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Date Time Black Michiganders with COVID-19 suffer worse health, socioeconomic outcomes than whites Black COVID-19 survivors experience worse outcomes related to care access, recovery, and social and economic factors when compared to their white counterparts, according to research on the impact of COVID-19 on Michiganders. The work, part of the Michigan COVID-19 Recovery Surveillance Study, is being conducted through a partnership with the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the M...

with a tunnel, would be put out for bid at the end of february. if it has not gone out -- if it has, then that is exciting, but if it has not, i would put to the board here the possibility of maybe even waiting an extra couple of weeks. on march 25, the citys new local hiring law kicks in, and we might be able to take advantage of that with the guideway tunnel. a couple of things to point out, if we get to that kind of update, and even if it has gone up to date, what is the plan for do...

guideway tunnel. a couple of things to point out, if we get to that kind of update, and even if it has gone up to date, what is the plan for doing local hiring? because there is a lot of people really excited about this. one thing to just highlight, and i think a lot of us will be engaging the mta more about this, was there is the idea of that sense about 50% of the funding was federal for central subway, we not be -- we might not be able to do local hiring. that is changing now. in d....

local hiring law for construction, which applies to construction that is going to elevate opportunities for communities to work on these exciting projects. i kind of just wanted to see if we could request an update for the status of central subway. i know there were some publications that the first leg of the project, called the guy with a tunnel, would be put out for bid at the end of february. if it has not gone out -- if it has, then that is exciting, but if it has not, i would put ...

guideway tunnel. a couple of things to point out, if we get to that kind of update, and even if it has gone up to date, what is the plan for doing local hiring? because there is a lot of people really excited about this. one thing to just highlight, and i think a lot of us will be engaging the mta more about this, was there is the idea of that sense about 50% of the funding was federal for central subway, we not be -- we might not be able to do local hiring. that is changing now. in d....

national have apparently has an arrangement that allows them to charge 5% on the credit card charges. this is a little bit of a problem because the banks only charge something like -- what? 3%? drivers are reporting subversively because they could lose their jobs. they are paying between 5% or 10% normally for credit card charges. you know how much that adds up to -- a lot. a lot of these people are using credit cards to take care of their rights, and i will address some of the other i...