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Restaurant, banquet hall employees who applied for grants will receive $793 in mail
March 18th, 20210 LANSING — Employees in the entertainment, recreational and restaurant industry who applied for a special employee assistance grant in January can expect to see $793 checks in their mail soon. Governor Whitmer announced on Thursday that more than 55,900 individuals will begin receiving the grant payments of $793. Applications were...
IRS plans to push U.S. tax deadline to May 17
March 17th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is planning to push its tax filing deadline about one month to May 15 from April 15. Because May 15 falls on a Saturday, the final deadline for filers will likely be the following Monday, May 17. The move will give taxpayers additional time to file their 2020 tax returns and pay...
Henry Ford performs first known COVID-linked double lung transplant in Michigan
March 17th, 20210 DETROIT — A Wyandotte woman whose lungs were irreparably damaged by COVID-19 and had two months earlier given birth for the first time received what is believed to be Michigan’s first double-lung transplant linked to the virus. Henry Ford Health System performed the procedure on 31-year-old Jackie Dennis, a special education...
35,000 people registered for Ford Field vaccination site in less than 24 hours
March 16th, 20210 MICHIGAN — Within 24 hours of opening registrations for Michiganders to get in line for COVID-19 vaccine appointment at upcoming Ford Field mass vaccination clinics, Meijer has registered more than 35,000 people. Registrations opened at 4 p.m. Monday, March 15. The company immediately saw an extremely high volume of people register...
Registration for vaccines at Ford Field, other clinics, now open in Michigan
March 15th, 20210 Michiganders can now begin registering for the COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Ford Field in Detroit. The mass vaccination site is set to officially open on March 24 and will administer some 6,000 doses a day. After the registration process is completed, people who have registered will receive an invitation either by phonemail or text...
Pandemic resources: Food assistance for preK-12 students, winter heating bill assistance for families
March 15th, 20210 LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is automatically issuing the additional benefits now through the end of March for families with children whose access to school meals has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Monthly payments will continue through June for some 810,000 Michigan...
All Michigan adults eligible for vaccine April 5; mass vaccination site soon at Ford Field
March 12th, 20210 MICHIGAN - Beginning Monday, April 5, all Michiganders age 16 and up who were not previously eligible will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Governor Whitmer and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced on Friday the state is expanding vaccination eligibility for Michiganders ages 16 and older with...
Biden: “All American adults will be eligible to get a vaccine no later than May 1”
March 11th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his first prime-time address to the American public, President Biden announced on Thursday that he is directing states to make all adults vaccine-eligible by May 1. As vaccine supplies continue to increase, Biden is now confident the enormous goal to vaccinate much of America is possible. The U.S. is...
Biden signs sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill into law
March 11th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden signed into law his sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief and stimulus package on Thursday, just hours before delivering his first prime-time address since taking office. The signing on Thursday means some Americans could expect their $1,400 stimulus payments to begin arriving in their bank...
Chase Bank to discontinue Chase Pay from merchant apps and websites
March 9th, 20210 Chase Bank is discontinuing its Chase Pay digital wallet service at the end of March, the company announced on its website. The option to pay through Chase Pay will be removed from all merchant apps and websites. JPMorgan Chase & Co says its customers can instead link their Chase credit cards to their preferred shopping sites or...
Dearborn Police seeking witness in fatal crash on M-39
March 8th, 20210 DEARBORN — The Dearborn Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a witness to a fatal March 7 collision. At approximately 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, police responded to the area of M-39 south of Hubbard Drive for a fatal traffic collision. Their investigation showed a Dodge Journey was traveling southbound...
$1,400 checks will start to go out this month
March 7th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden said on Saturday that the U.S. Senate passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill means that $1,400 payments to most Americans will start to go out this month and the bill’s provisions will speed up manufacturing and distribution of vaccines. Biden, speaking at the White House after the...
Michigan widely increases indoor capacity limits
March 2nd, 20210 MICHIGAN — Restaurants in Michigan are now allowed to be at 50 percent capacity, with up to 100 people, thanks to changes to the state's COVID-19 orders, which also effect other indoor activities. On Tuesday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) announced updates to two of its epidemic orders, allowing for......
Dingell, dozens of law makers ask Biden for more transparency on U.S. involvement in Yemen war
February 25th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) is joining dozens of lawmakers in urging transparency from the Biden administration regarding U.S. involvement in the Saudi/UAE-led coalition’s war in Yemen as the U.S. ends its support for "offensive" operations. In a letter expressing their strong support for President...
Nessel’s office charges two for threats made to officials, including Stabenow
February 23rd, 20210 LANSING – Two men are facing criminal charges for reportedly making threats against public officials in the events leading up to and following the November election, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Tuesday. Daniel Thompson, 62, formerly of Gregory and now living in Harrison, is charged with three counts of......
Trump says he will suspend all immigration into U.S. over coronavirus
April 21st, 20200 WASHINGTON,D.C. - President Trump said on Monday he will suspend all immigration into the United States temporarily through an executive order in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to protect U.S. jobs. The move, which Trump announced on Twitter, effectively achieves one of his long-term policy goals of curbing immigration,...
CENTCOM relocates operations from Qatar, fearing an Iranian missile attack
October 3rd, 20190 Although Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar still is home to thousands of Americans, the ability to carry out command and control functions from South Carolina means that the chances of a “Pearl Harbor” type of strike by the Iranians on the base is limited but not completely avoidable. It also perceived that it won’t take the U.S. seven...
Southern Yemeni separatists tell Saudi Arabia: Evict Islah and give us governing power or lose the war
August 17th, 20190 ADEN — Yemen’s southern separatists vowed on Wednesday to keep control over Aden, warning the only way out of the impasse that has fractured a Saudi-led military alliance was for Islamists and northerners to be removed from positions of power in the south. The separatists, supported by coalition member the United Arab Emirates,...
DTE Energy: Stay safe and cool while keeping energy bills affordable during extreme heat
July 22nd, 20190 DETROIT — DTE Energy wants all of its customers to remain safe and comfortable, as well as save on their energy bills, during the next several days of extreme heat in Michigan. DTE performs power plant maintenance and inspections along with energy grid upgrades to help ensure system reliability year-round, including......
Saudi-led coalition strikes Sanaa’s densely-populated district, civilian casualties reported
May 17th, 20190 SANAA – The Saudi-led military coalition carried out several air strikes on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Thursday after the Houthi movement claimed responsibility for drone attacks on Saudi oil installations. The Sanaa strikes targeted nine military sites in and around the city, residents said, with humanitarian agencies...
Gaza laments deadly start to Ramadan, amid funerals and destruction
May 6th, 20190 GAZA - After two sleepless days and nights of Israeli shelling and Palestinian rocket fire, Gazans on Monday faced a first day of Ramadan overshadowed by funerals and the grim task of pulling bodies from collapsed buildings. As dawn brought a ceasefire of uncertain duration, few Palestinians in the impoverished coastal enclave were......
Trump administration deploying carrier and bombers to Middle East, escalating tension with Iran
May 6th, 20190 WASHINGTON, DC - The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling “indications and warnings” from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with “unrelenting force” to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Though Bolton cited...
EXCLUSIVE: Dearborn police bust local prostitution ring that included minor
May 3rd, 20190 DEARBORN — A 39-year-old Dearborn Heights resident has been charged with two counts of prostitution and engaging the services of a minor, a 16-year-old student at a Dearborn High School, last November and December. Omar Maher Taji was arraigned in 19th District Court on March 9 in Judge Gene Hunt’s courtroom and released on a......
