‘We need’ a constitutional convention, according to Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall. Voters get to decide every 16 years, including next November. Recent proposals have failed amid fears of a ‘runaway’ convention.
COVID testing supplies already face supply chain challenges in Michigan. Some labs say the rise in delta variant cases combined with new testing mandates for people who reject vaccines may lead to critical delays.
Hospitals lauded federal vaccine requirements that cover virtually all Michigan healthcare workers as a win for patient safety. But workers’ unions warned the regulations could force a worker exodus from an already short-staffed industry.
Is this legal? How will it be enforced? The federal rule isn’t yet written, but here’s what we know about the test and vaccination requirement for employers with more than 100 workers.
Michigan is flush with federal stimulus cash, but annual budget talks are headed to the wire. One potential sticking point: Higher education spending, because of university mask mandates.
More than 6,000 businesses employing about half of the state’s workers are likely affected by the president's rule requiring vaccines or weekly tests for companies with more than 100 workers.
The southeast Michigan city has been under a state of emergency while investigators try to understand the circumstances and lapses that led to the spill, and assess any lingering health risks from the chemicals entering Flat Rock’s sewer system.
Michigan hospitalizations for COVID are nowhere near levels of the spring surge, but so many staffers are leaving health systems that there is not the personnel to care for many new patients, the vast majority of whom are unvaccinated.
A new commission has spent weeks drawing districts in rural areas of Michigan, but has set aside only five days for southeast Michigan. Some fear they could be in a rush to complete the process.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District had 50,000 students enrolled on the first day of school, but it may take home visits to get all of them in the classroom.
Fewer K-12 students will likely have to stay home from school because of exposure to COVID under new recommendations from the state health department. But local schools and health departments will have the final say on safety rules this year.