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LANSING, Mich - Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, the voicemail of one Michigan agency says that employees are working remotely to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Since 2020, more than 20,000 government workers have started working remotely instead of showing up to offices in Lansing.

The voicemail of the Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules says, “To lessen the spread of COVID-19, we are currently working remotely,” Detroit News reporter Beth LeBlanc wrote in a Feb. 21 social media post.

The agency conducts administrative hearings and helps promulgate rules.

Neither the agency’s media line nor the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity responded to a request for comment about the voicemail.

A Michigan Capitol Confidential reporter visited the Lansing office on Feb. 24 and was not allowed beyond a security checkpoint. A security manager said the reporter could only enter the building’s work areas with an escort. The building is open only for hearings, the manager said. Click here to read more.

 

LOS ANGELES, CALIF - Bombshell in the Diddy prosecution ... CNN destroyed the only known copy of the 2016 video in which Diddy is seen beating Cassie in the hallway of an L.A. hotel ... this according to new court documents.

Diddy's defense team and prosecutors filed a joint letter about evidence in the case. According to the defense ... CNN purchased the video showing Diddy attacking Cassie in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in L.A. The letter claims "CNN purchased the only known copy of the Hotel's surveillance footage, uploaded that footage into a free editing software, altered the video and then destroyed the original footage, even though it knew about and repeatedly reported about the federal investigation." Click here to read more.

 

DENVER, COL - As a nurse in rural Colorado after World War II, Loretta Ford described herself as a lone ranger. “Whatever went on in health, I was called,” she said. “I took care of it.”

Ms. Ford, who died in January at the age of 104, co-found America’s first nurse practitioner program. She believed that nurses were more than doctors’ helpers: They were decision-makers capable of treating patients.

In one speech, she recounted how physicians had rigid ideas about the line between nursing and medicine—that it was okay for a nurse to use a stethoscope while taking blood pressure, “but if she moved that stethoscope eight inches, oh, that was medicine.” “I used that stethoscope in lots of places at 3 a.m. I could never figure out who they thought was making all these decisions.”

Today, there are almost 400,000 nurse practitioners in the United States. Thanks to Loretta Ford’s pioneering program, nurse practitioners in many states now diagnose and treat patients independently without physician supervision. Not in California, however. Until 2020, nurse practitioners couldn’t practice in California unless they were operating under a collaboration or supervision agreement with a physician. Although this might sound reasonable, in practice, the arrangement is a lucrative handout to physicians: They get to cash checks and restrict competition. The physicians typically have little or no involvement in medical decisions for the nurse practitioners’ patients. Click here to read more.

 

FALKVILLE, Ala. - A Falkville High School student just received a life-changing gift from her teacher!

Chelsey Bowers, who is completely blind, just received a pair of special AI-powered glasses.

The Ray-Ban Meta glasses are already helping Bowers in her day-to-day life.

The glasses have a camera that can take pictures of Chelsey Bowers' surroundings.

After taking the picture, the glasses read and describe what’s going on to her.

Bowers will be graduating from Falkville High School in May.

Her teacher since ninth grade, Leslie Freeman, wanted to make sure she had all the tools she needed before she moved onto the next stage of her life.

“I heard about those Meta glasses,” said Freeman. “We knew that this would be something that would be beneficial for her to gain that independence here at the end of her senior year.” Click here to read more.

DETROIT — A Venezuelan national wanted for kidnapping and torture in Colorado and linked to the violent Tren de Aragua gang was taken into custody in Michigan following a shoplifting incident, authorities said.

U.S. Border Patrol agents and Auburn Hills police responded to a call about a theft on Tuesday that escalated into the capture of the fugitive, according to Chief Patrol Agent Michael W. Banks. The suspect is now facing charges under 8 U.S.C. 1253 for willfully refusing to depart the United States.

 

Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal organization originating in Venezuela, has expanded its reach into the U.S., engaging in drug trafficking, extortion, human smuggling, and violent crimes. Law enforcement agencies across the country have intensified efforts to dismantle the gang and apprehend its members.

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“USBP and law enforcement partners remain relentless in the pursuit of these dangerous criminals,” Banks said in a statement.

