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The Senate Republican caucus has outlined their five-phase plan to reopen the state and allow residents to live life while COVID-19 is still present. In their proposal, they redefine “essential” as “safe,” which would allow more places of business to open. It recognizes that different geographic locations are experiencing different levels of the outbreak and […]

On Thursday afternoon, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued an Executive Order increasing the length of time of the previous stay-at-home order, which was set to expire on April 13. As with the prior order, there’s an allowance for workers such as law enforcement, grocery store workers, restaurant workers, but with no in-restaurant dining, and healthcare workers. […]

Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist will lead a new task force to review the racial disparities that are occurring among deaths from COVID-19. Currently in Michigan, 40% of COVID-19 deaths in Michigan are African American, but only 14% of Michigan residents are African American. The Task Force will include health care professionals from communities most impacts […]

On Tuesday, the House and Senate voted to extend the state’s emergency declaration and gubernatorial emergency powers, however, for a shorter timeframe than what was in Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Executive Order. In her order, the governor called for a 70-day extension, but the legislature voted for the extension to last through April 30. Tuesday’s session […]

This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a $150 million a supplemental appropriations bill for the current FY. The legislation, initially passed by the House and Senate a couple of weeks ago, provided funds for a wide swath of programs, including some that the governor had vetoed out of the FY19-20 budget last fall. However, since […]

On Thursday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced what many were anticipating, that K-12 schools would remain closed for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. In her Executive Order, she also addressed many of the lingering questions. Including that high school seniors will be given the opportunity to graduate this year and how schools will move […]

In the 2004 movie “Miracle”, which chronicled the 1980 USA Olympic Hockey Team that beat the Soviet Union, there is a scene where USA hockey coach Herb Brooks addresses his team before their game with the Russians. Coach Brooks starts his speech to the team by saying, “Great moments are born out of great opportunity”. […]

While the impact on health is at the forefront of everyone’s concern, rightfully so, the economic impact of COVID-19 will be significant. This is already being felt from the Federal government, to local governments, to the pocketbooks of families across the country. On Thursday morning, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that a staggering 3.3 […]