Blog tagged as COVID-19

Mackinac Report: Large Chunk Of COVID School Spending Went To Higher Salaries 

04/16/24 10:28 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Mackinac Report: Large Chunk Of COVID School Spending Went To Higher Salaries 
A new Mackinac Center for Public Policy report shows a large amount of COVID-19 school relief funds went to bolster salaries, both in charter and public schools.

Lessons Learned From COVID-19: The Power Of Communication

05/16/23 10:52 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Lessons Learned From COVID-19: The Power Of Communication
Health departments, both state and local, learned many lessons from going through the COVID-19 pandemic. Communications, making friends and funding stood out as top of mind.

Lucido Can't Connect Dots On Nursing Home Deaths

04/19/23 11:35 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Lucido Can't Connect Dots On Nursing Home Deaths

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 04/18/23) In the midst of the back and forth between the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer administration and the then-GOP-controlled Legislature over COVID-19 nursing home deaths, the Macomb County prosecutor launched an investigation into that issue within his jurisdiction.

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Different Appeals Court Says Supremes Could Make COVID Rules

01/31/23 07:01 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Different Appeals Court Says Supremes Could Make COVID Rules
Whether the Michigan Supreme Court had authority to extend filing deadlines during the COVID-19 pandemic remains an issue of differing views in the Court of Appeals.

Birth-Death Ratio Negative In Michigan, Life Expectancy Drops

01/03/23 02:46 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Birth-Death Ratio Negative In Michigan, Life Expectancy Drops
More people have died in Michigan than were born in 2020 and 2021 causing a negative birth rate for the state for the first time since the collection of such data began in 1900.