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Helen DeVos Children's Hospital celebrates 10 year anniversary of the Blue Building and last updated 2021-01-11 06:22:39-05 GRAND RAPIDS — Helen DeVos Children's Hospital is marking 10 years following the opening of the Big Blue Building along the Medical Mile. It was on January 11, 2011, the hospital opened the new facility offering expanded specialized care for babies, children, and teens. It's one of 220 childcare's hospitals around the country. “Those who saw the need years ago for specialized care for our youngest patients were true visionaries. Without them, Helen DeVos Childr...

Carlos Osorio/Getty Images Michigan lawmakers will have advanced more than two dozen criminal justice reform bills when they close the current session this week. Governor Whitmer created a bipartisan commission in 2019 to look at jails across the state to better understand the problem. Much of the reform effort is modeled on its recommendations. The overhaul aim to reduce the state's jail population, which has tripled over the past 3 decades even as crime rates have fallen to a 50-year low.  Supporters spanned grassroots racial justice organizations to Amway co-...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The wealthy owners of America’s Cup sailing teams in New Zealand might miss the chance to see those teams in action because they are unable to obtain places in New Zealand’s managed isolation facilities. Radio New Zealand reported Thursday that Jim Ratcliffe, the head of INEOS Team UK, Patrizio Bertelli of Italian challenger Luna Rossa and several high-profile figures associated with U.S. team American Magic have secured visas to come to New Zealand but don’t yet have places in isolation hotels. New Zealand operates a system under which anyone traveling ...

America's Cup backers still waiting for managed isolation vouchers 16 Dec, 2020 05:31 PM 4 minutes to read Luna Rossa boss Patrizio Bertelli, left, has been granted a border exemption but is not yet here. Photo / File Luna Rossa boss Patrizio Bertelli, left, has been granted a border exemption but is not yet here. Photo / File RNZ At least five wealthy backers of the challenger teams to the America's Cup are struggling to enter the country in time to watch their yachts race. Information provided to RNZ shows the owners of the Italian team Luna Rossa, UK team Ineos and American Magic have been...

America's Cup Minister, Stuart Nash, said his staff are working on it. "We do understand that owners have invested a significant amount of money here so it's a very fine balancing act about getting this right. Servicing the needs of Kiwis overseas who want to come home, but also ensuring that the men and women who've invested millions of dollars in this can take some part in it." Anyone entering the country is required to stay in a Government managed isolation or quarantine facility - private yachts are still off the cards. "We've really resisted bespoke quarantine. That's what happened in Me...