The federal lawsuit challenges an order from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that singles out Latino farmworkers for COVID-19 testing.
Michigan joins several other states in the joint filing, claiming the Education Department is illegally sending money under the Cares COVID-19 supplemental funding bill, to private schools.
The State of Michigan has joined a bi-partisan effort urging Apple and Google to ensure that all contact tracing apps serve an actual "public health purpose.
Using new expanded reporting criteria that allow more deaths to be attributed even in part to the virus, the state puts that at 5,491. That’s .055%, or well under 6 one-hundredths of one percent, of Michigan’s population.
Our unfunded liability for Michigan’s defined benefit pension system, which again it is important to note was closed to new hires in 1997, went from zero to over $6.5 billion as of today.
For some it was a source of pride; for others, not so much. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed the "Pure Michigan" promotional campaign, saying it is hard to tell if the $35 million dollar ad campaign is making any difference promoting tourism in the state.