Michigan News from MLive

The state Supreme Court rules canvassers have a ‘legal duty’ to certify the Unlock Michigan petition, police find the body of a missing paddleboarder in Silver Lake and drought leads to campfire restrictions at Michigan’s Hiawatha National Forest. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Senate-passed bill would require Secretary of State branches to resume walk-in services, Bo Schembechler’s son goes public with claims of sexual abuse by a late University of Michigan doctor and state parks would receive $250 million in a plan presented by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

Michigan offers trade school scholarships to the first 1,000 applicants, the University of Michigan is ranked as the top public university in the U.S. for the sixth straight year and a new app tracks ticks amid Michigan’s “tick explosion". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan Secretary of State adds 350,000 new appointments amid pandemic backlog, Gov. Whitmer proposes a funding increase for the state preschool program and Western Michigan University receives a record-breaking $550 million donation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan drops below 3% COVID-19 positivity rate, the state’s first human case of hantavirus is confirmed in Michigan and Detroit pop company Faygo releases a new summertime flavor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan unemployment claimants are now limited on when they can call the agency, the Michigan Legislature formally recognizes Pride Month for the first time and GM’s Flint Assembly Plant is looking to immediately fill 450 open positions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Whitmer wants stimulus funds used on $15 hourly wages, the Michigan House votes to ban government-backed vaccine passports and piping plover eggs rescued at Sleeping Bears Dunes will hatch at the Detroit Zoo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan Senate approves a bill to require governors to report travel to lawmakers, Gov. Whitmer establishes a state office for high-speed internet and NASCAR fans will once again be allowed to fill Michigan International Speedway this summer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan’s COVID-19 health order has changed, a ‘well-known’ albino deer is found dead in Northern Michigan and Michigan’s Secretary of State wants $25 million to catch up on a COVID-19 backlog See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Afternoon electricity rates increase for Consumers Energy customers starting today, Michigan’s Adventure is closed two days per week and Michigan rowing places fourth at the NCAA Championships. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Court of Appeals rules Whitmer recall petitions were correctly approved, a pregnant mom saves three children from drowning in Lake Michigan and a rare tick that can cause red meat allergies is becoming more common in Michigan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan saw the highest number of traffic fatalities last year in more than a decade, more than half of Flint residents have filed for the city’s water crisis settlement and a rare ‘three free’ weekend is coming to Michigan’s outdoors next month. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Michigan Senate passes a bill banning a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for minors, Michigan State University plans to end employee wage reductions implemented during the pandemic and a labor shortage forces Cedar Point to close two days per week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID-related workplace rules change in Michigan, curfews will end and seating options at restaurants will expand on June 1 and a midway featuring a roller rink, basketball courts and a concession stand is set to open in Downtown Detroit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan will lift outdoor COVID-19 restrictions June 1, the Michigan High School Athletic Association will allow full attendance at sporting events staring next month and the state says students and teachers should still wear masks inside schools. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Republican bill would require the governor to report out-of-state travel to lawmakers, work search requirements for unemployment benefits return May 30 and Meijer is offering $10 discounts for customers who receive a COVID-19 vaccine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Joe Biden tours a Michigan Ford plant and discusses the race for electric vehicles, cameras will be installed near a popular Michigan lighthouse to deter vandalism and the Red Wings extend coach Jeff Blashill’s contract. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meijer will no longer require vaccinated customers to wear masks, Michigan Republicans call for an end to federal unemployment checks and a look at Michigan’s top baby names for 2020. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Michigan is making businesses enforce the state’s altered mask mandate, mask rules have changed for Michigan’s high school athletes and a Michigan locale is named the country’s “Best Beach Town on a Lake.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CDC says vaccinated people can gather in most indoor spaces without masks, expanded vaccine eligibility won’t speed up Michigan’s race to 70% vaccinated and the Great Lakes summer water level forecast is in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A CDC advisory group recommends kids age 12-15 get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, unemployed Michiganders will soon have to prove they are looking for work to keep benefits and Gov. Whitmer pushes for more residents to get vaccinated. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Whitmer threatens a profit seizure as the Enbridge Line 5 closure deadline looms, Memorial Day travels is expected to go up 57% percent this year in Michigan and restaurant workers in Michigan sue for a $12 minimum wage. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan reaches a vaccine milestone that prompts a return to office work, IRS data shows more than 46,000 stimulus checks have gone unclaimed or uncashed in Michigan and there is a clear explanation for recent UFO sightings in Michigan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan nears its first reopening benchmark with 54% of residents vaccinated, Michigan softball beats Minnesota to clinch a Big Ten title and mark your calendar later this month for a special lunar eclipse. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

COVID-19 vaccines do not impact fertility, walk-in COVID-19 vaccination appointments are now available at Rite Aid and CVS and visitors to the Detroit Zoo can now see a baby wallaby. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices