Michigan surpasses 30,000 COVID-19 deaths as case averages drop, Donald Trump’s donations to Michigan candidates exceeded legal limits and SeaWorld wants to buy Michigan’s Adventure and Cedar Point.
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February 02, 2022
Former president Donald Trump gave $65K to Michigan Republicans who challenged 2020 election results, the first mile of wireless electric vehicle charging road is coming to Detroit and a U.P. city hopes to build a $3.7 million campground and trailhead ...
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February 01, 2022
The Michigan House backs additional funding for businesses hardest hit by the pandemic, free at-home COVID tests are available for those in vulnerable counties through a state partnership and a Michigan doctor is charged in a $17 million opioid distrib...
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January 31, 2022
In Michigan, 66% of residents are not up to date on COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory warns of PFAS in beef from a Michigan cattle farm and four Michigan Starbucks locations move to unionize.
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January 28, 2022
The accused Oxford High School shooter will plead insanity, Central Michigan University is giving out full-ride scholarships to 58 students who mistakenly received an award message and a petition is calling on the University of Michigan to comply with ...
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January 27, 2022
Pfizer is testing an omicron-specific vaccine, LGBTQ couples can be denied adoptions by religious agencies after a state settlement and more federal help is sought as 76% of Michigan restaurants say they are less profitable than three months ago.
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January 26, 2022
Free N95 masks are now available at Meijer locations, state incentives lead General Motors to invest $7 billion in Michigan and broadband internet discounts are offered to qualifying low-income households.
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January 25, 2022
Lawmakers consider making trespassing on the Mackinac Bridge a felony, a sixth military medical team is coming to Michigan to help with the treatment of COVID-19 hospital patients and the Chicago Bears reportedly want a second interview with Jim Caldwe...
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January 24, 2022
The body of an 18-year-old missing since October is located in Lansing’s Red Cedar River, ice on the Great Lakes is now on target to reach a peak within the typical range and Michiganders are sought for the volunteer light-keeper program at a historic ...
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January 21, 2022
University of Michigan’s ousted president could stick around as a tenured faculty member, a report says Line 5 could be a ‘stranded asset’ in 20 years and hospitals report between 85% and 95% of COVID-19 patients have not received booster shots.
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January 20, 2022
A $490 million settlement is reached between the University of Michigan and survivors of sexual abuse by a late athletic doctor, Michigan-based Carhartt keeps its COVID-19 vaccine policy in place and a Soo Locks rebuild project gets full funding throug...
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January 19, 2022
A Michigan city is the first in the U.S. to inaugurate an all-Muslim government, gun safety bills introduced by Michigan Democrats would bring criminal penalties for unsafe storage and Meijer offers free home grocery delivery to help with the pandemic.
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January 14, 2022
Nearly 25,000 childcare workers will get $1,000 bonus payments from the state of Michigan, farmers in Michigan lost $277 million in exports during the 2018 trade war and Michigan’s college enrollment decline continues.
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Jan. 13, 2022
The accused Oxford High School shooter pleads not guilty during arraignment, Michiganders receiving food assistance will see an extra payment this month and gas prices are up nearly a dollar from this time last year.
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January 12, 2022
Michigan adjusts its COVID-19 quarantine guidance for K-12 schools, Red Cross declares a first-ever national blood crisis amid the ‘worst shortage in over a decade’ and the Michigan DNR suggests composting Christmas trees and wreaths.
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January 11, 2022
Michigan’s confirmed omicron cases more than double in the last week, officials warns that scams related to COVID-19 testing are on the rise and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address will be virtual for the second year in a row.
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January 10, 2022
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist tests positive for COVID-19, the Detroit Lions finish their season with a win against the Green Bay Packers and more than 300 MDOT snowplows get fun names submitted by the public.
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January 07, 2022
Nearly all Michigan counties see an increase in COVID cases this week, the state warns of a possible delay in Michigan’s liquor supply and the CDC now says everyone 12 and older should get a third dose of mRNA COVID vaccines.
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January 06, 2022
Marijuana use has skyrocketed among college students, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tests negative for COVID-19 after her husband tested positive this week and a Michigan lawsuit challenges Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contract employees.
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January 05, 2022
Gov. Whitmer creates a new rural development office, police have identified a Grand Rapids woman killed in 1997 and artist-in-residence programs in two remote Michigan destinations are seeking applicants.
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January 04, 2022
Michigan reports a record number of COVID-19 cases, a new study says Michigan is in the top 10 for states with residents moving away and Detroit lawmakers are suing Michigan’s redistricting commission, arguing maps aren’t fair to Black communities.
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January 03, 2022
Michigan’s minimum wage has increased for 2022, December was Michigan’s deadliest month for COVID-19 in 2021 and the person widely known as Michigan’s first openly gay man dies at 91.
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December 23, 2021
A ballot initiative aims to increase Michigan’s minimum wage to $15 by 2027, Michigan drivers have until New Year’s Eve to avoid fines for lapsed auto insurance and College Football Playoff semifinalists – including Michigan – could forfeit under new C...
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December 22, 2021
An 11-week strike at Kellogg’s is over as the union approves a new contract, two police officers are hospitalized and a man is dead after a shooting in Genesee County and a judge denies a request to reinstate a marijuana recall in Michigan.
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December 21, 2021
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs a $1 billion business incentive package, the Michigan Supreme Court orders the state’s redistricting commission to release secret legal memos and Michigan’s women’s basketball team ranks in the top 10 for the first time in p...