| November 8, 2021 
 Business owners finally have some answers on the federal vaccine mandate, and they’re not thrilled with them. Two months after President Joe Biden announced private sector employers with 100 or more employees would be subjected to a vaccine mandate, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on detailed how and to whom the new rules apply. While a court has temporarily blocked the mandate, a Jan. 4 timetable for vaccinations has not yet been impacted. The confusion for many Michigan business owners started with whether or not they would be included in the mandate. The 100-employee threshold is based on the overall company total, not individual locations, the federal government clarified last week. That means if there’s a kiosk with one employee, but the total number of company employees is 100 or more, the kiosk worker would indeed be subject to the mandate. READ MORE  Leaders of Michigan’s federally recognized Indigenous tribes recently united to seek the White House’s help in their fight to shut down the Line 5 pipeline – particularly the four-mile underwater section in the Straits of Mackinac. President Joe Biden received a collaborative request from Michigan’s 12 federally recognized tribes that make up the Three Fires Confederacy of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi to intervene in their ongoing struggle to shut down Line 5 and preserve their treaty rights. Meanwhile, the president received a second letter from a contingent of Republican U.S. Representatives who wished to sway the president to instead keep the petrochemical pipeline flowing. READ MORE  Federal officials met with state leaders in Lansing to learn more about Michigan’s best practices to support and welcome Afghan refugees while providing them with the resources they need to succeed. Jack Markell is White House Coordinator for Operation Allies Welcome, a directive from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to lead the Afghan resettlement efforts. He said he’s been making similar visits to a number of communities, but that Michigan can serve as a model of resettlement efforts for the rest of the nation. Michigan resettlement agencies, under consultation with the Office of Global Michigan, are currently approved for approximately 1,600 Afghan arrivals. READ MORE  If you misbehave inside Michigan Stadium, you could end up at the Ann Arbor Police Department or the Washtenaw County Jail. Police need not take you nearly that far, however. There’s a holding facility right inside the stadium. Erected in 2010 when the stadium was renovated, it provides a safer, more efficient method for processing rule-breakers. Hidden in plain sight on the outer edges of the concourse, many fans aren’t aware of its existence, but some end up there during Michigan football home games. So what exactly leads to a visit to the little big house? READ MORE  Since the snow has started falling, MLive Chief Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa has the info on an often-discussed term -- Michigan's snowbelts. "A snowbelt to us meteorologists is an area that gets substantially more snow than close surrounding areas. As I think about how many snowbelts there are in Michigan, let’s call it five snowbelts. A snowbelt is created by three things. First, the area has to be downwind of a large cross section of a Great Lake. The shape of each lake is the biggest factor in where a snowbelt lies." Get all the info from Mark here: READ MORE
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