Michigan News from MLive

Michigan relaxes rules on masks and outdoor gatherings, COVID-19 vaccine age restrictions may soon be expanded and Feeding America West Michigan is struggling to find truck drivers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in Michigan is slowing considerably, Consumers Energy will charge higher rates for peak hours during summer months and a Jim Henson exhibition is coming to Michigan next month. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan reports two weeks of COVID-19 case average decline, Michigan restaurants call for $1,500 hiring bonuses from stimulus funds and butterfly lovers can monitor monarchs this summer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan is now hospitalizing more people under 40 than over 80 for COVID-19, a state representative is arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after a crash and Michiganders are getting their second COVID-19 vaccine at rates above the national average. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The governor unveiled a plan listing COVID restrictions tied specifically to vaccination rates, The Detroit Lions got their guy in the first round of the NFL draft and Evidence growing on COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Based on census data, Michigan is losing a congressional seat, but what does that mean? According to a new indictment, the alleged Whitmer kidnap plotters planned to use a weapon of mass destruction, Michigan’s largest health insurance company – Blue Cross Blue Shield – is under fire from long-time employees for how they’ve been treated during a global pandemic and tired of daylight saving time? J...

The CDC says many Americans can now go outside without masks, the former Michigan health director will finally speak publicly Thursday, more than two dozen mute swans have been found dead in and around one Michigan lake this year and a special goodbye to Reggie, the University of Michigan’s beloved campus corgi.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad c...

Is there a correlation between Michigan counties that voted for Trump and Michigan counties with lower vaccination rates? Winter, summer, spring and fall all in one wild week of weather, Michigan is losing a seat in congress and anyone 16 and older can now walk into a Meijer pharmacy without an appointment and get a vaccine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more abo...

The pandemic has pushed Michigan's teacher shortage over the edge, communist and socialist groups in Michigan say more people are coming around to their ideas, and activists are targeting school boards in the fight against Michigan COVID restrictions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attorney General Dana Nessel calls Unlock Michigan efforts ‘sleazy’ but not illegal, Michigan has administered more than 6 million COVID-19 vaccines and the DNR reminds Michiganders not to disturb nesting birds. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reacts to the guilty verdict in the George Floyd murder case, the border with Canada will remain closed through May 21 and piping plovers return to Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan reports a new record pandemic hospitalization number, signatures for the Unlock Michigan petition are deemed valid by the Secretary of State and a full-grown black bear is hit and killed on I-75 near Flint. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of Michigan’s public universities is requiring COVID-19 vaccination for students, some tips on what to do with your vaccination card and the Michigan women’s gymnastics team wins its first national title. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nine Michigan Secretary of State branches are closed due to coronavirus exposure, the Extended Benefits unemployment program ends in Michigan and the Farmers’ Almanac predicts Michigan’s summer will be humid and full of thunder. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer encourages antibody therapy as Michigan’s COVID-19 surge continues, up to 1 million Michigan residents could be eligible for criminal record expungement and volunteers are needed to help a conservation organization in Northern Michigan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan has paused use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, a slew of Michigan corporations voice opposition to Republican voting bills in the Michigan Senate and a Michigan man is suing Detroit police over his wrongful arrest linked to facial recognition software. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan will extend COVID-19 restrictions in offices for six more months, the director of the CDC says Michigan can’t ‘vaccinate our way out’ of the coronavirus surge and four Michigan companies make Fortune’s ‘100 Best Companies to Work For” list. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan leaders say people should stay out of restaurants during the COVID-19 surge, the Detroit Tigers get swept by the Cleveland Indians and the world’s oldest loon couple returns to the Upper Peninsula for the 25th summer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CDC says the risk of COVID-19 from touching contaminated surfaces is less than 1 in 10,000, arts and entertainment venues are now eligible for $16 billion in federal aid and a Michigan hospital is conducting a study of COVID-19 vaccines in people with severe allergies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A petition calls for Michigan to pause in-person school amid the COVID-19 surge, Michigan halts payments on 100,000 potentially fraudulent unemployment claims and the federal government says Michigan students must take standardized tests this spring. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researchers estimate 2,500 lives could be saved if Michigan amps up COVID restrictions and vaccinations, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer gets her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and the DNR wants you to reports sightings of reptiles and amphibians. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan surpasses 700,000 recorded COVID-19 cases, Michigan basketball standout Isaiah Livers is out for six months after foot surgery and one Michigan city had the smallest amount of snow on record during this low-snow winter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone 16 and older, community members hold a mock renaming of a University of Michigan hall after a regent’s controversial comments and the iconic Grand Haven lighthouse moves closer to its future as a public museum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is effective for at least six months, the IRS will start sending refunds in May to many who paid taxes on unemployment benefits and the Detroit Tigers secure a win on a snowy Opening Day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michigan raises its daily vaccination goal to 100,000 shots, COVID-19-related reasons are no longer acceptable to get Michigan unemployment and spring break travelers are expected to come out in full force at this Michigan airport. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices