Covid-19

"Plaintiffs, former City of Ann Arbor (“City”) employees, filed this lawsuit claiming that their employment was terminated in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ('Title VII) and Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights…

Firefighter Tim Rugg protested Gov. Whitmer’s ban on large gatherings and was disciplined; Ann Arbor's mayor joined a big ‘Black Lives Matter’ rally just a month later. by Jaime A. Hope On Dec. 19, 2022, four Ann Arbor city employees…

Superintendent Jeanice Swift disputes value of the term “learning loss,” admits COVID affected “trajectory of growth” by Jaime A. Hope The superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools says students who were locked out of classrooms for…

by Dr. Matthew Woodruff By almost any measure, the vaccination campaign against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been a global success. As of January 2023, more than 12 billion vaccines against…

by Jon King, Michigan Advance Health officials in both Livingston and Washtenaw counties are disputing their classifications as being at high-risk of COVID transmission. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that data…

Students who are Black or from low-income families scored much lower than peers on third-grade test by Tracie Mauriello Researchers found alarming increases in the proportion of Michigan third graders reading significantly below…

by Anna Gustafson About one in five Michiganders infected with coronavirus develop “Long COVID,” and the often debilitating chronic illness that leaves people struggling with fatigue, cardiac issues and breathing problems. And it is…

by Jennifer Shutt--Michigan Advance The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized another round of COVID-19 booster shots for people 50 and older, as well as those who are immunocompromised. The decision to amend an earlier…

by Monique Stanton As an organization that has been working to improve public policy for more than a century, we certainly have to adapt with the times. From the Great Depression to the Great Recession, the influenza pandemic…

by Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance During a meeting with business owners in Southgate, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer continued to discuss elements of her $74 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget plan. There, business owners…