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Stateside, after more than a year of masking up and physical distancing, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has set an end date to pandemic restrictions. But many businesses say they still need more clarity. Also, an ACLU report says U.S. Customs and Border Protection is extending its reach far beyond the actual border with Canada. Plus, a preview of a new PBS documentary looking at Hamtramck’s evolving political landscape.
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Whitmer ditches benchmarks, announces June, July re-openings
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The announcement signals the end of social and business restrictions that have upended life since the first case of the deadly virus arrived in Michigan in March 2020, infecting nearly 890,000 residents and killing 18,740.
The decision marks the second major revision of Whitmer’s “vacc to normal” plan in the past two weeks.
The first-term Democrat last week lifted the state’s mask mandate for fully vaccinated residents following new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Those CDC guidelines, which also said social distancing is no longer necessary for fully vaccinated people, warranted further revisions to the state’s reopening plan, Whitmer said.
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