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Republicans on Wednesday passed similar bills, largely along party lines in both legislative chambers, which seek to exempt high school commencement ceremonies from emergency epidemic orders – marking the latest round of policy debate over coronavirus pandemic restrictions. Passing the Senate by a 21-15 vote was SB 335, which would exempt […]
A fire early Wednesday morning destroyed a Chippewa County church. Area fire departments first responded to a fire at the Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Mission Catholic Church just before 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. The church opened in 1967 after the previous church on that site was destroyed by a fire. Church members […]
The Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School District announced $37 million will go towards increasing internet connectivity in the area. The money comes from the The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund and will serve those in rural locations. “We have 6,400 students across the 4,000 square miles of the eastern U.P. and […]
A significant majority of Canadians like the idea of a vaccine passport for international travel and it appears that their government is going to deliver a solution. Canadian Health Minister Patty Hajdu says her government supports the idea of a “vaccine passport” and will come up with a form of […]
A Court of Claims judge on Wednesday denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by a group of high school athletes who sued the director of the Department of Health and Human Services over health orders that imposed coronavirus testing requirements and other restriction upon high school athletics. Judge Michael […]
Three of five men charged in the kidnapping plot against Governor Gretchen Whitmer will face new federal charges, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and additional federal firearms charges for at least two of them, a U.S. attorney said Wednesday after an amended superseding indictment was filed in the U.S. District […]
A 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday unanimously upheld a district court ruling against a Department of Corrections inmate with a history of filing frivolous claims who had exhausted the third-strike rule for prisoners filing lawsuits against the state without paying an initial filing fee. In a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen from him. On Capitol Hill, Rep. Liz Cheney of […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis and a top expert warning that the coming weeks in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people will be “horrible.” India’s official count of coronavirus cases surpassed […]
n Idaho cop was suspended this week after a video of him poking fun at NBA star LeBron James went viral on TikTok. Last week, after an officer killed a teenage girl wielding a knife to save the life of another black girl, James threatened the cop in a Twitter post that […]