COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bipartisan proposal in the U.S. House would ban the farming of mink fur in the United States in an effort to stem possible mutations of the coronavirus, something researchers have said can be accelerated when the virus spreads among animals. The bill introduced this ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — About $5 million in cash and college scholarships will be given away in lottery-style drawings aimed at raising Michigan’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday. The incentive program features a $2 million jackpot, a $1 million prize and 30 daily drawings of $50,000 for residents ages 18 and older who have received at least one shot. Vaccinated residents ages 12 to 17 are eligible for one of nine four-year prepaid tuition contracts valued at $55,000. The MI Shot to Win Sweepstakes is being launched after several states, ...
Local health officials Thursday reported two new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and one new case in Iron County in the past week. The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook post Thursday listed 10 more Dickinson County residents now classified as recovered ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $17.1 billion K-12 budget, one that will eliminate a longstanding base per-student funding gap among districts and boost overall funding by a substantial 10%. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to sign what many education officials called a historic bill, providing certainty to districts whose fiscal years begin today. Budgets for state departments and funding for universities, community colleges and local governments will wait, potentially until September, despite a 2019 law requiring that ...
State data Wednesday showed four new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula, including one in Menominee County. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website also listed two more cases in Chippewa County and one in Gogebic County, while lowering the counts in Marquette and Mackinac counties by one. No new deaths were reported for the region. Using only the figures from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 20,089 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 440 ...
State data Tuesday showed four new confirmed COVID-19 positives and no new deaths in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website listed two more cases in Houghton County and one each in Marquette and Chippewa counties. Using only the figures from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 20,087 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 440 deaths. Across the U.P., the MDHHS data Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 142 confirmed cases and 32 probable, and one confirmed ...
