They’ve been backtracking, revising, adjusting, and basically doing flip flops COVID-19 virus control rules and regulations. The trigger was the surprise decision from the federal Centers for Disease Control to significantly relax medical considerations relating to the virus.
What’s good for business apparently is not good for state workers. Those ordered to stay home for the past year, are being told to stay there through the middle of July.
In the continuing campaign to get Michiganders vaccinated against COVID-19, Governor Whitmer visited the Kalamazoo County Expo Center's vaccination clinic.
One of the most critical decisions facing the departments is whether to follow a request from the Whitmer administration to make some current COVID-19 workplace rules permanent. That includes workplace and business setting mask rules and working from home rules.
The Republican Governors are embarking on a digital media campaign against Whitmer. Michigan's restaurant and bar owners are being asked to join the effort.
Questions lingering around the abrupt departure of former Michigan Health and Human Services Department Director Robert Gordon may get answered next week. Then again they might not.
The massive spending plan is aimed at supporting Michigan families, children, and communities to navigate the COVID-19 outbreak and control orders issued by Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Michigan State Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and State House Speaker Jason Wentworth sat down for a face-to-face talk with the Governor. They’ve had some virtual connections, but this is the leadership’s first direct contact with the Governor since August.