For Lansing area workers and employers, predicting the impact of the coronavirus shutdown is like trying to draw up a spreadsheet in the midst of a plague.
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Protesters on their way to the Capitol to defend their rights against what they consider state intrusion didn't let a traffic light get in their way.
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4/15/20
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More than 1,000 cases of COVID-19 reported from across Michigan today increased the total number to more than 28,000 statewide, with more than 1,900 deaths tracked to date. And at least two coronavirus deaths were tracked in Greater Lansing today.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/15/20
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Hundreds of beeping vehicles swarmed downtown Lansing today, jamming up several intersections, blocking roadways and crowding the State Capitol lawn to protest Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “Stay Safe, Stay Home” executive order.
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More than 27,000 COVID-19 cases were tracked across Michigan today with nearly 1,800 dead as more than a dozen new cases were also reported in Greater Lansing.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/14/20
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The COVID-19 pandemic may be reaching a plateau in Michigan as the rise in new cases tapers off this week, but Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said it’s still not quite time to ease up on sweeping restrictions on nonessential businesses, unnecessary travel and outdoor recreation.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/14/20
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The Lansing City Council will decide later this month whether a downsized version of the Red Cedar project can continue along Michigan Avenue.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/13/20
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More than 25,000 cases of COVID-19 have now been tracked across Michigan, with more than 1,600 dead, including three new deaths reported in Greater Lansing.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/13/20
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State officials have tracked nearly 25,000 cases of COVID-19 across Michigan as of earlier today, with nearly 1,500 dead, including 250 cases in Ingham County.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/12/20
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Michiganians who think Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order has gone too far are planning a protest in their automobiles next week at the Capitol.
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State officials, as of today, are now tracking nearly 24,000 cases of COVID-19 across Michigan, with nearly 1,400 dead, including 10 deaths in Greater Lansing.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/11/20
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A recent study from researchers at Michigan State University predicts Michigan’s rapidly growing marijuana market will make a $7.8 billion economic impact on the state, raking in about $3 billion in annual retail sales and collecting nearly $500 million in taxes.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/10/20
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More than a dozen new COVID-19 cases were again reported in Greater Lansing earlier this afternoon as the statewide case count edged to nearly 23,000 with nearly 1,300 deaths.
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The Michigan Nurses Association has called for reforms by McLaren Home Care Greater Lansing after alleging that corporate officials are “failing to work adequately with registered nurses” on a COVID-19 response plan.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/10/20
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Michigan will remain in a virus-induced lockdown for a few more weeks after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer today extended an executive order closing nonessential businesses and ordering residents to stay home.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/9/20
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Developers of the former Red Cedar Golf Course are rebooting their plans for redevelopment after the state rejected tax incentives for the project last month. But first, their plans need to return to the Lansing City Council.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/9/20
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Plans to redevelop the historic Bethlehem Temple Building in Old Town are “pretty much fully funded,” with construction ready to begin whenever Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s statewide restrictions on building are lifted, officials announced today.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/9/20
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An additional $400,000 in grant funding will be made available for small businesses in Lansing that are closed or struggling to stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And Mayor Andy Schor is labeling it as the “Small Business Recovery Program.”
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/9/20
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It can be rather easy to forget about a global health crisis during a stroll through the Country Club of Lansing, especially on a cloudless afternoon like today.
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Another 1,376 new cases of COVID-19 and an additional 114 deaths were reported in Michigan this afternoon. And another 29 cases were detected across Greater Lansing, including additional deaths reported in both Eaton and Ingham counties.
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Kyle Kaminski
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4/8/20
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