The suspect remains in custody as authorities move forward with deportation proceedings.

 

 

LANSING, Mich - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer admitted in her State of the State address in February that Michigan spends more on schools than most states, on per pupil basis, but gets worse results.

“I get that this is a national trend, but we invest more per pupil than most states and achieve bottom ten results,” said Whitmer in a clip from her address posted by Dave Bondy on Feb. 27.

“We spend more, and we get less,” Whitmer said. “It’s not acceptable. For our kids, let’s do better. Let’s face our literacy crisis with fierce urgency.”

In her speech, Whitmer said that just 24% of 4th graders can read proficiently and that 24% of 8th graders are proficient in math.

Democratic lawmakers intend to increase spending on education, according to the website of Senate Democrats.

“Senate Democrats are building up Michigan’s future by making significant investments in kids and families, from maternal and infant health and child care to innovative and equitable funding for students, schools, and teachers,” the plan says. Click here to read more.

 

WASHINGTON D.C. - Days after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, a group of former Joe Biden and Kamala Harris staffers came together to launch an effort to arouse the public against the GOP’s looming push to cut taxes on the wealthy. Dubbed “Families Over Billionaires,” the project quickly assembled an eight-figure war chest.

“The campaign will elevate the voices of the majority of Americans who oppose more tax breaks for the rich,” the group says in its mission statement. Mia Ehrenberg, the spokeswoman for Families Over Billionaires—and an ex-Harris campaign aide—told The Free Press that the organization is teaming with “grassroots organizers” to get its message out.

In fact, like a surprising number of Trump 2.0 resistance pop-up groups, Families Over Billionaires owes its existence not to small-dollar donations from ordinary Americans, or to grassroots organizers, but to a single entity: the consulting firm Arabella Advisors, which oversees a massive “dark money” network bankrolled by the super-rich and aligned with the Democratic Party. Click here to read more.

 

ANAHEIM, Calif. – A couple at Disneyland allegedly left their child unattended in a stroller so they could go on a ride.

Another guest at the park caught the Feb. 18 incident on camera and posted it to TikTok.

The video shows a stroller covered with a Spider-Man blanket. The woman who posted the video said the parents left the child to ride Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!

“I’ve honestly never seen this happen,” the woman said in the video. “Why did somebody leave their baby here in a stroller while they went to go get on a ride?”

Another user left a comment on the video, pointing out that “Guardians is usually like a 60 to 80 minute wait also. So they were planning on leaving that baby for at least over an hour.”

The video later shows a security guard checking on the child, and the woman who posted the video said that security got the parents off the ride.

The parents were not named, and it’s unclear if they faced any consequences from Disneyland or are facing any criminal charges.

Multiple former Disneyland workers in the comment section of the video noted that this is sadly a common occurrence. Click here to read more.

 

WASHINGTON D.C. - Egg prices in the U.S. have dipped since the Trump administration unveiled a plan to combat bird flu and reduce costs, according to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday.

“A good piece of news that we just got in the last day or two is that the average cost of a dozen eggs has now gone down $1.85 since we announced our plan about a week-and-a-half ago,” Rollins told reporters outside the White House.

Despite this recent dip, Rollins acknowledged that prices could rise again due to high demand during the Easter season.

The White House on Tuesday celebrated the good news but acknowledged that combating costs is a long-term effort. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the agriculture secretary was being “honest and realistic with the American people” regarding egg prices.

“It will take about three to six months to get the egg supply back where it should be,” Leavitt told reporters during Tuesday’s press briefing. Click here to read more.

 

ANN ARBOR, MICH - Washtenaw County’s new pansexual sheriff is “holding strong” against President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts, likening immigration status to paying taxes.

Sheriff Alyshia Dyer on Monday laid out her department’s “very strict immigration policy” during a virtual town hall hosted by state Rep. Jimmie Wilson, D-Ypsilanti, making it crystal clear she’s doing all she can to thwart the 47^th POTUS.

“We have a very strict policy involving immigration that we’re not working with them, we’re not assisting them,” said Dyer, who was elected as the county’s first self-declared pansexual sheriff in November. Washtenaw is Michigan’s sixth most populated county and home to Ann Arbor and the University of Michigan. Click here to read more.

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