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Published June 28, 2021 at 6:04 PM CDT KGOU Transcript Dick Pryor: This is Capitol Insider, your weekly look inside Oklahoma politics, policy and government. I m Dick Pryor with eCapitol news director Shawn Ashley. Shawn, Governor Stittt has interviewed around a dozen candidates for the open state attorney general position. What is he looking for? Shawn Ashley: Stitt said June twenty-first that since this is the chief law enforcement person in the state, he s looking for someone with a really strong ethical compass and really great management skills. He said the pick also should be someone who lines up with Oklahoma s values and can manage the agency and defend the state, perhaps against federal overreach and someone that is going to be a great representative of the state of Oklahoma. ....
University of Michigan instructors call for campus-wide COVID-19 vaccine mandate Updated May 08, 2021; Posted May 08, 2021 A sign showing a masked student hangs from a concrete kiosk at the entrance to the Diag on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020.Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com Facebook Share ANN ARBOR, MI – Hundreds of faculty at the University of Michigan have signed a petition calling for a campus-wide COVID-19 vaccine mandate, saying the university’s current vaccine plan is “nonsensical.” The petition, which was started on May 5 and had 869 signatures as of noon Saturday, says UM is lagging behind more than 200 other institutions, including 79 public institutions, that are requiring students to be vaccinated. ....
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Councilman stripped of assignments, county reacts to Chauvin verdict: Ann Arbor headlines April 17-22 Today 10:30 AM Council Member Jeff Hayner, D-1st Ward, speaks at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting on Oct. 21, 2019.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News Facebook Share Here is that headline and some more you might have missed this week. Ann Arbor City Council Member Jeff Hayner has been removed from several city boards, commissions and committees for using a quote on social media attacking journalists with a homophobic slur. “Such derogatory language is harmful to the LGBTQ community,” council stated in a resolution Tuesday morning, April 20, condemning Hayner’s remarks and recommending he attend anti-discrimination, diversity and sensitivity training. ....
Mandatory COVID vaccination for students, staff, faculty urged by University of Michigan group Updated Apr 20, 2021; Facebook Share ANN ARBOR, MI The University of Michigan’s Senate Assembly has passed a resolution supporting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff. The measure passed by a vote of 25 to 4 on Monday, April 19, with four members abstaining, officials said. The Senate Assembly supports the safe return of all students, faculty and staff for in-person activities in the fall semester, as well as mandatory vaccination for the UM community, with limited legally mandated exceptions, according to the resolution. The university currently is not requiring people to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but strongly encourages UM community members to do so. ....