From Michigan Public: Dr. James Miller is a resident in internal medicine and pediatrics. He said the chronic understaffing means doctors often have to fill in for other staff such as case managers, who help patients get discharged with a plan of care outside the...
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PRESS HIT: MSU Extension workers to begin voting to form new union
From WKAR Public Media: Michigan State University Extension workers are launching an effort to form a union. Extension employees have a presence in every Michigan county and act as educators for the agriculture, health and management of natural resources. On January...
PRESS HIT: Dems eye cash bail, ‘second look’ criminal justice reforms in Michigan lame-duck
From Bridge Michigan: LANSING — Michigan lawmakers are contemplating big changes to how courts handle bail during pretrial proceedings and a possible “second look” at prisoners’ existing sentences. The Democratic proposals are among several major criminal justice...
PRESS HIT: Voting Access for All Coalition Launches Video Series ‘Why I Vote,’ connects voting to criminal justice legal reform
From The Flint Courier News: MICHIGAN – Voting Access for all Coalition (VAAC) launched a new video series to inspire voters to cast ballots to reform the criminal legal system in Michigan. The series of two compilation videos and seven shorter individual videos can...
PRESS HIT: Coalition demands release of body cam footage from fatal shooting during an eviction
From Detroit Free Press: A coalition of police accountability and housing advocates called for the release of police body cam footage from a fatal shooting that took place during an eviction on Detroit's west side in July. A group of more than 30 people marched from...
PRESS HIT: Protesters demand change after Detroit man killed by bailiff during eviction
From The Detroit News: Detroit tenant rights groups are protesting the death in July of a 45-year-old man by a court bailiff who was evicting the man from his Detroit apartment. Sherman Lee Butler, 45, was shot and killed July 12 by a bailiff, who is an independent...