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FPC Michigan Supreme Court Brief On University of Michigan Carry Ban Ammoland Inc. Posted on FPS is challenging the University of Michigan’s campus-wide ban on carry.  iStock-Artfully79-696928080.jpg U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) announced the filing of an important brief in the case of  Wade v. University of Michigan, currently before the Michigan Supreme Court. The brief, authored by FPC’s Director of Constitutio...

Michigan is one of the stingiest states in the nation when it comes to funding public health. Is it any wonder we’re having trouble in a pandemic?

The annual State of the State address is an opportunity for governors to outline their past success and define their future goals. In this trying time, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should move Michigan beyond the health and economic uncertainty of COVID and deliver a plan that provides goals in a way…

HOLLAND — While Michigan health officials have announced more people would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, health departments across the state have said they need more doses to begin the next round of vaccinations.That includes Ottawa County, where officials are saying the state’s announcement has put its health department in a "huge service delivery and public relations bind" since residents are calling for vaccines that aren’t available yet.&q...

WEST MICHIGAN — While Michigan officials announced essential frontline workers and residents will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Monday, Jan. 11, some rural health departments in Michigan are reporting they won’t be able to meet that date.Multiple rural health departments have announced they will continue to focus on groups eligible for vaccinations in Phase 1A — health care workers and people living and working in long-term health care facilities

Snowbirds beware: 2 snow and ice storms if you are driving southeast in next 10 days Updated Jan 07, 2021; While Michigan’s weather looks non-wintry through next Thursday, the same can’t be said if you are driving south to a warmer climate. There will be two storm systems rolling through Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and north Georgia. Both of these storms will have a swath of snow mixed with freezing rain. The first storm will cross Tennessee, north Georgia and the Carolinas tonig...

What about Jim Harbaugh’s staff? They’re waiting, too Updated Jan 06, 2021; Posted Jan 06, 2021 Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh on the sidelines in the first quarter of an NCAA college football game against Wisconsin in Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Ding)AP Facebook Share While we all wait on a decision from Jim Harbaugh, perhaps no one’s in limbo more than his coaching staff. Six Michigan assistants are set to watch their contracts expire on Monday, creatin...

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Wednesday, Dec. 30, coronavirus data by county: Down to 15 counties above 10% positivity rate Updated Dec 30, 2020; Posted Dec 30, 2020 This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Facebook Share The good news: 62 counties were above that benchmark four weeks ago today. The bad news: On the last Wednesday in October, only four counties were abov...

Michigan’s favorite Christmas treat is not what you’d expect Updated Dec 11, 2020; Posted Dec 11, 2020 In this file photo is a ricotta cheesecake costs at Sauce Italian American Kitchen, located on the first level of the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Flint. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com Facebook Share While Michigan’s neighbor Wisconsin is generally known as the top cheese-loving state, it’s Michiganders who are all-in on a cheese-based dessert this holiday season. The Mi...