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Whitmer signs aid for schools

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday signed a supplemental spending bill that releases an unprecedented $4.4 billion in federal coronavirus rescue funding designated for Michigan's K-12 schools. It is a significant influx of aid, particularly to traditional districts and charter schools with high numbers or percentages of children from low-income families. Detroit, for instance, is getting $1 billion — more than its entire general fund budget as originally adopted last fiscal year. Legislation the Democratic governor is expected to sign next week would allot an ...

Missouri sees surge in virus

New York held a ticker-tape parade Wednesday for the health care workers and others who helped the city pull through the darkest days of COVID-19, while authorities in Missouri struggled to beat back a surge blamed on the fast-spreading delta variant and deep resistance to getting vaccinated. The split-screen images could be a glimpse of what public health experts say may lie ahead for the U.S. even as life gets back to something close to normal: outbreaks in corners of the country with low vaccination rates. “We’ve got a lot to appreciate, because we’re well underway in our ...

Whitmer: Use $150M in federal virus rescue funds for local parks

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday called for allotting $150 million in federal coronavirus rescue funds for Michigan’s local parks and trails, the second time she has proposed major recreation spending in less than a month. If approved by lawmakers, the proposal ...

State lists two more Dickinson virus cases

State data Tuesday indicated two new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County, while neighboring Menominee County had three more cases reported along with a new coronavirus-related death. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website since the last ...

Reopening of US-Canada border uncertain

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — In a normal, pre-COVID-19 summer, scores of pleasure boats are anchored in Lake Champlain off the Burlington waterfront by July 4, with most of them from Canada. But the anchorage is nearly empty this year because of the ongoing border closure. People who rely on ...

State: Two more virus cases in UP, one death in Marquette

State data Friday showed only two more confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula for the day, in Marquette and Chippewa counties, along with a new virus-related death in Marquette County. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website also reduced ...