Advocates say coming auto insurance change to harm past crash victims needing critical care
By Taryn Asher and David Komer online producer
Published
Auto insurance reform changes expected to leave many without critical care
New auto insurance reforms are set to take effect in July. But there could be an unintended consequences that some say would hurt those most vulnerable as they recover from life-threatening auto accident injuries.
It is part of the auto insurance reform that went unnoticed until it was signed into law - and now if lawmakers don t do something about it - there will not be critical care for people who cannot care for themselves.
Republicans consider whether to block Whitmer s health chief
By DAVID EGGERT
Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Republican senators critical of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer s handling of the coronavirus pandemic are weighing whether to reject her appointee to run the state health department, which has issued orders restricting business capacity and gatherings to limit COVID-19 s spread.
Elizabeth Hertel took over the Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 22, the day Robert Gordon abruptly resigned. Her appointment will stand unless the GOP-controlled Senate blocks it by March 23. No affirmative vote is required.
Hertel s nomination is drawing considerably more attention than any in years. She has spent hours answering questions in two Advice and Consent Committee hearings and may return for a third meeting this week.
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and wife spent millions helping Michigan hold elections
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
Posted Feb 28, 2021
FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2016, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, smile as they prepare for a speech in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) APAP
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Local election clerks received millions in private funding to help pay for it.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, through their Chan Zuckerberg Initiative charitable foundation and by way of a Chicago-based nonprofit named the Center for Technology and Civic Life, contributed $400 million nationwide for election operations in 2020 with the stated goal of promoting safe and reliable voting.