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Detroit students will receive computer tablets as part of $23 million program...
In mid-March Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered all Michigan schools to remain closed through the academic school year in an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus, forcing Detroit Public...
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Detroit students have fundamental right to literacy, appeals court rules
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Detroit public schools students, which argued the district deprived the students of their right to an education while it was...
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Coronavirus has killed nearly 3,000 Michigan residents, infected another 35,000
Nearly 3,000 people with the coronavirus have now died in Michigan, a figure that has been increasing by more than 100 a day. The state reported 164 new deaths on Thursday, bringing its total to 2,977.…
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Northern Michigan could have high coronavirus death rate
For now, southeast Michigan has been the region of the state hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with the vast majority of the cases in metro Detroit. However, experts warn that once social...
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Whitmer extends stay-at-home order into May but allows some businesses to reopen
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended her stay-at-home order through May 15 but lifted restrictions to allow some non-essential businesses to reopen. Activities like golf and motor-boating, which...
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Michigan surpasses 3,000 coronavirus deaths and 36,600 positive cases
The Michigan death toll from the coronavirus pandemic climbed past 3,000 on Thursday, with 108 new casualties reported Friday. In the past two weeks, the state has averaged 131 new deaths a day.…
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Duggan requires COVID-19 tests for grocery store workers, estimates 1 of 10...
Mayor Mike Duggan, estimating that a tenth of all metro Detroit residents have been infected with the coronavirus, is requiring every grocery store employee in the city to get tested. With the...
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Michigan state senator wore Confederate flag face mask to session over...
Republican Sen. Dale Zorn is gaslighting us. On Friday, Zorn wore a Confederate flag face mask on the Senate floor during a session addressing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's emergency powers and the...
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Half of Detroiters fear they'll run out of money within 3 months because of...
About half of Detroiters believe they are likely to go broke in the next three months if the coronavirus lockdown continues for that long and there’s no financial assistance to families, according to...
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Michigan attorney general tells police to be lenient with businesses unable...
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is asking law enforcement to consider "good faith efforts" for businesses that are not able to supply its workers with protective face coverings, a critical tool...
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Michigan's coronavirus death toll reaches 3,407, with more than 38,000...
Michigan reported 92 new deaths from the coronavirus on Monday, bringing the state total to 3,407. In the past two weeks, the state has averaged 128 new deaths a day.…
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Whitmer to reengage the economy based on coronavirus data
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday said she will begin reopening Michigan's economy based on sector, geography, and data on coronavirus cases and hospital capacity. To help her decide where and when to...
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Coronavirus swept through metro Detroit nursing homes, killing at least 700
As the highly contagious coronavirus swept through nursing homes in southeast Michigan, public health officials struggled to contain the deadly spread and protect the state’s most vulnerable...
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Metro Times writer Biba Adams discusses losing three family members to...
Longtime Detroit scribe Biba Adams had just started as a full-time staff writer at Metro Times, which she described as a "dream job," when the coronavirus crisis hit Detroit. Unfortunately, she was...
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Nicholas Proffitt, suspect in Islamic center arson, has a history of...
A Missouri man has been arrested for setting an Islamic center on fire in what authorities believe was a hate-fueled attack. Nicholas Proffitt, 42, of Cape Girardeau, was taken into custody on Monday...
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Michigan is flattening the coronavirus curve and increasing testing capacity
Michigan’s stay-at-home order has one purpose: Stop the deadly spread of the coronavirus. And it appears to be working.…
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Michigan reports 160 new coronavirus deaths, pushing total to 3,567, as...
Michigan reported 160 new deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, bringing the state’s total to 3,567. Of those, 40 were older cases found in a review of backlogged death certificates.…
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Justin Amash officially exploring Libertarian Party presidential campaign
Self-described "lowercase 'L'" libertarian Justin Amash is looking to become an uppercase "L" Libertarian. The Grand Rapids-based U.S. Representative announced on Tuesday that he has launched an...
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Some Michiganders are still waiting for their unemployment checks more than a...
Show MI the money On March 16, when Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered the state's schools to close at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic in Michigan, Tarissa King was faced with a choice: She...
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Donald Trump and the Death Cult are putting people in danger to own the libs
At 6:41 a.m. on Tuesday, an ornery Donald Trump hopped on Twitter to hate on MSNBC's Morning Joe and beat his chest about how much Republicans love him and how that proved how well he was handling the...
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