Fact check: Michigan’s COVID health orders carry the weight of law, have not been proven ‘unconstitutional’
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A crowd is reflected through a window with signs posted on Marlena Pavlos-Hackney s closed restaurant, Marlena s Bistro & Pizzeria, in Holland on Monday, March 22, 2021. Pavlos-Hackney was arrested for operating without a business license and defying state COVID-19 health orders. The Michigan Republican Party views her punishment as the latest front in a war against government overreach. (Cory Morse | MLive.com)Cory Morse | MLive.com
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Emergency COVID-19 orders issued by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services carry the same authority as laws passed by the state Legislature.
By Captain Laura Kovary –
Almost every global supply chain has been affected during the Covid-19 pandemic with high demand for some products, delays caused by both truck and longshore labor shortages, and equipment shortages due to blank sailings last spring resulting in the bullwhip effect throughout the supply chain.
Add to these challenges, the recent unprecedented losses of containers overboard, the inability to relocate equipment where it is needed, and aging infrastructure in areas around ports, and you get what could be referred to as the “perfect storm” within the supply chain.
These issues should have the maritime industry, and their insurers, rethinking the concept of the traditional container ship, especially the mega-container ship.
even though it s after 5:00 in the morning want fox 5 s laura evans begins morning. fox 5 s laura evans begins our coverage on this historic day. crowds have been chanting egypt is free for hours now dancing in the street and shooting off fireworks. it is truly an astonishing end to a peaceful revolution. what began as a protest 18 days ago became a historic celebration today. tens of thousands in cairo s main square cheering the resignation of now former egyptian president hosni mubarak. his decision to step down announced on state tv by vice president omar suleiman. president hosni mubarak has decided to leave his position as president of the republic. the news comes one day after mubarak transferred most of his power to the vice president which did not satisfy the protesters. today mubarak complied transferring power instead to the military council. egyptians around the world joined the chorus of cheers from their homeland. in beirut they set off fireworks singing
first-degree murder in the death of chandra levy. the skeletal remains of chandra levy found in rock creek park in may 2002. the 24-year-old intern had been missing for a year. for more than nine years, susan 11y, chandra s mother, has conducted a crusade to find her daughter s killer. susan levy in the courtroom day wh the verdict was announced. this verdict today i don t know. there is always going to be a feelg of sadness. likethe word you used, a sense of peace. i ve never heard too many people say that. i plan to be here and have followed up on what happened to my daughter no, mtter how hard it has been for me personally. i m not sure if it is a sense of peace but i could surely till, it ain t closure. reporter: may 1, 2001. chandra levy went missing from her apartment near dupont circle. the story goes national when it is revealed the 24-year-old intern was romantically involved with marriedcalifornia congressman gary condit. condit denied having anything to do
the judge thanked them for their service. late this afternoon, u.s. attorney ron machin, the police chief cathy lanier and the team that investigated and prosecuted guandique made a statement in front of the courthouse. our hearts go out to the levy family, which has shown remarkable strength and courage throughout the ordeal. while today s verdict won t give them back their daughter, we hope it gives them some level of comfort and helps them to move forward. i can t imagine what it must be like to lose a child. unfortunately in this child, i see too many parents who lost children. but, if i did, i know there was mold there would be nothing to make me feel better than to have police officers, police detectives and prosecutors who really care about the family and to bring closure for the family. reporter: one of the detectives who closed the case was in the courtroom for the verdict. he, along with detective todd williams and emilio martinez, secured the arrest warrant