Deal Struck On Biz COVID-19 Liability
Expanded unemployment benefits and COVID-19 liability protections for businesses passed out of the House and Senate early Wednesday morning as part of a deal with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. House Speaker […]
Expanded unemployment benefits and COVID-19 liability protections for businesses passed out of the House and Senate early Wednesday morning as part of a deal with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. House Speaker […]
To shore up the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers agreed to shift $165.6 million from 13 restricted funds for other purposes to help plug the General […]
Legislation codifying the Governor’s emergency executive order on expanded unemployment insurance benefits passed the Senate unanimously Thursday, but Democrats objected to Republicans linking the bill to expanded COVID-19 liability protections […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer arguably lost her battle Friday to retain power under the 1945 Emergency Powers of Governor Act (EPGA), which a split Michigan Supreme Court (MSC) said violates the Constitution […]
After a “recent surge” of COVID-19 cases, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Friday she is moving the Upper Peninsula backwards into Phase 4 of the MI Safe Start Plan. Whitmer said […]
Drivers would no longer lose their licenses for low-tier violations unrelated to unsafe driving violations under a series of bills approved by the House Thursday. “When we suspend an individual’s […]
Additional legal liability protections for business and health care providers moved out of a House committee Wednesday morning, but not with unanimous support or the backing of the state’s trial […]
As of Wednesday, 2.1 million voters had requested absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 general election, eclipsing a record set during the August primary of 2,065,000 requests for absentee ballots, […]
Pointing to her strategy to confront the COVID crisis, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer told the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Wednesday that “our economy is operating at 87% of what it was […]
Don Slimmen, owner of the 16-lane Spartan West Bowling Center in Ludington, told a legislative panel Wednesday morning that he will be out of business in 30 days if he’s […]
While payroll jobs in Michigan are already recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, a “two-track recovery” is being forecasted by Gabriel Ehrlich of the University of Michigan’s Research Seminar in Quantitative […]
A split state Court of Appeals (COA) panel Friday ruled in favor of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s actions taken under the 1945 Emergency Powers Act to combat COVID-19, and further ruled […]
Gyms, movie theaters, bowling alleys and other venues that show they can reopen safely must be given the opportunity to do it, said the leaders of four major business organizations […]
Public schools will receive their state funding 75% based on the 2019-20 school year count and 25% on the 2020-21 year count, under the “Return to Learn” school package that […]
The Republican House Judiciary Committee chair wants to hold a hearing “ASAP” to protect businesses and universities from the inevitable lawsuits tied to allegations that they’re not protecting customers or […]
When it comes to COVID-19 cases in Michigan, the statewide daily numbers haven’t been spiking upwards as of late. But they aren’t consistently moving down, either. It’s been established cases […]
It’s been three months since the first Top 10 listing of 2020 and there’s a lot of changes in the bottom half of this new ranking. Some of it is fundraising numbers. Some […]
Michigan ranks third among states in the degree of “fiscal shock” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a paper published today by the Council of State Governments (CSG). CSG […]