This week, Michiganders could have a more challenging time gaining unemployment benefits. For the third month in a row, Michigan's unemployment rate hit lower than 6.5%, meaning extended benefits are expired. According to CBS Detroit, Michigan's current unemployment rate is 5.1%. The labor department documented the lowest level claims since last March.
Michigan State Police have reportedly charged Democratic state Rep. Jewell Jones with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and weapons possession following a Tuesday collision on Interstate 96 in Fowlerville, according to local reports. Police initially arrested Jones, 26, on April 6, and he had a virtual arraignment hearing on...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is issuing new coronavirus orders in her state, despite the backlash from her previous lockdown orders. The new order is going into effect on April 26. It demands that children aged 2 to 4 years old wear face masks in social gatherings, according to a report in the Michigan Capitol Confidential.
States across the country are reporting a rise in Covid-19 cases. But in one state -- Michigan -- another surge has overwhelmed hospitals and healthcare workers who were already exhausted, one local health leader says.
Almost every state instituted emergency rules to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. This included statewide mask mandates, limits on gatherings, school shutdowns, and more. Michigan has had and continues to have some of the most severe restrictions across the country. But what makes the Great Lakes State truly unique now...
April 17 (UPI) -- Coronavirus case counts continued to spike in Michigan and Colorado Friday and Maine health officials said schools account for nearly 70% of the state's active COVID-19 outbreaks. As of Saturday afternoon, the United States had logged 31.6 million cases of the novel coronavirus and 566,714 deaths...
Michigan has extended its gatherings and mask epidemic order which includes the expansion of mask requirements to children ages 2 to 4 to further protect the state’s residents. The order extension is through May 24.
Michigan on Friday extended by five weeks a pandemic order that limits business capacity and requires masks in public, even for young children in day care, as the state battles the country's highest daily coronavirus infection rate. The measure, which was expected and replaces one that had been due to...