Chad Livengood
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Should Michigan set aside old pot convictions?
Michigan residents can freely purchase and possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana for recreational use.They also can grow up to 12 cannabis plants in their basement without fear of prosecution, thanks to a 2018 voter-approved law loosening Michigan's decades-old prohibition of weed.But if they were… → Read More
Expungements denied when residents owe court fines
Court debtors need not apply.That's the message from legal aid organizations and advocates of the formerly incarcerated for individuals trying to get an old criminal conviction removed from their public record.Michigan's 2021 law expanding the expungements comes with a caveat — those who owe… → Read More
Liquor regulators put a cork in Wine.com's direct sales to Michigan customers
California-based online wine retailer Wine.com has ceased direct shipments to Michigan customers after state alcohol regulators found the company violated multiple state laws and is not an actual winery, despite years of selling directly to customers.An investigation by the Michigan Liquor Control… → Read More
Commentary: James Craig aims for votes in Detroit, but that won't get him past GOP primary
Former Detroit police chief James Craig picked up the endorsement of Hillsdale Mayor Adam Stockford this week in his campaign to be governor.The two men talked via Zoom."And while I haven't physically been to Hillsdale yet, my plan is to go there, meet with him personally, thank him for his support… → Read More
Chatfield attorney denies assault claim, says relationship was consensual
An attorney for former House Speaker Lee Chatfield on Friday denied Chatfield raped a woman identified as his sister-in-law, saying he had a consensual sexual affair with the woman.The woman, whose attorney said Thursday that she is a sister-in-law to Chatfield, recently filed a sexual assault… → Read More
Livengood: 7 billion reasons why Lansing bipartisanship may last a little longer
When it comes to actual bipartisanship in Lansing, December was a month to remember.Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Republican-controlled Legislature she's sparred with so much over the past three years were united in re-arming Michigan's economic developers with taxpayer incentives as the… → Read More
Commentary: Legislature sits on $300 million in COVID funds for reopening schools — back in August
In March, Congress earmarked $300 million in its $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus bill known as the American Rescue Plan to fund the reopening of public schools in Michigan after last year's pandemic-induced shutdowns.The funds were meant to give public schools money to buy COVID-19 testing supplies,… → Read More
Detroit to host convention planners' convention
TCF Center will host a national gathering of business meeting and convention planners next August, showcasing Detroit for some 4,000 visitors who work in the events and tourism business.Connect Meetings LLC, the Atlanta-based trade show for the events and conventions business, is bringing 800 to 1… → Read More
Michigan to receive $10 billion-plus for state, local governments from $1.9 trillion stimulus bill
Michigan is poised to receive more than $10 billion from the federal stimulus bill nearing final passage in Congress this week. The state of Michigan will receive $5.65 billion to replenish its coffers for tax revenue lost during the pandemic, according to estimates from the U.S. House Committee… → Read More
Commentary: Business leaders want political civility? Show Mike Shirkey the door.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey's unchecked use of misogynist and xenophobic language and peddling of debunkable conspiracy theories are quickly becoming a black eye for the Michigan business community's long-stated goal of making our politics more civil. Shirkey privately bragged last week… → Read More
Whitmer asks Legislature to approve $5.6 billion in COVID relief funds
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking the Michigan Legislature to approve $5.6 billion mid-year spending bill to fund programs for fighting the coronavirus pandemic and recovering from the economic fallout.All but $575 million of the funds will come from the federal government through the… → Read More
Snyder arraigned, pleads not guilty in Flint water crisis case
Former Gov. Rick Snyder was arraigned Thursday by a Genesee County judge on two misdemeanor charges of willful neglect of duty while his administration oversaw Flint in emergency management that led to the city's lead-tainted water crisis.Appearing on Zoom in a Genesee County jail booth, the one… → Read More
Michigan officials: Feds cutting COVID vaccine shipments next week
Michigan public health officials expect to receive 29 percent fewer doses of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine next week, an unexplained drop in supplies on just the second full week of the state's mass inoculation of health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic. Lynn Sutfin, a… → Read More
Chad Livengood: In dollars and cents, Michigan's home health care labor model is broken for the most vulnerable
On the Sunday morning after Thanksgiving, a staffing coordinator at M&M Home Care Inc. sent out an urgent email to its workforce of 145 direct care workers. "We need immediate coverage for our client in Livonia, asap-7p. $$$50$$$ Bonus for last minute quick pick up," she wrote. Four days… → Read More
COVID vaccine tracker: What we know about how it will roll out in Michigan
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines are on the verge of being sent to Michigan hospitals and local health departments to begin what will likely be the nation's biggest mass inoculation effort ever.The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Friday detailed how distribution of the vaccine will be… → Read More
Whitmer adds 12 days to business shutdowns as hospitals brace for holiday spread of COVID-19
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration is extending a three-week closure of bars, restaurants, bowling alleys, movie theaters and the Detroit casinos by another 12 days in an effort to get COVID-19 cases under control in the state.The governor said Monday the Michigan Department of Health and Human… → Read More
Whitmer warns restaurants against defying shutdown order; state reports 160 COVID-19 deaths in one day
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned restaurant and bar owners in Michigan on Tuesday against defying her state health department's shutdown orders and reopening as deaths from COVID-19 continue to surge."I would discourage people from willfully breaking the law," the governor said at her weekly press… → Read More
COVID-19 cases reach new high; Whitmer urges a 'double down on wearing masks'
Michigan's weeklong average number of new cases of the novel coronavirus continued to climb Wednesday as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned of uncontrolled growth in the virus like Wisconsin has been experiencing.The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,597 new positive cases of… → Read More
Commentary: As COVID-19 cases surge, Michigan shifts from the Whitmer Doctrine to the Shirkey Doctrine
Throughout Michigan's worst public health crisis in a century, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey has decried Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's management of the coronavirus pandemic as heavy-handed.The Republican from Jackson County has even gone as far as saying the Democratic governor is "very… → Read More
Commentary: Small businesses 'bullying' Whitmer are desperate to reopen after nearly 6 months closed
Donn Slimmen has been running a bowling center in Mason County about 6 miles from the shores of Lake Michigan for 37 years.And he might lose it all in the next 30 days.Slimmen's Spartan West Bowling Center along U.S. 10 in Ludington has been shuttered since mid-March under orders of Gov. Gretchen… → Read More