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9 & 10 News January 26, 2021 Two northern Michigan lawmakers have been appointed to the state’s vaccine promotion commission. State Senator Curt VanderWall from Ludington and Representative John Roth from Grand Traverse County will both serve on the commission. The goal is to share information about the vaccine statewide. The commission will also look at the issues the state’s running into in vaccine distribution. Both lawmakers say making sure rural areas have enough doses is a priority for them. “Understand that there’s more people than we have vaccine, that want the shot but we continue to work with the producers of the vaccines, we know that they’re stepping up production,” said VanderWall. ....
John Levanen / FLICKR In a scathing letter, several Michigan legislators urged the state Department of Natural Resources to renew all commercial fishing licenses and permits from 2020. That’s after the DNR announced new restrictions that close the fishery for part of the year and limit the depth where fishers can catch whitefish to 80 feet. “The whole industry is out of business at that 80 feet,” Dennis VanLandschoot, of VanLandschoot & Sons Fish Market in Munising, told IPR News earlier this month. “We won’t even put our boats in the water.” These changes would not affect tribal fishers, whose fishing rights are guaranteed under federal treaty. ....