Stories tagged: "Michigan"

Vaccine Stories Donuts are on display inside the new Krispy Kreme flagship store amid the coronavirus pandemic in Times Square, New York, September 15, 2020. - The 4,500 square-foot donut shop includes a glaze waterfall, a 24-hour street pick-up window, and a system that can make more than 4,500 donuts an hour. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
Vaccine Stories Got the COVID-19 Vaccine? Here are the Freebies You Can Snag in Michigan.

From half-off seafood dinners to free joints at the dispensary, Michigan is treating those who have been vaccinated.

Glennisha Morgan Glennisha Morgan April 1, 2021 1:03 pm EDT
Sports DENVER, CO - August 05: A basketball, Wilson the volleyball and a football, just a few of many things on the Gear Garage at the brand new Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek August 05, 2016. Guests of the hotel can check out a vintage film camera, skateboards and long boards, basketballs, electric bikes and many other items. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Sports How Halting High School Sports in Michigan Helped Prevent a COVID Spike

Michigan has been extremely cautious with high school sports. The impact on curbing the virus speaks for itself.

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel March 9, 2021 1:47 pm EST
Coronavirus Photo courtesy the Office of the Governor
Coronavirus Whitmer Announces Three-Week Pause on Select Michigan Businesses to ‘Save Lives’

Following some of the worst days of the coronavirus pandemic to date, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer instituted three weeks of new protections.

Nick Meyer Nick Meyer November 16, 2020 11:31 am EST
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Elections MAP: The 10 Counties That Shifted Michigan Blue

These communities for the Biden-Harris ticket show the larger blue tide rising across Michigan. We look at each one.

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel November 6, 2020 12:39 pm EST
Elections Fingers type on a laptop keyboard Monday, June 19, 2017, in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Elections Digital Privacy Protections: Michiganders Vote Overwhelmingly in Favor of Proposal 2

Michiganders will gain new legal protections for digital communication from this proposal.

Nick Meyer Nick Meyer November 5, 2020 12:30 pm EST

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Image via Shutterstock Safety With Domestic Violence on the Rise, Michigan Faces Yet Another Public Health Crisis
Coronavirus A Michigan Republican Compared Swimming Pool Drownings with COVID-19. She Couldn’t Be More Off Base.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants classrooms reopened by March 1, but COVID vaccinations could make all the difference for school staff and students. Education Michigan Will Ease Student Assessments and That’s Exactly What Kids Need, Educators Say
Image via Shutterstock Vaccine Stories The Pandemic Isolated Them, Now the Vaccine Is Bringing These Michiganders Back Together
Elections FILE - In this Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010 file photo, a pedestrian walks past a marijuana leaf neon sign advertising a medical marijuana provider along a street in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, Calif. States may be saying yes to medical marijuana, but local governments are increasingly using their laws to keep dispensaries out. In California, nearly 200 city and county governments have banned marijuana dispensaries over the last eight years. That’s three times as many as have adopted regulations for them. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Elections Gander Green Wave: Michiganders Want More Weed Businesses in Their Towns—and Said So at the Polls

States across the US also legalized in different ways, including one state that decriminalized all illegal drugs.

Nick Mordowanec Nick Mordowanec November 5, 2020 11:08 am EST
Education Cinco de Mayo parade in Detroit.
Education You Can Now Take a Chicano Studies Course Online

Learn about Chicano politics and history for free in Michigan.

Associated Press Associated Press September 24, 2020 10:54 am EDT