A Republican legislative leader in Michigan apologized Tuesday after falsely claiming supporters of President Donald Trump were not involved in the deadly attack at the U.S. Capitol, having called it a“ hoax.”. Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey made the comments last Wednesday while meeting with leaders of the Hillsdale County GOP, according to a video.
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And while the Associated Press and Coaches polls won’t be released until next Monday, Kansas has already done the work of rising in some other, more regularly updated rankings. Kansas hopped back into CBS Sports’ Top 25 and 1 in the wake of the Jayhawks’ 78-66 win over a ranked Oklahoma State team (albeit at No. 26), while Kansas moved back into the top 25 of statistics website KenPom’s rankings, at No. 25.
The Jayhawks, currently sitting at 13-7 on the year and 7-5 in league play, were set to face K-State in Manhattan on Tues., Feb. 16. That game will now take place on Wed., Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. CT. The Jayhawks had previous Big 12 games against TCU, Iowa State and Texas also adjusted due to various reasons.
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LANSING Michigan House Republicans last week voted to authorize spending $22.6 million in federal funding for COVID-19 vaccine distribution but included an unusual caveat: Health providers would be required to inform recipients if the vaccine was developed using “aborted fetal tissue.”
The language highlights ethical concerns often raised by religious groups opposed to abortion about medical research. Such “informed consent” wouldn’t be necessary for the two vaccines currently available in the United States, but experts fear it would sow confusion and deter residents from getting inoculated.
Pharmaceutical companies sometimes use what are called “fetal tissue lines” to develop, test or produce vaccines. The cells used in modern research do not come directly from a fetus but are dervied from tissue obtained during voluntary abortion decades earlier.
Michigan GOP rejects five more Whitmer appointees over pandemic restrictions
By David Eggert
LANSING, Mich. - Senate Republicans on Wednesday rejected five more appointees nominated by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in a renewed attempt to voice displeasure with not having input into her administration s pandemic restrictions.
The move came a week after the Senate blocked 13 gubernatorial nominees to send a message. Those disapproved Wednesday include appointees to three university governing boards Grand Valley State, Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan and the state cosmetology board.
The state health department has lifted many gathering restrictions that were imposed in November to curb spiking coronavirus cases. But the GOP opposes remaining limits such as a 25% capacity limit at restaurants and a ban on youth contact sports and contends that Whitmer has circumvented the Legislature after losing a major emergency-powers case at the state Supreme Court.