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Working conditions were ripe for the spread of #COVID19 in the #meatpacking industry and federal regulators did not fully prioritize worker safety despite years of warnings and suggestions from public health advocates. @UFCW @INNAmplify
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[Great Lakes Now @GreatLakesNow]

Detroit, @detroitpublictv viewers, did you miss the premiere last night of our #RustToResilience episode on #climatechange response and #green #infrastructure? Catch it TONIGHT 11:30p ET or 4/30 at 5:30a ET.

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Bart Pfankuch @bartpfankuch1 of nonprofit @SDNewsWatch won the ag journalist of the year award from @NAAJAgJ for his story on the transformation of farming & rural communities by the increasing number of large-scale feedlots, known as CAFOs, in #SouthDakota. @INN @INNamplify

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Enbridge spokesperson Ryan Duffy said the applications are “another step in moving forward” and consistent with a timeline laid out in a 2018 agreement with the state.

(via @BridgeMichigan)
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"We lost our spring break trips, sports events, senior prom, graduation — everything that everyone looked forward to. There is no way to get any of it back."

(via @PublicSourcePA)
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The coronavirus pandemic has tanked large sectors of Michigan’s economy, leaving more than a million people jobless, including workers in restaurants, entertainment, travel and government.

(via @BridgeMichigan)
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[Great Lakes Now @GreatLakesNow]

This month @GreatLakesNow delves into the efforts to handle #Chicago’s shoreline issues, #Buffalo’s rainwater and sewage, and #LakeErie’s annual algal blooms. Watch @GreatLakesNow #RusttoResilience #GreatLakes #CCNow

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@BartPfankuch1 reports: #teachers in South Dakota are innovating to keep kids engaged while #schools are shut down during the #COVID19 pandemic. But experts say learning will most likely suffer no matter what teachers do. @INNAmplify https://t.co/pOAELzWN7S

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St. Louis lawmakers will have to make up at least a $40 million gap in the budget for fiscal 2021.

(via @stlpublicradio)
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Henry Ford Health System Wednesday became the latest Michigan hospital system to announce deep staff cuts as a way to balance its budget against what it called the “devastating impact” from the COVID-19 pandemic.

(via @BridgeMichigan)
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The federal government’s small business rescue program has not served minority communities well — though advocates expect that some portion of new stimulus legislation will be targeted to the hardest-hit businesses and communities.

(via @ChicagoReporter)
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Days after Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced the state’s Safer at Home order, a subtly misleading framework for Wisconsin’s COVID-19 projections appeared on Twitter.

(via @wisconsinwatch)
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“Any issue that comes up is going to get addressed,” Milhizer said. “We’ll just keep working on this in these unprecedented times.”

(via @injusticewatch)
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Alfarena McGinty is the chief deputy coroner for Marion County, which oversees metropolitan Indianapolis -- which has had the largest outbreak of the new coronavirus in the state.

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The joint statement says colleges “are taking steps to meet the needs of high school seniors as they prepare to enter college in the fall, despite the extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19 and its impact on students and families.”

(via @BridgeMichigan)
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A rash of coronavirus outbreaks at dozens of meat packing plants across the nation is far more extensive than previously thought, according to an exclusive review of cases by @USATODAY and the @IMidwest.

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Outbreak Wisconsin, a collaborative project by @wisconsinwatch and @WPR, is following Wisconsin residents as they navigate life during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Minnesota budget officials are pretty sure how much money the state is getting from Congress to help with the governmental response to COVID-19. They’re just not sure when they’ll get much of it — or how they can spend it.

(via @MinnPost)
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“It’s a little more involved than it used to be to get ready to work,” Clark said.

(via @BridgeMichigan)
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