Since the start of the pandemic, nearly 3 million Michigan workers have applied for unemployment benefits, Whitmer said. Currently, more than 600,000 individuals are still receiving benefits and nearly 80% of those workers rely on the soon-to-expire CARES Act programs for support.
Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson announced post-election audits Thursday morning after all 83 counties voted to certify the Nov. 3 election results. However, Wayne County Republican Canvassers signed affidavits to rescind their votes following Benson's statement.
The 2020 Art History and Visual Culture Undergraduate Symposium will take place as a virtual webinar. Five undergraduate students will present their individual research projects with a common topic of social issues.
First-generation students recount memories of getting accepted to MSU and their ambitions for the future.
The drafted resolution was done in collaboration with the Human Rights Commission (HRC) and Council Member Dana Watson.
John Mulaney was raised Catholic, though his wife, Annamarie Tendler, is Jewish.
As coronavirus cases are reaching record-high numbers, a bipartisan group of governors — including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer — released a video urging residents to mask up and stay safe ahead of the holiday season.
A group of restaurant and hospitality associations filed on Tuesday to remove restrictions imposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Nov. 15 emergency order banning indoor dining for the next three weeks, seeking a preliminary injunction.
In the past week alone, COVID-19 cases in Ingham County have risen by 1,173, daily case counts are nearly twice as high as they were a month ago and the percent of people positive for COVID-19 has more than doubled in the past month.
Ishaan Modi, a Lyman Briggs College representative, mentioned that this would align with one of the ASMSU’s main priorities as student advocates.
International students are excited for the change in dynamic and pandemic policies since Joe Biden was elected President. They reflect on their own experiences in and out of the United States to provide insight.
The event is structured as a Q&A with Mulaney that comedian Derrick Knopsnyder hosts. A few video questions by students will also be included, Nate Strauss said
While all office closures will initially be in place for three weeks, they may be extended based on the status of coronavirus cases and public health directives, according to a press release.
“I know this news comes at a time when many are already tired, stressed and overwhelmed by the ongoing pandemic," President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. said. "But as I said last week, we cannot let our guard down. The virus continues to spread, and we need to take the actions we know will stop or slow it down."
“Our word for today is unprecedented,” NextGen Michigan Press Secretary Lateshia Parker said in an email. “This year has been unprecedented for us all, but the turnout of young voters has been unprecedented to the state and country.”
In a release sent Monday, Sparrow Health System expressed a strong support for the newly issued emergency order, stating adhering to it is critical in addressing the surge of positive COVID-19 cases.
MSU’s Center for Survivors received funding from the Victims of Crimes Act Fund to pay for the program’s staff and equipment.
The letter issued on behalf of the Michigan Bureau of Elections said the short timeframe given for a reply is “unduly burdensome."
Michigan is currently labeled as high risk, along with 42 of 50 states, according to a map by COVID Act Now. This means the states are either facing an active outbreak or could be in the future — the preparedness level has dipped under standards, while the cases have not.
Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum announced Monday that the results of Nov. 3 general election have been certified in Ingham County.