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View Comments GRAND RAPIDS – Fully vaccinated workers can work without masks and without social distancing requirements and remote working is no longer required, effective immediately, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday. Whitmer announced streamlined and eased workplace rules at the headquarters of office furniture manufacturer Steelcase in Grand Rapids. “The reason we can take these steps is thanks to every Michigander who has stepped up and taken action to keep themselves, their families...

May 19, 2021 3:00am As some pharmas chart a path back to the office, others are letting certain employees work remotely for the foreseeable future. (Getty / E+ / Orbon Alija) With vaccines putting COVID-19 on the defense in the U.S., many businesses are grappling with the question of when, how and whether employees might return to the office. For drugmakers—many of which had a direct hand in the shots, therapeutics and diagnostics waging war on the pandemic—a consensus is emerging that ful...

Get ready to have some fun! The Craven County Spring Fair is an exciting event for those in Craven and surrounding counties. Due to the pandemic, it has been 18 months since the event has come to the area. It offers a variety of entertainment including live musical guests, rides, games, delicious fair foods. This years event also includes a helicopter ride and a wrestling match.  The Craven County Spring Fair begins Wednesday, May 19 and runs through Sunday, May 23, at the Craven County Fairgr...

It’s been more than a year since the majority of the global workforce were relegated to their home offices. As more people receive the Covid-19 vaccine, companies have been slowly planning on bringing workers back to offices. In the United States, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has relaxed regulations for those who have received the inoculation. The announcement said that those who have received the vaccine don’t have to wear masks or adhere to social distancing requir...

Print this article Some of the largest companies in the country are pushing back on the proposed corporate tax hikes included in President Joe Bidens infrastructure and jobs plan. The stance, while not an outright rejection of the spending outlined in Bidens proposal, mirrors that taken by House and Senate GOP leaders Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell at the White House on Wednesday. The Republican lawmakers told reporters following their Oval Office meeting with Biden that while they reached...

Moving forward, the council will have sign off on all future restrictions during an emergency.  What could happen in other communities? When Holcomb ended the state-wide mask mandate and other COVID-19 restrictions, he left it up to local communities to decide whether to keep any restrictions in place. That means this law applies to all remaining restrictions around the state.  In other communities, there might be more tension if county elected officials, city councils or mayors are in disag...

Listen to the broadcast version of this story. Global pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is planning for employees working from home to return to their Indianapolis offices this summer. Officials say this is another step towards businesses returning to what operations were before the pandemic. With about 40 percent of adult Hoosiers reported vaccinated – nearly 32 percent of all Hoosiers – company officials believe it can start returning to pre-pandemic operations with some safety precautio...

All returning employees must be vaccinated, must mask up and must follow distancing guidelines. Lilly sent employees home earlier than most companies, based on what they were learning in their facilities in China and other parts of the world where COVID had already been spreading. But, the return may also be a signal for better days ahead for downtown Indianapolis, which spent much of the pandemic largely vacant of office workers. “Like most of you, we’re looking forward to seeing downtown ...

View Comments Eli Lilly and Co. announced Monday that 25% of its office workers, or about 1,800 people, will return June 1 amid increasing vaccinations rates and expectations that COVID-19 infections will drop in the summer. The company will allow all of its workers back into the office by July 12, said CEO David Ricks during a news conference outside of its downtown office with Mayor Joe Hogsett. "I know, like most of you, were looking forward to seeing downtown Indianapolis thrive again as mo...

Credit Lauren Chapman / IPB News Eli Lilly is joining other pharmaceutical companies working to fight the surge of COVID-19 cases in India. The country has reported almost 4,000 deaths Wednesday and is averaging over 300,000 new cases a day.  The Indianapolis-based global company is donating COVID-19 treatments to help severe cases in India and other countries struggling with the virus. Lilly is providing three of its COVID-19 treatments found to help treat severe cases to the non-profit group...