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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Westerm Upper Peninsula Health Department received notification Sunday of the first COVID-19 positive case in Houghton County. The Health Department continues to investigate the case to determine ...

Holy Name Catholic School will re-schedule its annual Spring Fling Fundraising Dinner for the end of August or beginning of September (a decision will be made once school is back in session), due to t...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, (USACE), Detroit District, announces it has received a verbal mission assignment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to construct a large alternate ca...