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The Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce said the pandemic negatively affected Lansing more than any other central city in Michigan.

More than 1,000 state government employees joined a union rally at the state Capitol, urging state officials to pay better wages.

Despite the scale of spending, the budget received support from a majority of Republicans. More than a dozen GOP ideas were incorporated into the plan.

Outdoor activities. the state workers, we are telling them depending on the air quality in the region, it varies quite a bit. we are saying, watch the numbers and as we have heard, 50 is normal. we have parts of the state right now where the worst places on the planet yesterday. it is heading over to western new york. i spoke to the counsel general from canada and offered our assistance to send out firefighters to help get this under control. >> how bad will it get for her buffalo, new york? >> tell your family not to go outside tomorrow. it will get worse. the wind is shifting it towards west...

District suffer from asthma, which dr. siva patel says makes them pulneble. >> this particulate matter and wildfires in particular go really low and deep into the lungs, causing that inflammation, irritation, and airway reactivity that results in an asthma exacerbation. >> reporter: tonight, more than 400 wildfires are burning in canada, polluting the skies over much of the east coast. philadelphia is experiencing its worst air quality in 24 years, and state workers in new jersey were told to come in late. >> the scale of this is extraordinary. >> reporter: the sky over manhattan looked down d...