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LANSING, MICH. Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun will provide an update regarding the state’s response efforts to COVID-19. They will be joined by Maureen Frances, a local realtor and Rachel Lutz a small business owner to talk about the MI Safe Start plan. View at livestream.com/wkar

Link is to Livestream of Governor Whitmer's press conference on April 22, 2020.

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WATCH/LISTEN LIVE: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses Michigan Legislature Wed., Jan. 29, 7pm-8:30pm ET In her second address to a joint convention of the State House of Representatives and Senate, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer lays out her legislative agenda for 2020. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to outline a new plan for fixing Michigan roads; talk about new efforts to increase funding for education; and address chemical contaminations in the state's environment.

In her first address to a joint convention of the State House of Representatives and Senate, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer lays out her new legislative year agenda. Senior Capitol Correspondent Tim Skubick provides analysis and commentary along with Bill Ballenger of TheBallengerReport.com; Chuck Stokes of WXYZ; and Frank Beckmann, WJR Radio. This is Skubick's 49th year covering the Michigan State of the State Address on WKAR. Both TV and radio coverage will stream live at wkar.org. Watch LIVE at Facebook/WKARPUBLICMEDIA livestream/wkar

October 10, 2018 MSU Trustee and Secretary of State debates come to public TV's 'Off the Record' in October Episodes can be viewed live on Facebook as recorded Oct. 12 and 19, and air at various times on PBS stations statewide. EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The major party candidates for Trustee of Michigan State University and for Secretary of State have agreed to debate on upcoming episodes of Off the Record, Michigan’s only weekly statewide political analysis television show. The four major party candidates running for two vacancies on the MSU Board of Trustees will debate in an episode airing...

IPAWS National Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) The national WEA test has been postponed to the backup date of October 3, 2018 at 2:18 p.m. EDT.

Upon review of a recommendation from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States and consideration, as appropriate, of the factors set forth in the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, the President has made relevant findings and issued the following Order: ORDER REGARDING THE PROPOSED TAKEOVER OF QUALCOMM INCORPORATED BY BROADCOM LIMITED By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (section 721), 50 U.S.C. 4565, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1....

In a footnote on page 1 and again on page 8 of its third quarter earnings release The Walt Disney Company makes note of a $177 million charge affecting its earnings. That charge comes from ABC News settling a defamation lawsuit over its reporting of so-called pink slime. Beef Products Inc. (BPI) sued ABC News and correspondent Jim Avila for $1.9 billion dollars over what it claimed were “false and misleading and defamatory” statements about its product known as Lean Finely Textured Beef. After 5 years of pre-trial, the case went before a South Dakota judge in early June. It...

Article II 4: The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5: No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States. Article XIV (Amendment 14...

When people are given two names, Jonathan and Elizabeth, and asked who is a doctor and who is a nurse, the respondents typically say that each is equally likely to be in either profession. But experiments based on how quickly people link the names with the jobs reveal that people's brains run on stereotype: The individuals are much more likely to associate Jonathan, a man, with doctoring, and Elizabeth, a woman, with nursing. This kind of implicit association, or subconscious pairing based on stereotype, is well-known in psychology. But now, researchers find that even after people are directly told that...

The Michigan State of the State airs live on most Michigan public television and radio stations and many commercial stations. Web stream live at http://wkar.org Program starts at 7:00PM Archive copy will be available tomorrow (01/17) at: http://video.wkar.org

U.S. Senate Candidates to Debate on 'Off the Record' By JEANIE CROOPE The three Republican candidates running for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat have agreed to do their one and only televised debate at WKAR-TV on Thursday, August 2, at 2 p.m. Pete Hoekstra, Clark Durant and Randall Hekman have agreed to a single moderator, no-rules format in a program to be anchored by senior capitol correspondent Tim Skubick. This special election-year edition of “Off the Record” will be broadcast by Michigan public television stations across the state as part of the “Off the Record” series. The 2 p.m. taping will...

Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum is on Public Television's Off The Record. Recorded Friday morning, February 17, 2012 at WKAR in East Lansing. http://video.wkar.org/video/2198096795/

Conversation with Governor Rick Snyder, Live at 9:00AM from East Lansing on most public radio stations in Michigan. Webstream with video at: http://wkar.org/live/mprn/ webstream audio only at: http://wkar.org/stream/ (choose WKAR AM or WKAR FM) video archive should be posted early afternoon at http://video.wkar.org

Next steps toward an H1N1 influenza vaccine HHS Secretary Kathleen is directing nearly $1.1 billion in existing preparedness funds to manufacture two important parts of a vaccine for the Strategic National Stockpile, to produce small amounts of potential vaccine for research, and to perform clinical research over the summer.

Nov. 6, 2003 -- NPR will benefit from a bequest of more than $200 million from the estate of philanthropist Joan B. Kroc, NPR President Kevin Klose announced Thursday. "Joan Kroc believed deeply in the power of public radio to serve the communities of America," Klose said. "She made this extraordinary gift from her steadfast conviction that NPR and our member stations provide a vital connection to millions of listeners." Most of the money -- described by NPR as "the largest monetary gift ever received by an American cultural institution" -- will go toward the NPR Endowment Fund for Excellence,...

Michigan: Greatness through Challenge Thank you. Speaker Johnson, Democratic Leader Byrum, Majority Leader Sikkema, Democratic Leader Emerson and the members of the state Senate and House; Chief Justice Corrigan and the members of the judiciary, Attorney General Cox, Secretary of State Land, President Straus and the members of the Board of Education, colleagues and friends: Good evening. It has been said that “only challenge produces the opportunity for greatness.”* So, Michigan, we are challenged, and this is our time for greatness. In the face of challenge, I relish Michigan’s chances for greatness because I am convinced of the tremendous power...

  Email this story to a friend | Printable version Published 10/23/2002Anthrax vaccine led to military departures, report findsDept. of Defense refutes parts of 2-year-old study By Suzanne GamboaAssociated PressWASHINGTON - Highly trained and experienced pilots and crews in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve have left military service in part because of the Pentagon's anthrax vaccine, congressional investigators say in a report released Tuesday.Randomly selected Guard and reserve troops surveyed in 2000 also reported adverse reactions to the vaccine at double the rate claimed by the manufacturer, Lansing-based BioPort Corp., the General Accounting Office said.The survey's...

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