Michigan House approves remote meetings for local governments until March 2021
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners take a vote in its Tuesday, April 21 meeting, which took place via Zoom.
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LANSING, MI - Local government meetings may get three more months to unconditionally hold remote meetings under legislation approved in the Michigan House on Wednesday.
As it currently stands, public bodies can hold remote meetings for any reason until Dec. 31 this year. Senate Bill 1246, sponsored by Sen. Lana Theis, R-Brighton, would push the end date to March 31, 2021.
After that, the “chief administrative officer” for a local government would take charge of making a meeting virtual through December 2021. This administrator would need to allow for electronic participation by local government officials in instances of military duty, medical conditions or a local state of emergency.
State lawmakers approve measures to boost medical, education staffing amid COVID-19 surge
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Inside a new COVID care unit at Hackley Hospital in Muskegon on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Mercy Health Muskegon is opening the unit at the previously closed Hackley Campus on Thursday, November 19, in response to the increased number of coronavirus pandemic cases in Muskegon County. The new unit will treat stable, COVID-positive patients who require extended stays in the hospital. Patients will not be admitted directly at Hackley. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)
Cory Morse | MLive.com
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LANSING, MI - Helping Michiganders cope with the COVID-19 surge is at the center of a series of bills that passed Wednesday in the Michigan Legislature.