Within the past two weeks, a nonprofit set up for Gretchen Whitmer’s inauguration footed the bill for the $27,000 flight to Florida amid the pandemic. The disclosure is unlikely to quell the issue.
For now anyway, many stores are still going to require masks, as are courts. But changes could be coming quickly after Michigan changed rules ending mask requirements for the fully vaccinated.
Bills being considered by the Michigan Legislature are a smart way to assure more elderly Metro Detroiters have access to care in their homes, rather than long-term facilities.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is ending a mandate that likely would have been in place through summer. But policing who has a vaccine and who doesn’t will likely prove impossible.
State game areas — hunting lands typically open to target shooting — have become increasingly popular with handgun and AR-15 enthusiasts. But the noise, trash and wayward bullets worry neighbors, hikers and others.
Other states are getting creative in efforts to get shots into the arms of the vaccine-hesitant. Michigan hasn’t done that so far, prompting debate about whether the state should do more to move the needle.
In a major step on the road toward normalcy, the CDC announced fully vaccinated Americans need no longer mask or socially distance in most settings. The move poses hard questions for Michigan schools and businesses.
Republicans are using budget stalemate to hold up child care money and try to kill mask mandates, any plans for a vaccine passport and efforts to stop Line 5. They won’t likely have much luck.
