A Michigan State Police trooper will complete a year in jail and serve three years on probation for assaulting a female colleague. 25-year-old Adam S. Mullin was convicted in Huron County on four charges. Court records indicate he was having an affair with the colleague when he threw her across …
Read More »Whitmer: “Postpone ‘Punitive’ Medicaid Work Requirement”
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has called on the state legislature to hold off on implementing the Medicaid Work Requirement that is set to begin January first. The work requirement was part of the Medicaid expansion approved during the Rick Snyder administration. It calls for most Medicaid recipients between the ages of …
Read More »Recreational Marijuana Sales Begin in Michigan
Marijuana is now being sold to adults in Michigan for recreational purposes. The first licensed distribution centers opened yesterday. Arbors Wellness Center in Ann Arbor was chosen to make the first sale. Arbors was an existing medical marijuana supplier. The first customer was 78-year-old John Sinclair, who became the center …
Read More »2nd Michigander Dies from Vaping Injury
A second Michigander has died from the mysterious outbreak of lung injuries related to vaping. News of the death of an adult male was released last week. Because of medical privacy issues, no other details have been made public. 56 cases of the lung ailment have been reported in Michigan. …
Read More »State Ad Blitz to Target Opioid Stereotypes
Michigan will use a statewide media blitz to try to change public feeling about opioid addiction. Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Officer Dr. Joneigh Khaldun says it’s important to break the stereotypes associated with dependency – that those affected are “junkies,” that it’s some sort of …
Read More »Michigan Medicaid Work Requirement Challenged
Michigan’s Medicaid work requirement is being challenged in court by a group of state and national health care advocates. The Healthy Michigan Plan rule is scheduled to take effect January 1st. It mandates that most recipients of the expanded Medicaid program show that they work at least 80 hours per …
Read More »State Issues Emergency THC Vape Rules
The State of Michigan has instituted new testing and disclosure rules for marijuana-based vaping products. Emergency rules posted Friday by the Marijuana Regulatory Agency come in response to 55 cases of lung injuries in Michigan. 88 percent of the victims reported that they had used vaping products that included THC. …
Read More »Michigan Drug OD Deaths Drop Slightly
For the first time in six years, the number of drug overdose deaths in Michigan fell slightly in 2018. A report released Friday by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services indicated 2,599 Michiganders died from overdoses last year – a drop of slightly more than three percent. More …
Read More »Gilchrist Signs Cage-Free Chicken Bill; Whitmer Inks Agreements in Israel
All eggs produced in Michigan will eventually come from cage-free farms. The bill signed into law yesterday by Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist will also require that all eggs sold in the state come from cage-free farms, even if they’re brought in from another state. The new rules take effect in …
Read More »43 Michigan Counties Get Ag Disaster Designation
Forty-three Michigan counties have been declared natural disaster areas because of bad farming weather this year. The designation came this week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most of the counties are downstate, but Delta, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette and Schoolcraft Counties in the Upper Peninsula made the list. Michigan agriculture …
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