Michigan News from MLive

Michigan surpasses 30,000 COVID-19 deaths as case averages drop, Donald Trump’s donations to Michigan candidates exceeded legal limits and SeaWorld wants to buy Michigan’s Adventure and Cedar Point. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former president Donald Trump gave $65K to Michigan Republicans who challenged 2020 election results, the first mile of wireless electric vehicle charging road is coming to Detroit and a U.P. city hopes to build a $3.7 million campground and trailhead to boost tourism. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan House backs additional funding for businesses hardest hit by the pandemic, free at-home COVID tests are available for those in vulnerable counties through a state partnership and a Michigan doctor is charged in a $17 million opioid distribution conspiracy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Michigan, 66% of residents are not up to date on COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory warns of PFAS in beef from a Michigan cattle farm and four Michigan Starbucks locations move to unionize. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The accused Oxford High School shooter will plead insanity, Central Michigan University is giving out full-ride scholarships to 58 students who mistakenly received an award message and a petition is calling on the University of Michigan to comply with Ann Arbor’s tampon law. Thanks! Enjoy your weekend. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Pfizer is testing an omicron-specific vaccine, LGBTQ couples can be denied adoptions by religious agencies after a state settlement and more federal help is sought as 76% of Michigan restaurants say they are less profitable than three months ago. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Free N95 masks are now available at Meijer locations, state incentives lead General Motors to invest $7 billion in Michigan and broadband internet discounts are offered to qualifying low-income households. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawmakers consider making trespassing on the Mackinac Bridge a felony, a sixth military medical team is coming to Michigan to help with the treatment of COVID-19 hospital patients and the Chicago Bears reportedly want a second interview with Jim Caldwell for their head coaching position. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

The body of an 18-year-old missing since October is located in Lansing’s Red Cedar River, ice on the Great Lakes is now on target to reach a peak within the typical range and Michiganders are sought for the volunteer light-keeper program at a historic lighthouse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

University of Michigan’s ousted president could stick around as a tenured faculty member, a report says Line 5 could be a ‘stranded asset’ in 20 years and hospitals report between 85% and 95% of COVID-19 patients have not received booster shots. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A $490 million settlement is reached between the University of Michigan and survivors of sexual abuse by a late athletic doctor, Michigan-based Carhartt keeps its COVID-19 vaccine policy in place and a Soo Locks rebuild project gets full funding through the federal infrastructure law. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

A Michigan city is the first in the U.S. to inaugurate an all-Muslim government, gun safety bills introduced by Michigan Democrats would bring criminal penalties for unsafe storage and Meijer offers free home grocery delivery to help with the pandemic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly 25,000 childcare workers will get $1,000 bonus payments from the state of Michigan, farmers in Michigan lost $277 million in exports during the 2018 trade war and Michigan’s college enrollment decline continues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The accused Oxford High School shooter pleads not guilty during arraignment, Michiganders receiving food assistance will see an extra payment this month and gas prices are up nearly a dollar from this time last year. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan adjusts its COVID-19 quarantine guidance for K-12 schools, Red Cross declares a first-ever national blood crisis amid the ‘worst shortage in over a decade’ and the Michigan DNR suggests composting Christmas trees and wreaths. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan’s confirmed omicron cases more than double in the last week, officials warns that scams related to COVID-19 testing are on the rise and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address will be virtual for the second year in a row. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist tests positive for COVID-19, the Detroit Lions finish their season with a win against the Green Bay Packers and more than 300 MDOT snowplows get fun names submitted by the public. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nearly all Michigan counties see an increase in COVID cases this week, the state warns of a possible delay in Michigan’s liquor supply and the CDC now says everyone 12 and older should get a third dose of mRNA COVID vaccines. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marijuana use has skyrocketed among college students, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tests negative for COVID-19 after her husband tested positive this week and a Michigan lawsuit challenges Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contract employees. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Whitmer creates a new rural development office, police have identified a Grand Rapids woman killed in 1997 and artist-in-residence programs in two remote Michigan destinations are seeking applicants. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan reports a record number of COVID-19 cases, a new study says Michigan is in the top 10 for states with residents moving away and Detroit lawmakers are suing Michigan’s redistricting commission, arguing maps aren’t fair to Black communities. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan’s minimum wage has increased for 2022, December was Michigan’s deadliest month for COVID-19 in 2021 and the person widely known as Michigan’s first openly gay man dies at 91. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A ballot initiative aims to increase Michigan’s minimum wage to $15 by 2027, Michigan drivers have until New Year’s Eve to avoid fines for lapsed auto insurance and College Football Playoff semifinalists – including Michigan – could forfeit under new COVID-19 policies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An 11-week strike at Kellogg’s is over as the union approves a new contract, two police officers are hospitalized and a man is dead after a shooting in Genesee County and a judge denies a request to reinstate a marijuana recall in Michigan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs a $1 billion business incentive package, the Michigan Supreme Court orders the state’s redistricting commission to release secret legal memos and Michigan’s women’s basketball team ranks in the top 10 for the first time in program history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices