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gneese@mininggazette.com HOUGHTON — Local and downstate lawmakers visited sites damaged in the 2018 floods last month as part of an effort to encourage the Department of Natural Resources and the state legislature to provide more funds to restore trails. State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, and Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, organized the event. “I thank Chairman Ed McBroom and Rep. Markkanen for bringing some pretty heavy hitters up to take a look at the properties we have here that unfortunately we still have not addressed,” Commissioner Glenn Anderson said. Also in attendance were st...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Hunter Daniels wins Michigan Works! Association Impact Award for frontline work, career development. Courtesy West Michigan Works! Hunter Daniels is a force of nature when it comes to determination and positivity, and he recently was recognized for using his newfound skills to make a difference in others’ lives. Daniels, 21, moved to Twin Lake from his hometown of Cedar Springs in 2019 after an unsuccessful first year in college at Central Michigan University. Left with a mountain of student debt and no job, Daniels was referred to West Michigan Works! by fam...

Michigan’s hospitality industry fed up with shifting state standards By April 10, 2021 Legislation to tie occupancy limits in Michigan restaurants and event facilities to specific levels of coronavirus infections and hospitalizations has been approved by the state Senate. The effort is the latest in a string of attempts by Republican lawmakers to place checks on the authority of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration to unilaterally impose pandemic restrictions. Backers of SB 250 said it is needed to give hard-hit restaurant owners clarity about the specific circumstances under which...

A spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, said the leader still supported the bill.  "We can debate the particulars — if they should be adjusted — but the fact remains that the governor has never put forward what she or her officers use to make decisions and, as we are seeing, the resulting uncertainty hurts Michigan," said Abby Walls, a Shirkey spokeswoman.  The bill, SB 250, ties specific health orders to COVID-19 trends. If test positivity rates and hospital beds used for COVID-19 patients go up in a region or the state and remain at high levels for a...

GOP-backed bill for COVID-19 restrictions would halt indoor dining during current surge Carlos Osorio/AP Posted at 10:06 AM, Apr 08, 2021 and last updated 2021-04-08 10:06:29-04 (WXYZ) — A proposed bill in the Michigan Senate that would set out a plan for COVID-19 restrictions would mean the end of indoor dining under the positivity rate the state is seeing right now. Senate Bill 250, introduced by Republican Sen. Jon Bumstead and backed by several Republicans, lays out different restrictions for indoor dining and gatherings based on the positivity rate or the percentage of hospital bed...