The same government orders that closed restaurants also forced soup kitchens to take their missions outside. In Detroit, volunteers pack paper bag lunches and feed the needy from parking lots.
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Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Schools' responsibility to students doesn't change during pandemic
Equity matters, even during COVID-19. “We should not allow this health crisis to further exacerbate the achievement gap between various student groups.”
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Facing shortages, Michigan asks feds for experimental coronavirus drugs
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration is “pursuing a request” for hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine from the federal government’s Strategic National Stockpile
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As coronavirus bears down, Detroit enters a grim new phase
In metro Detroit, the epicenter of Michigan’s outbreak, the pandemic is spreading rapidly as hospitals, government leaders and residents deal with medical shortages and some painful goodbyes.
Posted inMichigan Education Watch
Whitmer to end Michigan school year; seniors graduate, others move up
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to close schools for the year, graduate seniors, move other students up a grade, waive the third-grade reading law and ensure teachers and other staff are paid.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
In metro Detroit, coronavirus deaths spike overnight amid ventilator need
Oakland County executive Dave Coulter issued a call for masks and ventilators at the beginning of what he called “the most challenging week yet.”
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Michigan may need another 8,000 ventilators as coronavirus outbreak worsens
Michigan’s top doctors says the state could need 10,000 ventilators and only has 1,700. The shortage is one of several Michigan officials are confronting as cases spike in southeast Michigan.
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Opinion | Coronavirus exposes Midwest's economic perch; well-paying jobs are cure
“Should our life and politics ever return to ‘normal’, it must be a newly urgent undertaking for our leaders to focus squarely on tangible plans to create more better- paying, new jobs” in our communities.
Posted inMichigan Politics Watch
Michigan axes $80M in pork spending, shifts spending to fight coronavirus
Bracing for what could be a multibillion dollar loss in state revenue, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative leaders on Monday agreed to cancel $80 million in special project spending as they focus dwindling state resources on the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Coronavirus, an ‘almost perfect killing machine,’ hits Michigan nursing homes
COVID-19 has breached the walls at Michigan nursing homes, where vulnerable residents are at risk because of tight quarters, a shortage of supplies and low-paid workers. In Macomb County, one home is begging for help.