by Tyler Durden
Friday, Apr 09, 2021 - 02:15 PM
Michigan has claimed the mantle of America s COVID epicenter this week as it officially has the highest transmission rate in the US, driven in part by a slower-than-average vaccination campaign and the growing prevalence of mutant strains. And on Friday, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked the federal government to send more vaccines, and ordered high schools in the state to return to remote-only education for two weeks.
Youth sports will also be asked to take a break, and diners have been asked to avoid eating in restaurants.
All four of these requests are voluntary and don t carry the weight of official mandates from her administration. Watch this morning s press conference below.
A GOP report card on Whitmer’s pandemic response has gone viral. Here are the facts. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press
Michigan gov. urges halt of high school classes
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A viral Facebook post from Republican legislators in Michigan criticizes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s response to the coronavirus pandemic amid the latest COVID-19 surge in the state.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Republicans have characterized Whitmer’s approach as draconian, and now they claim that her response “has failed Michigan.”
In a COVID-19 response report card, the state House Republicans tick off various metrics and give Whitmer a failing grade on the state’s economic and health outcomes.
Michigan bars and restaurants have a 10 p.m. curfew. The Super Bowl normally ends after that.
Updated Feb 06, 2021;
Posted Feb 06, 2021
P.J. Whelihan s Pub & Restaurant s world famous chicken wings: Nashville Hot, Old Bay and Hot and Honey, coming soon in Susquehanna Township, Pa., Oct. 21, 2020.
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Welcome to 2021 – the year it became legal to gamble on the Super Bowl, but illegal to watch the whole event at a restaurant or bar.
Michigan’s new 10 p.m. curfew on indoor dining poses a dilemma for bars and restaurants this Sunday. In the past 20 years, 70% of the Super Bowls have ended later than 10 p.m.
Flint’s ex-DPW director wants judge disqualified from hearing water crisis case against him
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Posted Jan 28, 2021
Director of Public Works Howard Croft speaks about the two-week target for switching Flint s water source back to Detroit during a press conference on Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 at City Hall in Flint. Jake May | MLive.com The Flint JournalThe Flint Journal
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FLINT, MI Flint’s former Department of Public Works director says the judge assigned to hear his criminal water crisis case should be disqualified because the judge himself is an alleged victim of the crimes he’s charged with.
Lansing restaurant owners eager for indoor dining to resume Feb. 1 Carol Thompson, Rachel Greco and Christian Martinez, Lansing State Journal Anything is better than nothing. Restaurateurs talk about re-opening UP NEXT
LANSING Lansing area restaurant owners are eager to welcome customers back to their dining rooms after scraping by on take-out orders for months.
Feb. 1 is the big day. Diners will be allowed back indoors. We re ecstatic that we can open, said Henry Kwok, whose family owns Henry s Place and Asian Buffet in Okemos. Dine-in is 90% of our business. We ve been waiting for the date. It’s been pushed too many times.