by Kimberly Viers | May 13, 2021 | Business
Access to broadband and high-speed internet is vital to people’s ability to work, learn and carry out business. The COVID-19 pandemic has made it more imperative than ever and building and strengthening broadband infrastructure throughout Michigan will be a driver of...
by Kimberly Viers | May 11, 2021 | Business
The number 55 was a big one announced by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on May 10, 2021. That’s right Michigan: Officially, 55 percent of Michiganders have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This announcement marks the first milestone of the ‘MI Vacc...
by Kimberly Viers | May 5, 2021 | Business
Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates edged down slightly in 10 of Michigan’s 17 major labor market areas during March, with monthly rate decreases ranging from 0.1 to 0.3 percentage points, according to data released from the Michigan Department of Technology,...
by Kimberly Viers | Apr 29, 2021 | Business
Updated April 29, 2021 Beyond the health implications of someone contracting COVID-19, the pandemic has exposed deep vulnerabilities in our nation’s public health infrastructure. Lives have been lost, inequities intensified, and years of progress eroded across our...
by Kimberly Viers | Mar 31, 2021 | Business
Pfizer Inc. broke ground, today, March 31, on one of the world’s most technically advanced sterile injectable pharmaceutical production facilities–known as Modular Aseptic Processing (MAP)–in Kalamazoo, Michigan. MAP is a multi-story, 420,000-square-foot production...
by Kimberly Viers | Mar 30, 2021 | Business
The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department is reporting that health care partners such as hospitals, federally qualified health centers, pharmacies, and local public health departments have administered 128,649 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to...
