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Saturday, May 10, 2025
A statewide epidemic order from the Department of Health and Human Services governing the use of masks and public gatherings was extended on Friday through late May, with the mask mandate being expanded to include children ages 2 to 4 who were previously exempt. Unlike orders during previous waves of […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that Michigan should “close things down” to help address the country’s worst coronavirus outbreak, days after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer instead urged people to voluntarily restrict certain activities. Dr. Rochelle Walensky made the statement after […]
With Michigan on course to return to COVID case levels not seen since the pandemic’s fall peak, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer faces increased pressure to resurrect orders that restrict movement, shut down in-person learning, and ensure Michigan residents mask up. Wednesday delivered another onslaught of grim news to Michigan, with COVID-19 […]
While Republicans and those in sectors hardest hit during the pandemic have criticized the state’s coronavirus-related restrictions as crippling to the state’s economy and leaving it worse off than its neighbors in the Great Lakes region, experts said it could take years to fully realize their effects. It’s hard to […]
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases in Michigan topped 8,400 Saturday, the highest daily total since early December. The health department also reported 57 deaths from COVID-19, including 51 that had occurred earlier and were identified through a records check. “By the recent numbers, we know […]
Michigan Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser said Friday he will not resign from his position on the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents after the body voted on a resolution calling on him to do so following his comments calling the top three officials in the state “witches,” and a […]
As Canadian officials lobbied a Michigan Senate committee in March to keep the Line 5 pipeline open, Sen. Winnie Brinks grew frustrated with a conversation that, up to that point, had focused mainly on the immediate economic and safety implications of a possible shutdown. “We are at a moment of […]
In this update on the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, new court documents show just how armed the men who are charged were. The documents are 18 pages in all. About 17 of those pages are devoted to just listing the guns, ammo, explosives-making equipment and other items police […]
A group of high school athletes, their parents and an organization called Let Them Play filed suit Thursday in the Michigan Court of Claims contending that an order from the Department of Health and Human Services and related guidance governing high school athletics during the COVID-19 pandemic are invalid because […]
ROYAL OAK — After 11 years in prison, Robin Roberts returned to an empty home in Detroit this winter. He had an inflatable mattress, one set of clothes and thousands of dollars in tax debt from the house. Things already would have been different upon his return, but the COVID-19 […]