State of Michigan

Potentially the state would take a positive sewer sample report from a town and issue blanket restrictions on everyone there.

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.

Two Michigan members of the National Federation of the Blind believe Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson should be held in contempt of court.

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.

The state of Michigan launched an online map with locations for free Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the state to aid those without internet access.

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.

Are You OK Being Called a "Michigander?"

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.

How did that happen?

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.