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January 11, 2021
The state is auditing 2020’s November election results statewide starting Monday.
It’s expected to be the biggest election audit in the nation, covering more local jurisdictions than ever before.
The Michigan Department of State says it’s beginning the audit at 11 a.m. and will be livestreaming the first step on social media.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says she hopes the audit will clear up “the high volume of misinformation spread about what was an incredibly safe, secure and accurate election.”
The audit will begin randomly selecting more than 18,000 ballots for review. Clerks will have two weeks to review the ballots. The audit will compare the hand-counted totals to the machine-tabulated results.
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January 8, 2021
U.S. Capitol Police say an officer has died from injuries he received while on duty at the capitol during the riots.
Officer Brian D. Sicknick was injured while engaging with the mob of Trump loyalists. He collapsed after returning to his division office and was taken to the hospital.
His death is being called a tragedy and will be investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch, the USCP, and federal law enforcement.
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January 8, 2021
A top federal prosecutor in Michigan is asking people to tip the FBI if they know who joined the Capitol mob.
U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider covers a 34-county area, including metro Detroit. He says investigators will be reviewing surveillance footage and other evidence.
Six Michigan men were arrested by D.C. police, four of them were for curfew violations. One of them was arrested for unlawful entry and violating the curfew. Another faces gun charges.
This comes after U.S. Capitol Police say an officer died of injuries he received from the mob of Trump loyalists while on duty at the capitol. Learn more about that here.
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December 30, 2020
The Sault Tribe just received way more vaccines than it expected.
They expected a shipment of 185 doses, like before, but what rolled in on Tuesday from Pfizer was almost 1,000.
The unexpected large shipment of 975 doses means they can schedule even more appointments than they originally thought. It also means they need to get more needles and syringes some doses of the vaccine don’t have them.
Now the tribe is working to contact elders by phone and by using ads with local radio stations.
The health division is giving priority to health division team members, elders who are 60 or older, and critical workers.
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December 30, 2020
The investigation was requested by Sen. Jim Runestad.
The nonprofit was contracted by the state health department to perform COVID-19 contact tracing services.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a 29-page report on Wednesday outlining the findings of her investigative team.
Her office says it found “no evidence of criminal conduct.”
Nessel released a statement saying, “I appreciate the concern raised by Sen. Runestad but I also appreciate the reality under which this contract was pursued,” said Nessel. “With the benefit of hindsight, there may have been a better way to accomplish the Department’s ultimate purpose but we found no evidence of criminality. Instead, it appears the imperfect process used here was mainly a result of the Department’s attempt to get a contact-tracing program underway as quickly as possible in light of the dire public health crisis.”