LANSING - Michigan’s licensed distilleries are now permitted to produce ethanol-based hand sanitizers in order to help meet demand as the state of Michigan mitigates the spread of COVID-19. “Even in times of crisis, Michiganders have shown their willingness to step up and help each other,” said Governor Whitmer. “I am profoundly grateful for the
LANSING - Michigan State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks issued an urgent reminder to be aware of phishing emails sent by scammers seeking to obtain the personal information and the hard-earned money of Michigan’s taxpayers. Similar to the phishing scam that targeted the Michigan’s Attorney General yesterday, Michigan Department of Treasury staff members were subjected to a
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CANTON – MMS, a contract biotech research organization, is offering a $1 million award toward the development of a vaccine for COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. The award is being offered as data and related services to qualified pharmaceutical and clinical research companies supporting the commercial development of a vaccine for approval in the
LANSING - Michigan public health officials on Saturday reported a fifth death of a resident with the coronavirus, with 238 positive tests statewide. Detroit alone reported 99 new cases, bringing the city’s total to 248, nearly a third of the state's 787 total infections. Four of the deaths were in Wayne County, with three in Detroit. The fifth
DETROIT - Marijuana companies are asking Michigan’s governor to classify marijuana an “essential item” and to allow doctors to certify medical marijuana patients over the phone during the COVID-19 outbreak. “Today we sent a letter to (Gov. Gretchen Whitmer) and her administration advocating that cannabis be deemed an essential item and that recommending physicians be
LANSING - Patrick Anderson, CEO of the Lansing-based Anderson Economic Group, which provides economic analysis for private companies, nonprofits and governments, predicts as many as 1.4 million of the state’s 4.7 million workers will be displaced in the next 45 days. “We have to deal with the huge number of Michigan residents who will be
ROYAL OAK - Cannabis Educator and Advocate Nikki Lawley talks about how using cannabis helped her relieve pain from a traumatic brain injury she received from a patient. To view this video, click on https://mimarijuanareport.com/2020/03/19/former-nurse-with-traumatic-brain-injury-used-cannabis-to-relieve-pain/
TRAVERSE CITY – Two Traverse City companies are working together to offer drive-through COVID-19 testing centers that would include the tent to house staff and the software that would facilitate testing and samples that would be sent to laboratories to determine if the person tested has coronavirus. Russell Schindler, CEO of SampleServe, has spent more
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