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Despite several reports from government and election officials finding no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, Republican lawmakers and some voters are pushing for tighter voting laws across the U.S. -- including here in Michigan.

Despite several reports from government and election officials finding no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, Republican lawmakers and some voters are pushing for tighter voting laws across the U.S. -- including here in Michigan.

Most pandemic restrictions have been lifted in Michigan at this point, but that’s not stopping one group from trying to make sure they’re hard to come by in the future.

All Metro Detroit county health departments were relying on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to some degree or another.

Michigan officials reported more than 6,000 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours.

With Michigan set to expand who can get the COVID-19 vaccine next week, local health departments, which are already struggling to make sure those most at-risk get vaccinated, will have more on their plate. READ: Michigan to expand COVID-19 vaccine plan to include residents age 50 and olderHackel has been a critic of the state’s vaccine rollout. He said Macomb County can do as many vaccinations as the entire state is doing daily, but the supply has been limited. Ad“Our health departments have been cautioning against this for the past several months, begging for more vaccines. Officials with Wayne, Oakland and Washtenaw county health departments could not be reached for comment.