Stories tagged: "pandemic"

Michigan Life Ypsilantian Kathleen Tajer Stadtfeld designed these stones to celebrate frontline health care workers. Remember to follow her lead and put down some newspaper or other table covering before you get to work, or you'll get paint everywhere — good grief!
Michigan Life Michiganders Are Planting Painted Rocks Around the State to Uplift One Another During COVID

From local Michigan Facebook groups to the Detroit Historical Museum, painted rocks have attracted new interest — and taken new meaning.

July 7, 2020 4:09 pm EDT
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Education Here’s What Wayne State Is Giving Their Students to Make It Through Fall Semester

New technology will help students work from home and avoid crowds on campus.

June 29, 2020 4:09 pm EDT
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Business Michigan’s Casinos Are Reopening. These Are The New Rules High-Rollers Will Face There.

In addition to banning smoking, here’s how casinos will operate as Michigan enters its next phase of reopening.

June 9, 2020 11:14 am EDT
Michigan Life Top: Both young and old Ypsilantians used chalk to collaborate on this display for Pride. (Photo courtesy of Matt Hamilton) Bottom: A furry friend takes in the rainbow decor. (Photo courtesy of Wendy Ws)
Michigan Life PHOTOS: Pride Is Adding Some Much Needed Color and Hope to This Michigan Community

Even a pandemic can’t stop Pride Month in Ypsilanti.

June 4, 2020 3:05 pm EDT
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Technology These Young Hackers And Leaders Are About To Tackle Detroit’s COVID-19 Woes

An “Under 30 Detroit Hackathon” is going virtual this year and taking on the coronavirus.

June 3, 2020 2:54 pm EDT

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Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., center, speaks accompanied by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., left, and Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., during a news conference on healthcare, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 in Washington. Democrats will call on President Donald Trump to drop his lawsuit and work with Democrats to lower prescription drug costs and expand healthcare coverage. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Elections Debbie Dingell Wins Renomination by a Wide Margin
FILE - In this combination of 2018 and 2019 file photos are, from left, Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Republican U.S. Senate candidate John James. James says his campaign raised $4.8 million in the last three months. The fundraising total topped first-term Democratic Sen. Peters despite Peters raising $4 million — his biggest quarterly haul to date. (AP Photos, File) Elections Both Gary Peters and John James Are Unopposed, But Their Senate Primaries Still Matter
Grand Rapids resident Karen Dunnam explains her experience with absentee voting. Voting WATCH: How Michiganders Broke Records With Absentee Ballots This Historic Primary
As the state gears up for its largest mail-in count in history, absentee ballots arrive at clerks' offices across Michigan by the bin. Photo via WSBT Voting Here’s How Michigan Is Handling the Unprecedented Number of Absentee Ballots
Coronavirus The number of figures (1000) illustrates just 1% of the official count of people who've died from COVID-19. Graphic via Desirée Tapia for COURIER
Coronavirus The U.S. Has Officially Passed 100,000 Deaths From Coronavirus. The Real Number Is Likely Much Higher.

The current death toll could actually be as high as 125,000 Americans, according to a New York Times analysis.

May 27, 2020 5:53 pm EDT
Weather People help each other travel from one home to another using an inflatable raft on Oakridge Road on Wixom Lake, Tuesday, May 19, 2020 in Beaverton, Mich. People living along two mid-Michigan lakes and parts of a river have been evacuated following several days of heavy rain that produced flooding and put pressure on dams in the area. (Katy Kildee/Midland Daily News via AP)
Weather WATCH: Massive Michigan Floods Force 10,000 From their Homes During the Pandemic

Midland is expected to be under nine feet of water by the day’s end.

May 20, 2020 11:50 am EDT