Lawmakers say time is of the essence to compete with other states for big developments. They also approve another $500 million for economic development.
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Posted inTalent & Education
Short of teachers, Michigan schools may use bus drivers as subs under GOP bill
A bill allowing current school support staff to work as substitute teachers, even if they’ve never been to college, is meant to address a teacher shortage hobbling Michigan schools.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Inflation is at 39-year high. Michigan consumers and businesses feel pinch
Prices are up for almost everything. Now, 76 percent of consumers say inflation is more serious than unemployment. An interest rate hike is likely. Then what?
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
As COVID-19 surges in Michigan, no new restrictions planned by state
Michigan’s hospitals are treating the most COVID-19 patients ever and case counts are rising. State officials say getting vaccines and boosters are critical, but they are not considering any sweeping new restrictions or mandates.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Omicron variant arrives in Michigan. What you need to know
Michigan is at least the 24th state to report a COVID-19 case stemming from an omicron variant. It was detected in a fully vaccinated resident of Kent County.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Michigan health systems need help. Will the Legislature respond?
The healthcare worker shortage is reaching a critical point. There are steps the state could take to help.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan House GOP unveils $1.2B plan for COVID tests, monoclonal antibodies
Weeks after Gov. Whitmer renewed a request for lawmakers to spend federal COVID relief funds, House Republicans propose a plan for early treatment and prevention, health-care worker recruitment and testing.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan Gov. Whitmer calls Biden’s vaccine mandate ‘a problem’ for businesses
Business groups cheer, conservatives jeer as the first-term Democrat tells rural business owners ‘we are going to lose state employees’ if a federal employer mandate becomes law.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Breakthrough COVID deaths, illnesses mount, as boosters lag in Michigan
Six months after most vaccinations, a quarter of all COVID deaths and hospitalizations are breakthrough cases. Most severe cases, though, are among the unvaccinated.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Michigan hospitals at COVID-induced capacities, as moods turn angrier
For more than two months, healthcare leaders have warned of packed hospitals. Frazzled doctors, nurses and other staff are sometimes fending off angry patients, some with nowhere else to go.