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Gov. Whitmer announces federal funding priorities to transform state by promoting job growth and supporting small business
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Gov. Whitmer announces federal funding priorities to transform state by promoting job growth and supporting small business
LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced today her funding priorities as the state readies for more than $18 billion in federal funding available through the American Rescue Plan Act. State government is expected to receive $5.7 billion in additional federal funding, in addition to $4.4 billion directed to local governments and $3.9 billion to K-12 schools. Many Michiganders have already received stimulus checks from the federal government thro
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Michigan extends workplace virus rules, office restrictions
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer U.S. talks about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a press conference outside the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, which was hosting a vaccination clinic, Monday, April 12, 2021, in Ypsilanti, Mich. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP)Lon Horwedel/AP
LANSING, Mivh. (AP) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s administration on Tuesday extended workplace coronavirus restrictions for an additional six months, including a requirement that Michigan employers prohibit office work if employees’ jobs can feasibly be done remotely.
The emergency rules, which were issued in the fall, could be modified or withdrawn before they expire in mid-October. An advisory group of business, labor and health care leaders is assessing a phased return to offices and may make recommendations to the governor as soon as next week.
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Grand Rapids Business Journal
In principle and in practice, the Grand Rapids Chamber believes in the value and power of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Various reports released in 2020 amidst a global pandemic, mounting racial tension and a divisive political atmosphere prove there is much work to be done.
According to McKinsey & Company, a United States-based management consulting firm, businesses with culturally diverse teams outperformed those with minimal diversity by 36% in profitability. Despite consistent findings promoting the benefits of DEI, progress remains slow in closing gender and cultural representation gaps, and because of the pandemic, some companies have even regressed.