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...
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...
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...
Jan 25, 2024 | Engage Michigan
3 big changes Whitmer proposed in State of the State, plus 3 she avoided While Gov. Gretchen Whitmer outlined some new policy priorities Wednesday in her State of the State address, she left unmentioned some of her previously stated goals. Here’s a look at some...
Jan 24, 2024 | Engage Michigan
Growing Michigan Medicine union adds 600 to workforce of healthcare professionals ANN ARBOR, MI – More than 600 patient rehabilitation specialists at University of Michigan Health are now represented by one of the hospital’s growing unions, officials said...
Jan 8, 2024 | Engage Michigan
Michigan cosmetology school agrees to $2.8M settlement in an unpaid labor dispute DETROIT (AP) — A judge has approved a $2.8 million settlement in a dispute over unpaid work performed by aspiring hair stylists at a Michigan cosmetology school. Roughly 1,500 people...
