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Michigan COVID Deaths Way Down, Hospitals In Good Shape, Face Mask Mandate Expands

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Labor Commission: State Needs Annual Permission To Take Union Dues From Most State Workers

Gives teeth to 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling

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Governor Used State’s Emergency Alert System To Broadcast Face Mask Mandate

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Detroit Police Racking Up A Lot More Overtime During Epidemic

248,767 overtime hours from March 23 to May 31

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Bill Would Prohibit Tear Gas Use By Police

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Man Decries Moratorium On Elective Procedures

‘I could have easily lost ... my life if that clot went to the brain or the heart’

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565 Coronavirus Patients in Michigan Hospitals On July 10; Was 2,690 On April 30

Also on July 10, governor imposed statewide face mask requirement

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Pandemic’s Progress: 13 Michigan COVID Deaths On July 10 Versus 232 On April 21

On July 10, Michigan’s governor imposed a statewide face mask mandate

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Two Police Departments: Take Face Mask Complaints To Attorney General, Not Us

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Retailers To Whitmer: We Aren't Your Face Mask Police

Governor imposes face mask mandate for customers at any business open to public

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Whitmer: You Must Wear A Mask Even Outdoors If Within Six Feet Of Anyone

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Was Not Wearing A Face Mask A Crime In Michigan? Hard To Say

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June Had Lowest Number Of Monthly Deaths In Michigan Since 2013

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Lansing City Council Member Proposes Cutting Police Budget In Half

Department's officers responded to 84,313 calls in 2019

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Will Your Kids Return To School In The Fall? One-Third of Parents Unsure

Survey indicates support for reopening schools rises with family income

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Acts Of 'Social And Domestic Anarchy' Could Get 20 Years Under This Bill

May riots caused losses of $2.4 million in sponsor's district

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Defund Corporate Welfare Agency for Better Public Health

Higher taxes won't be as effective at eliminating smoking habits

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Whitmer Praises Or Condemns Social Distancing Violators Depending On Who And Why

It looks political

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Politicians’ Extreme Social Distancing Rhetoric Just Party Deep?

Hyperbolic warnings growing thin in light of increasing experience with epidemic

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As Coronavirus Case Numbers Soar, Deaths Plummet

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State-Approved Bailout For Delinquent Renters Feeds Other Interests, Too

$50 million for tenants and landlords, $10 million for administration, legal aid groups and social welfare nonprofits

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Bill Would Repeal State Prohibition Of Local Bans On Grocery Bags

Cities could also ban or tax cloth, paper, plastic, cardboard, aluminum, glass or other ‘auxiliary containers’

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Whitmer Permits Fans At High School Sports While Tigers Play To Empty Stadium?

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Hazel Park Superintendent Talks Years Of Cuts, But Per-Pupil Funding Up

District’s inflation-adjusted state funding higher per student since 2011

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Coronavirus Deaths Plummeted Since Stay-At-Home Order Lifted June 1

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