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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking for federal pandemic money to be allocated toward COVID-19 testing in Michigan schools.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmers administration said Tuesday it wants...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmers administration said Tuesday it wants...

Whitmers administration said Tuesday it wants lawmakers to quickly allocate $300 million in federal funding to support COVID-19 testing at schools amid a fourth surge of infections in Michigan.

Michigan has more than $8 billion in COVID-19 aid, with billions more in infrastructure money on the way. But deciding how to spend it will take time.

Michigan has more than $8 billion in COVID-19 aid, with billions more in infrastructure money on the way. But deciding how to spend it will take time.

Michigan has more than $8 billion in COVID-19 aid, with billions more in infrastructure money on the way. But deciding how to spend it will take time.

For 26-year-old Candance Prunty, life in Springfield, Ohio revolved around her three sons, ages 1, 4 and 7. So, on October 21, 2015, the first sign that something wasn’t right was that Prunty failed to pick up her boys from school. Family members went to check on her at home and found her shot to death on the kitchen floor. There was no sign of a break-in, but Prunty’s phone wasn’t at the scene.

The COVID relief plan that sent billions of dollars from Washington to states went into effect months ago. Michigan has spent only a fraction of those recovery dollars.

Detroit has spent less than $80,000 of the more than $826 million in COVID-19 relief funds it received; the state had spent none of its $6.5 billion by the end of July. Many blame politics for the slow spending.