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Flashpoint Interview: Michigan’s chief medical executive talks strategy as COVID cases slow
Read full article: Flashpoint Interview: Michigan’s chief medical executive talks strategy as COVID cases slowWe’re talking with Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Michigan’s chief medical executive, as the state adjusts its pandemic response strategy with cases slowing down.
Local leaders press Michigan lawmakers for COVID financial relief measures
Read full article: Local leaders press Michigan lawmakers for COVID financial relief measuresLANSING, Mich. – A day ahead of Michigan lawmakers returning to work in Lansing, mayors and business leaders on Monday called on the federal and state governments for coronavirus pandemic relief as Gov. “I think 2021 and 2022 are going to be some of the toughest times facing municipal governments certainly since the Great Recession, perhaps even worse,” said Michigan State University professor Eric Scorsone during a Monday press conference. Scorsone has done work with Michigan municipalities like Lansing, Flint and Detroit. READ: Michigan governor, state legislature far apart on COVID-19 responseAlso on the table for discussion is the state’s election. There has been no evidence of fraud in Michigan’s election and the Michigan Board of State Canvassers certified the 2020 election results last week.
AG Dana Nessel and President Trump trade insults after Ypsilanti visit
Read full article: AG Dana Nessel and President Trump trade insults after Ypsilanti visitOn his way out of the state, President Donald Trump, sounded off about a third Michigan woman in power in as many days, this time naming Attoreny General Dana Nessel in a insult laden tweet. The Wacky Do Nothing Attorney General of Michigan, Dana Nessel, is viciously threatening Ford Motor Company for the fact that I inspected a Ventilator plant without a mask, Mr. Trump said in a tweet. A court just upheld that, upheld the governor's orders just hours ago, and even in Ford it is their own policy. The president is like a petulant child who refuses to follow the rules, Nessel said in an interview with CNNs Wolf Blitzer referencing a court case brought by Republican state legislators. Host of NBCs Meet The Press, Chuck Todd, said on Friday that Nessel should proceed with caution.