PRESS HIT: Environmental advocates push for “cumulative impact” rules

May 3, 2024 | Engage Michigan

From AXIOS Detroit DETROIT – Prominent names in environmental justice have formed a group to push for statewide change addressing how pollutants affect residents cumulatively. The big picture: Joined by Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed, advocates...

PRESS HIT: UM-Flint tenure-track faculty union recognized amid union boom

Apr 23, 2024 | Engage Michigan

Partner Group: American Federation of Teachers Local 5671 From ABC 12 News FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – Tenure-track faculty at the University of Michigan-Flint are officially unionized. The union, American Federation of Teachers Local 5671, announced they were...

PRESS HIT: Wayne County treasurer rejects moratorium on foreclosures despite troubling study

Apr 11, 2024 | Engage Michigan

From Detroit Metro Times Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree is defying demands to impose a moratorium on owner-occupied home foreclosures after a study suggested the city is illegally overtaxing houses worth less than $35,000. In a statement to Metro Times on...

PRESS HIT: Opinion | Michigan must prioritize investment in safety, prosperity, equity

Mar 25, 2024 | Engage Michigan

From Bridge Michigan (Guest Commentary by Chuck Warpehoski who is the Program Director for Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration): When Governor Whitmer announced her budget recommendations for 2024-2025, it was with wind in her sails on public safety. The...

PRESS HIT: Michigan AG argues Line 5 case should be heard in state court

Mar 25, 2024 | Engage Michigan

From WDIV 4 (Clickondetroit.com): CINCINNATI – The fate of a 70-year-old oil pipeline that runs through the Straits of Mackinac was debated in court on Thursday, March 21. The hearing was over which court — federal or state — will hear Michigan’s case to...

PRESS HIT: Mich. environmental advocates promote ‘polluter pay’ laws in the wake of pollution incidents

Feb 26, 2024 | Engage Michigan

From Detroit News: Trenton ― Environmental advocates and two local politicians are pushing for the passage of polluter pay laws in Michigan in the wake of two high-profile pollution incidents in Metro Detroit. “We must have stronger laws to hold polluters...