Article Summary – A special federal rule put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic allowed people to stay on Medicaid without proving eligibility and prevented states from removing them; this rule increased Michigan’s Medicaid enrolment to 3 million. However, since the rule was lifted last year, only about half of
Article Summary – Michigan’s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed House Bill 4676, introduced by Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Young, into law, ensuring that children in foster care have adequate access to education. The law amends the Michigan Foster Care and Adoption Services Act and mandates children in foster care
Article Summary – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bill 4676, aimed at ensuring foster care children have appropriate access to education. The bill makes amendments to the Michigan Foster Care and Adoption Services Act requiring that foster care children receive an education that prioritizes high school graduation requirements, allows
Article Summary – The Department of Commerce has approved Michigan’s plan to increase access to broadband internet and digital skills training, sponsored by the Digital Equity Act. The plan, released by Michigan’s Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, estimates that around 30% of Michigan households lack fast internet access or
Article Summary – The US Department of Commerce has approved Michigan’s plan to address broadband internet access and digital skills training deficiencies in the state. The Digital Equity Plan, developed via the state’s Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s High-Speed Internet Office, identifies that around 30% of Michigan households lack
Article Summary – Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed the Michigan Family Protection Act into law, decriminalizing paid gestational surrogacy contracts and ending Michigan’s status as the only U.S. state where such contracts were illegal. The new law repeals a 1988 prohibition against paid surrogacy contracts, creating protections for surrogates,
Article Summary – Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen Nicole Shanahan, a wealthy attorney and entrepreneur, as his running mate for the upcoming presidential election. Shanahan, who has previously contributed to Kennedy’s campaign, shares his concerns over the US food supply and skepticism of medicine and vaccines.
Article Summary – Michigan lawmakers have allocated $4.5 million for a pilot medical debt relief program. The funds, which will be administered with the help of RIP Medical Debt, a national nonprofit, will be provided directly to local governments to assist residents. To qualify, residents must be at or under
Article Summary – Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign could face a setback in Nevada due to the failure to name a running mate when filing his petition, leaving the 15,000 signatures collected in the state potentially void. As Kennedy is set to reveal his running mate, the campaign
TL/DR – A high-impact winter storm is set to affect areas from California to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with about 14 million people currently under winter weather alerts. The storm has already resulted in significant snow accumulation in parts of Utah and Arizona, with blizzard conditions predicted for Colorado to Minnesota,
Article Summary – Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert turned herself in to Michigan authorities following an indictment for 2020 election tampering. Lambert was arrested in Washington, DC and spent a night in jail before her surrender. She was indicted last year in relation to an attempted election system breach in Michigan,
Article Summary – According to a Treasury Department report, over 500,000 families avoided home foreclosures due to financial assistance from the American Rescue Plan. The 2021 legislation created the Homeowner Assistance Fund, which provided over $9.4 billion to states for homeowners’ mortgage payments, insurance costs, and utility bills after the
