Michigan News from MLive

A weekly roundup of the top Michigan headlines from MLive.

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January 8, 2020
Betsy DeVos submits her resignation from the Trump administration, questions surround the expansion of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility in Michigan and the 150-year-old Sleeping Bear Inn is set to be restored as a bed and breakfast
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477
January 7, 2020
President Donald Trump promises a peaceful transition of power, the Michigan Capitol was temporarily shut down after a threat and an objection against Michigan’s electoral votes fails without support in the Senate.
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478
January 6, 2020
Michigan is ranked among the worst states for administering the COVID-19 vaccine, 600,000 Michigan residents are shut out of unemployment benefits as federal aid lags and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pocket vetoes a first-time DUI expungement bill
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479
January 5, 2020
Two Michigan Republicans plan to object to this week’s Electoral College vote, Michigan will distribute 3.5 million masks and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs a set of bills reforming the state’s criminal justice system.
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480
January 4, 2020
More than 50,000 students have left Michigan’s public schools this year, a man is arrested for alleged ‘terroristic threats’ against a Michigan police department and the Detroit Lions secure the seventh pick in this year’s NFL draft.
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481
December 29, 2020
COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Michigan’s long-term care facilities, the Michigan Supreme Court affirms public funding for private schools and some important tax information for Michiganders who received unemployment this year.
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482
December 28 2020
President Donald Trump signs a massive spending bill that includes $600 stimulus payments, Michigan’s attorney general says sanctions could be pursued against Trump’s lawyers and a record number of women are hunting and fishing in Michigan.
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483
December 23, 2020
The U.S. orders 100 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs a bill to ban water shutoffs and Michigan high school football is put on pause again.
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484
December 22, 2020
Michigan will receive less than half of the COVID-19 vaccines the state anticipated this week, liquor licenses at five more Michigan businesses are revoked after violations of an in-person dining ban and Michigan’s favorite Christmas cookie may surpris...
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485
December 21, 2020
Michigan lawmakers approve a $465 million coronavirus response plan, University of Michigan students who return to campus this winter are required to get weekly COVID tests and in a surprise move, the Detroit Lions fire special teams coordinator Brayde...
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486
December 18, 2020
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon dies after a weeks-long struggle with COVID-19, electric rates for Consumers Energy will increase Jan. 1 and the Michigan House approves a bill to cease water shut-off through March.
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487
December 17, 2020
You posted a picture of a white-woman superhero character vengefully "reshaping the world of media," mere hours after receiving my email from you. Receiving the email at around 3/4 in the morning made me think, wow, something about this is cl...
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December 16, 2020
Joe Biden reportedly plans to pick former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to lead the U.S. Department of Energy, a survey says 48% of Michigan restaurants are considering closing until the COVID-19 pandemic ends and prehistoric remains are found at Sle...
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489
December 15, 2020
Michigan hospitals have begun administering the COVID vaccine to healthcare workers, Paul Mitchell a Michigan Congressman leaves the Republican Party over its failure to accept Biden’s win and Sleeping Bear is set to hit a visitor record for 2020.
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490
December 14, 2020
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine leaves a Michigan facility for U.S. distribution, security concerns close the Michigan House and Senate offices and most Michigan counties are seeing a decline in coronavirus transmission rates.
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491
December 4, 2020
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer commits to disclosing if she ever tests positive for COVID-19, Michigan Republicans are not being swayed by the words of Rudy Giuliani and a Northern Michigan beach town has been selected as the site for a 2021 Ironman race
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492
December 3, 2020
Election clerks reject fewer than 1% of Michigan absentee ballots, people in Michigan and other states spot a midday fireball flying through the sky and Michigan’s football game against Maryland is canceled amid a COVID-19 outbreak
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493
December 2, 2020
Michigan continues to have six hospitals at 100% capacity, oil spill clean-up efforts continue after a barge sinks in Grand Traverse Bay and a Muskegon brewer’s “Big Gretch” beer sells out in less than 10 minutes
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494
December 1, 2020
Three Michigan Democrats are reportedly being considered for positions in the Biden administration, Michigan is offering $15,000 grants to small businesses and race fans can take a spin around Michigan International Speedway this weekend
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495
November 30, 2020
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asks the legislature to pass a COVID relief plan, Detroit’s mayor hopes 5,000 residents per day can get the COVID-19 vaccine and Darrell Bevell is named the interim head coach for the Detroit Lions.
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496
November 24, 2020
Michigan’s Board of Canvassers certifies the state’s election results, coronavirus outbreaks in Michigan increase by 45% in two weeks and Barry Sanders is not pleased with a Michigan brewery using his likeness on a beer label.
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497
November 23, 2020
Michigan saw a record level of new coronavirus cases last week, all 15 of Michigan’s public universities saw a decline in enrollment this fall and a $5,000 reward is being offered in the case of 49 guns stolen from a Michigan business.
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November 19, 2020
Michigan’s Speaker of the House calls effort to impeach Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ‘shameful,’ most tribal casinos remain open during the new COVID order and Michigan State’s football game against Maryland is canceled due to COVID.
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499
November 18, 2020
After an initial deadlock, Wayne County’s two Republican canvassers reverse course to certify election results, Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is reportedly 95 percent effective and Michigan’s Isle Royale is named in National Geographic’s “Best of the Wo...
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November 17, 2020
Michigan surpasses 8,000 coronavirus deaths, a Detroit voter fraud case is denied an appeal and Michigan native Sinbad is recovering from a stroke
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