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Over 60,000 Michigan residents have submitted applications in the two weeks since the Futures for Frontliners program launched. The program provides a tuition-free pathway to college or a technical certificate to essential workers without a college or high school degree. The funding is available to those in the medical field, along with essential workers in […]

Soon Michigan residents will have more options available for redeeming their deposits on bottles and cans. Due to the pandemic, Governor Gretchen Whitmer temporarily suspended the collection of returnable beverage containers through executive order in March. As restrictions started to ease, the bottle deposit return program began to be reestablished utilizing a phased-in approach. Under […]

This week the House passed a package of bills aimed at providing liability protections for businesses, related to COVID-19. The bills would provide protection for a business from facing civil liability if a visitor or employee claim to have contracted COVID-19 at their facility. However, in order to be protected from liability, they must be […]

Inspired by the GI Bill, Michigan is launching a program offering tuition-free college to the estimated 625,000 Michigan residents who provided essential, frontline services during the COVID-19 Stay Home, Stay Safe orders. Futures for Frontliners offers college degrees or high school diplomas through a tuition-free pathway in order to gain the skills needed to obtain […]

This week, the COVID-19 Preparedness Task Force presented their final recommendations to Governor Gretchen Whitmer on how to protect the health and safety of nursing home residents and staff. The recommendations cover four strategy areas; placement of residents, resource availability, staffing, and quality of life. Recommendations include: Continuing to use the regional hub program with […]

The Department of Health and Human Services launched a statewide campaign urging residents to get their flu vaccine this fall. They are stressing the greater need this year in order for the state to prevent an outbreak of a second communicable disease, in addition to COVID-19, which could put the state’s economy and health care […]

Following the expansion of the Business Accelerator Fund (BAF) guidelines, the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) has approved the transfer of an additional $700,000 to the BAF. The fund supports business accelerators in Michigan’s statewide SmartZone network that are serving startups and high-tech companies impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. The BAF is funded by the MSF […]

I recently had the opportunity to spend some time with my 104-year-old grandmother.  Her health had been on the decline over the past several weeks and we were told that she likely wouldn’t be with us much longer.  I learned just a few hours ago that she had passed. She was less than 100 days […]