Michigan Restaurants Report $491 Million In Lost Sales During COVID-19 Closures
A mandatory shutdown of all dine-in service at local restaurants has created major financial shortfalls for the state’s restaurant industry...
Caregivers For the Elderly Take on New Challenges With Physical Distancing
The most vulnerable to COVID-19 and its consequences are the elderly and immunocompromised. "We have learned what an essential person...
Michigan Group Launches Musician Relief Fund, Giving Out $500 Grants
Courtesy of the Michigan Music Alliance In the past few weeks, members of the freelance gig economy have become even...
Michigan Lawmakers Are Meeting to Vote Despite COVID-19 Infection Concerns
Michigan’s Legislature will be convening tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7, to vote on an extension of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency declaration amid the...
Automakers Help to Fill Medical Equipment Shortage, But It’s Not Easy
One of the biggest challenges the United States faces in the coronavirus pandemic is a shortage of life-saving medical supplies...
COVID-19 Could Lead American Cities to Financial Ruin
The spread of COVID-19 has created a public health crisis while also triggering a financial calamity. "This is something that...
DTE CEO: Suspending Shutoffs Necessary to Meet COVID-19 Need
The current public health crisis, and subsequent orders to stay at home, has stripped the economy down to essential industries....
Homeless During COVID-19: “I Wash My Hands, If I Can Find Water. I Don’t Want to Die.”
I’ve been out here for about a week. Staying away from people, right about now. I was in an abandoned house,...
Billy Davis, the Detroit Guitar Legend Who Taught Jimi Hendrix
Billy Davis grew up picking cotton with his parents before landing in Detroit's Black Bottom Neighborhood. He met blues icon,...
Gov. Whitmer: “Weeks Out” From COVID-19 Peak
The number of coronavirus cases continue to jump every day in Michigan. "Poverty is a pre-existing condition." — Gov. Gretchen...
COVID-19 Disproportionately Impacting African American Michiganders
More than a third of all COVID-19 cases in Michigan are among African Americans. That’s despite the fact that the...
Social Distancing Will Have Long Term Effects
The novel coronavirus pandemic has sent the United States economy into an almost total closure and shutdown of public life. ...
