by Josh Dawsey WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have contracted the coronavirus, he announced early Friday, after months in which he has played down a pandemic that has killed more than 205,000 Americans and sickened millions more. Trump, 74, was diagnosed hours after it became publicly known that Hope Hicks, a […]
MUSKEGON— As Mercy Health Muskegon finalizes its third and final phase of construction and renovation on its 10-story medical center at Mercy Campus, 1500 E. Sherman Boulevard, leadership is preparing to move its Trauma II Emergency Care from Hackley Hospital to the Mercy Campus, at the medical center’s Fazakerley Family Emergency Center. The soon-to-be vacated Hackley […]
Baker College is excited to host speaker, editor and educator, Jesse Hagopian, for our virtual 2020 Fall Unity Summit! Jesse is an award-winning educator and leading voice on education equity. He is also a co-editor of the new book Teaching for Black Lives, and editor of More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes […]
Lansing – Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed her second budget into law, ensuring that Michigan has its spending plan in place prior to the start of the new fiscal year on October 1. The budget delivers on many of her signature priorities, including the Michigan Reconnect program for a tuition-free pathway for adults, funding for the […]
Providing new educational opportunities for prospective foresters is the goal of a new collaboration between Michigan State University (MSU) Department of Forestry, the Institute of Agricultural Technology (IAT), Muskegon Community College (MCC) and Bay College (BC). Justin Kunkle, assistant director of undergraduate studies in the MSU Department of Forestry and HEC project director, is leading […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer took further action to save lives and protect the health and safety of Michiganders by extending the State of Emergency until October 27, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Executive Order 2020-186 will allow the state to continue to mobilize resources and take the reasonable and necessary steps to protect Michiganders and their families. The governor also extended four executive orders […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced that the Healthy Michigan Plan is now providing health care coverage to more than 800,000 low-income residents for the first time. Gov. Whitmer stated on her official Facebook account, “I was proud to work across the aisle on this as Senate Democratic Leader, and I will continue working with anyone […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Orders 2020-183, which amends the MI Safe Start order to reopen movie theaters and performance venues and 2020-185, which requires face coverings for students in grades K-5. “Michigan took some of the most aggressive action against COVID-19 in the country, and as a result, the health of our families and our economy are faring better than our neighbors […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-182 and Executive Directive 2020-10 to create the MI Healthy Climate Plan. The governor’s comprehensive plan will protect Michiganders’ public health and the environment and help develop new clean energy jobs by putting Michigan on a path towards becoming fully carbon-neutral by 2050. “The science is clear – climate […]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18, 2020. According to sources her cause of death was reported to be complications from pancreatic cancer. She was 87. Nominated by President Bill Clinton in June of 1993, Ginsburg took her seat on the highest court on August 10th of that year. Noted for […]