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Minimum Wage For Employers But Biden Campaign Used Unpaid Interns

Now his party in Congress wants taxpayers to pay their interns

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Tavern Owner Chooses Civil Disobedience; Liquor License Suspended

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City Official Prospers In Pandemic As Businesses And Workers Struggle

While many lost income or even a life’s work, this Michigan mayor got a 13% pay hike

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Biden’s ‘American Rescue Plan’ Should Be Thrown Overboard

It racks up too much debt, isn’t targeted and includes priorities unrelated to COVID

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Ann Arbor Schools: No Reopening Without Teacher Vaccinations

Parent says need 'ways to reopen now, not another reason to stay closed’

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Neighbor States’ ‘Uncontrolled Growth’ Justifies COVID Lockdown? Data Says Not

Director of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services out on a limb with claim

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Part Of A Pattern: Farmington Cop’s Pay Went From $92k In 2019 To $141k In 2020

New series shows government employees thriving during pandemic while many private workers suffer

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State Health Experts’ Comments Suggest Its Virus Models Not So Good

Appears their projections missed a November spike in fatalities

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Will Restaurants Reopen Feb. 1?

Mixed messages and more confusion from the governor

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Only 200 Signed Up, But Traverse City’s Government Broadband Wants To Borrow $18 Million More

New pitch includes potential for energy savings

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Number Of State Government Jobs Up As Michigan Crushes Its Restaurant Industry

One-third of all restaurants here may be toast, but government keeps growing

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Citing the American Revolution ... Baraga County Officials Revolt Against State COVID Orders

Upper Peninsula community’s leaders point to their oath

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Metrics Appear To Meet Goals Specified To Reopen Michigan

Fewer COVID cases in hospital, fewer confirmed new daily cases, fewer positives in those who get tested

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Fewer Workers At This Michigan City Collected More During Pandemic

New series on how government workers have fared covers Jackson this time

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State COVID Citation Dampens The Fun At This Family Fun Center

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What Policies Actually Matter To COVID?

Lockdowns may just give illusion of control, at great social and economic cost

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24,836 In Michigan Got COVID Shots Wednesday

174,749 statewide have been immunized

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Michigan Hospitals At Pre-COVID Occupancy Levels

ICUs 75% occupied

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State Health Department Calls On Athletes To Enter Four-Week Bubble

Only limited contact with others for two weeks before and after an event

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Restaurant In Trouble For Letting A Single Family Use A 100-Person Room

The law’s the law, says state health department

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Small Town UP Diner Attracts Big Crowd To Protest Ongoing Lockdown

More attended nearby Houghton event than live in establishment’s hometown

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There They Go Again? U-M Looks To Be Dodging Open Records Accountability

Hide the substantive discussions, bury requestors in chitchat and already-published material

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31 Bars And Restaurants Lose Liquor License For Epidemic Lockdown Offenses In 2020

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Pandemic Linked To Spike In Missed Votes By Michigan Legislators

Increase appears modest, given the circumstances

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CapCon’s Top 10 Stories Of 2020

COVID-19 dominated the news, but it wasn’t the only topic of great interest

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