Michigan Policast for Monday, April 13, 2020

  In this episode:

* Governor Whitmer extends stay-home order

* Shirkey, Chatfield, and the Chamber push back on expanded restrictions

* Racial and socioeconomic disparities highlighted by COVID-19

* Interview: VP for Public Health at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Dr. Dean Sienko

* Biden’s VP: The field is wide-open but he has his favorites

* Voting by mail

* Interview: VP of the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks, Chris Swope

* Transcript

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Cover photo: A group of volunteers prepares to go door-to-door to help people afflicted with Spanish Flu in Brisbane in 1919

Jump to:

* Segment one: Governor Whitmer extends stay-home order

* Segment two: Shirkey, Chatfield, and the Chamber push back on expanded restrictions

* Segment three: Racial and socioeconomic disparities highlighted by COVID-19

* Segment four: Interview: VP for Public Health at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Dr. Dean Sienko

* Segment five: Biden’s VP: The field is wide-open but he has his favorites

* Segment six: Voting by mail

* Segment seven: Interview: VP of the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks, Chris Swope

* Transcript

* Comments

Governor Whitmer extends stay-home order

* Whitmer extends Michigan’s stay-home order through April 30, adds restrictions

* Stay-home order violators face $500 fines; jail possible (original order)

* Executive Order 2020-42 FAQs

* Executive Order 2020-42 (COVID-19)

* All Executive Orders from Gov Whitmer (includes all COVID and last year’s emergency declaration for the winter storm)

* Michigan reaches almost 960 COVID-19 deaths, over 20,340 cases as pace slows

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