Detroit All Local from WWJ Newsradio

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation that provides $106 million dollars to small businesses and workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.  But she also vetoed some funding for the unemployed.  Listen to what the Governor said during her last briefing of the year. 

WWJ's Brooke Allen talks with Dr. Harrison Tong, emergency physician and director of emergency medicine at McLaren Oakland and McLaren Clarkston, about cases of the coronavirus as well as the vaccine.  Listen to what he says about early comments from Dr. Fauci that the worst is yet to come. 

The COVID-19 pandemic is casting a shadow over Christmas Eve celebrations around the world, including the little town where it all began.  CBS News Correspondent Robert Berger is in Jerusalem and talked with WWJ's Brooke Allen.  

ARISE Detroit survived the ravages of COVID-19 in 2020 as a non-profit organization. In this edition of Voices of the Community, WWJ's Stephanie Davis talks to its Executive Director, Luther Keith as he reflects on the past while planning for the future.

While the number of coronavirus cases is trending downward statewide, Dr. Harrison Tong, director of emergency medicine at McLaren Oakland, saying they're still seeing covid-positive patients on a daily basis.  The doc talked with WWJ's Brooke Allen during our daily Ask The Doctor segment.