That is the law Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to issue her rolling […]
The Governor and the state Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) said a change in federal rules is why hundreds of thousands of Michigan claimants now must provide information to see if […]
The historic K-12 budget valued at $17.1 billion — outshining last year’s allocation by 10% and eliminating the 27-year-old per-pupil funding gap — was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. This […]
The Republican-led House, frustrated that negotiations with the GOP-led Senate have not yielded more consensus, passed its own Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 budget on Thursday in the hopes the Senate will get […]
Thursday, the Republican-led Legislature sent to the Governor legislation that ends early the federal government’s $300-per-week top-off of workers’ unemployment benefits, but the bill is functionally dead on arrival. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer isn’t likely to sign […]