More families of Jackson prison inmates share coronavirus horror stories

Parnall has become a case study of what can go wrong with a contagious virus and a facility built to force men to live in close quarters. And the prisoner's family members are scared.  

Michigan residents sue Gov Whitmer saying pandemic executive order goes too far

They argue ordering businesses to shut down, banning travel to private homes and freedom to associate with one another, violates our First and Fifth Amendment rights.

Immigrant women make protective masks for those on pandemic front lines

Women from West Africa, The Middle East, India and Latin America are making masks by the dozens in Clinton Township -providing the much needed piece of personal protection gear to first responders and families in need.

Duggan stops demo program, proposes pay cuts for $300M city deficit from COVID-19

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is presenting City's budget plan to employees Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. The plan will address the projected budget shortfall due to the impact of COVID-19.

Minority hair stylists start relief fund to help business owners during pandemic shutdown

Molette is one of thousands of beauticians and barbers in metro Detroit and Myra Lee is with Abea LLC - a family owned beauty platform and business accelerator dedicated to promoting black and brown businesses - but now they're trying to help them survive.

Closed Detroit businesses are getting help amid pandemic shelter in place

The application process is now closed, but organizers say they're working hard to help these businesses owners stay alive through grants that can total as much as $10,000. 

Restaurants and bars can sell booze back to Liquor Control under new executive order

Governor Gretchen Whitmer's executive order number 46 allows the Liquor Control Commission will buy back booze to help bars and restaurants affected by the coronavirus. 

Feed front line coronavirus workers and support local restaurants with LoopWhole.com

And that's when the idea came: use their site, LoopWhole.com, that already helps businesses owners with their marketing. Grossman says his team was ready to jump in and volunteer.

Beaumont says Wayne site is not closing, workers say they have been left in dark

Beaumont Wayne said in a late statement today that it will be a reserve COVID-19 hospital as COVID-19 patient numbers drop. But people who work there have not gotten any definitive word on whether the hospital is closing.

Health care workers are 10%-20% of US coronavirus cases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first national data on how the pandemic is hitting doctors, nurses and other health care professionals.

Mich. airports getting $250M to remain operational during COVID-19

The FAA is set to distribute 10 billion dollars to airports all across the country, with Michigan getting a big chunk of that.

US seeing more COVID-19 cases is younger patients than other countries
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Experts are looking into whether vaping could be contributing to why the U.S. is seeing a higher number of younger people hospitalized from COVID-19, in comparison to other countries.

Atwater Brewery breaks down how it makes hand sanitizer
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Mark Rieth of Atwater Brewery walks us through how the beer maker is shifting production to create hand sanitizer for first responders.

Expansion under federal CARES Act planned for Tuesday
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The State of Michigan is planning to announce an expansion of unemployment benefits to workers affected by COVID-19. So far, more than a million citizens of Michigan have filed for unemployment since restrictions went into place.