After more than a year, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has set a clear date for the end to the state’s pandemic restrictions: July 1. On this episode, we hear about why the business community says they still need more clarity from the state in order to fully reopen. We'll also speak with a bar owner about the struggle to get enough workers to return to business as usual.  

GUESTS: 

Brian Calley, president of the Small Business Association of Michigan 

Brian Brickley, owner of the Taproom in Ypsilanti 

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