Some Michigan restaurants can reopen this weekend, but COVID-19 is still changing the industry. These lessons from Florida, which reopened dining room access earlier this month, offer insight into how the new rules are reshaping business.
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Nurses condemn McLaren Health Care for lack of transparency on finances, protective gear
10 unions representing nurses at McLaren hospitals in Michigan say the health care provider is not transparent about finances, PPE.
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Small gatherings, non-essential doctors' visits now allowed, Gov. Whitmer says
As coronavirus cases slow and economic fears grow, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is loosening some restrictions put in place to combat coronavirus.
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Trump threatens Michigan funding over Benson absentee application plan
The president said he’d “hold up funding” for the state as it faces a $6.2 billion budget shortfall due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Two days in school, three at home? That’s the plan in one Michigan district.
With continued coronavirus fears, West Bloomfield Public Schools will bring most kids into classrooms only two days a week this fall. Will other school districts follow suit?
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Michigan changing how it classifies coronavirus deaths. Expect tally to grow.
Two months into the pandemic, Michigan will begin tallying ‘probable’ COVID-19 deaths rather than just those confirmed with a test. Already more than 5,000 have died statewide, and the changes could increase tally 10 percent.
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Michigan laws kept him imprisoned after his parole. Now, he has COVID-19.
As the coronavirus slams Michigan prisons, 1,500 prisoners remain locked up even though they’ve been granted parole. That’s because of strict Truth in Sentencing laws that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has refused to change amid the pandemic.
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Trump’s tour of Ford plant ‘contrary’ to Whitmer’s new work rules, aide says
An executive order by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requires newly reopened manufacturers to “suspend all non-essential in-person visits, including tours” to protect workers from the novel coronavirus. Trump is expected to tour a Ford facility on Thursday.
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Jocelyn Benson orders Michigan to mail absentee applications to all voters
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office will use $4.5 million in CARES Act funding to send applications to 7.7 million registered voters. The plan is likely to be opposed by Republicans.
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Opinion | A letter of encouragement to the Class of 2020, from a 2019 grad
COVID-19 has presented the Class of 2020 with a unique skill — adaptation, something this older student envies.