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U.P. Businesses Can Apply For Help Starting Monday
As announced earlier this month, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) created the Michigan Small Business Relief Program, which includes $10 million of grant funding to be provided to ...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2020

Michigan National Guard To Help At Food Banks
The Michigan National Guard has received a request to aid Food Banks in four communities across the state, including Ann Arbor, Comstock Park, Flint, and Pontiac. Approximately 10 Michigan National Gu...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2020

Whitmer Updates State On Coronavirus Response
CLICK TO HEAR CLIP FROM GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Monday gave a press conference on Michigan's battle with the coronavirus, The governor did not announce an extension of t...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2020

Governor Signs Order To Free State Hiring; Discretionary Spending
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2020-3, temporarily restricting discretionary spending by state departments and agencies while they work to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in Mich...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2020

Governor Signs $150 Million For Coronavirus Response
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Mike Shirkey, Sen. Jim Ananich, Rep. Lee Chatfield, and Rep. Christine Greig issued the following joint statement on the signing of two supplemental budget bills that provi...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2020

Nurses Union Unhappy With Conditions At UPHS-Marquette
The Michigan Nurses Association said Sunday that U.P. Health System-Marquette is failing to work with its nurses on preparing for the COVID-19 crisis and forcing up to 100 of them off work without pay...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2020

Michigan House Member Robinson Dead At Age 44
The coronavirus has apparently taken the life of a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. First term representative Isaac Robinson (D-Detroit) represented parts of central Detroit and the Ci...
Jack Hall Mar 30, 2020

Governor Signs Order To Boost Nurses, Physician Assistants
Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday signed Executive Order 2020-30, which relaxes scope of practice laws to give hospitals and other health-care facilities the flexibility they need to successfully de...
Jack Hall Mar 29, 2020

Governor Signs Order On Jail, Juvenile Center Protocols
Governor Gretchen Whitmer Sunday signed Executive Order 2020-29, which protects vulnerable populations in Michigan's county jails, local lockups and juvenile detention centers during the ongoing coron...
Jack Hall Mar 29, 2020

Dickinson County Hospital Gives Coronavirus Update
Dickinson County Healthcare (DCH) COVID-19 update as of Sunday, March 29, 2020. TOTAL DCH COVID TESTS 32 TEST RESULTS POSITIVE (RESIDENTS OF DICKINSON COUNTY) 0 TEST RESULTS POSITIVE (RESIDENTS OF COU...
Jack Hall Mar 29, 2020

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