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SOS Benson calls for passage of voter protection act
The act would create minimum standards needed to protect our democracy and every citizen’s freedom to vote,” Benson said.
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks to members of the press at her polling location, Pasteur Elementary School, during primary election day Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020 in Detroit. (Nicole Hester/Mlive.com/Ann Arbor News via AP) Author: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Staff Published: 10:35 AM EDT May 11, 2021 Updated: 10:35 AM EDT May 11, 2021
LANSING, Mich Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has submitted a letter to the Senate calling for the passage of the For the People Act (S.1). She says the act will protect democracy and the freedom to vote.
‘They don’t care’: Blue Cross bashed for making union employees work in person, skirting COVID-19 rules
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
Posted Apr 28, 2021
Outside of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan building on Jefferson Avenue, on Monday April, 26, 2021 in Detroit Michigan. Nicole Hester/ MLive.com
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On the surface, Michigan’s largest health insurance company – Blue Cross Blue Shield – has championed health precautions and safety throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
But behind the scenes, long-time employees are quitting and some have had panic attacks because of the company’s apparent apathy toward COVID-19 protocols, workers say.
Blue Cross Blue Shield sent almost all of its nonunion employees home at the start of the pandemic and they’ve been working remotely ever since. But the company’s 1,500 unionized employees haven’t been so lucky – while they were home for a couple days last March, they’ve been forced to work from the office ever sinc
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After Derek Chauvin’s conviction, we need to change the way police do their jobs | PennLive Editorial
Updated 11:54 AM;
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The jury has spoken and confirmed what millions of people saw with their own eyes. A police officer killed a handcuffed Black man in broad daylight as dozens of people begged him to stop.