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In response to a rise in chronic absenteeism among students at Westland's John Glenn High School, the 18th District Court has partnered with Westland's Youth Assistance Program and Wayne-Westland Community Schools to hold informal truancy hearings at the 18th District Court. Since February, 18th District Court Judges Sandra Ference Cicirelli and Mark A. McConnell preside over truancy hearings with at-risk students, their parents, school officials, and staff of Westland's Youth Assistance...
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to expand on his administration's environmental justice goals, which include delivering clean air and water to communities nationwide. The first of its kind order establishes the Office of Environmental Justice at the White House. "For far too long, communities across our country have faced persistent environmental injustice through toxic pollution, underinvestment in infrastructure and critical services, and other disproportionate environmental...
Equalized property tax values in Wayne County are continuing to rise, with values up 9.85 percent over 2022, officials said. Equalized values represent those submitted by all 43 county communities. The county's equalized value in now $72.3 trillion, an increase of just under $6.5 trillion, officials said County commissioners received the report Thursday, during their annual equalization meeting. It was presented by the county's Department of Management and Budget. This is considered the...
ANSING, Michigan - The Michigan Municipal League is honoring 18 graduates of its 2022 Elected Officials Academy. Now in its 25th year, the Elected Officials Academy is an ongoing four-level program that educates and recognizes elected officials across the state for their dedication to becoming as professional and knowledgeable as possible in the role of public servant. The Elected Officials Academy, a voluntary education and recognition program, was created in 1997 by a board of elected...
Wayne County Commissioners have approved a $10 million, two-year project designed to ease flooding in Dearborn Heights and other nearby communities. Commissioners on April 20 approved money from the county’s share of American Rescue Plan revenue for drain improvements in the North Branch Ecorse Creek Drain Drainage District. The district serves Dearborn Heights, Allen Park, Ecorse, Inkster, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, Romulus, Taylor and Westland. It covers an estimated 52,400 properties over an area of roughly 30 square miles. Homeowners in p...
Between 2019-2021, gun deaths among young Americans rose 50% and surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for the first time. Guns and Kids Dying Guns are the biggest killers of American children and are tied to an unprecedented rise in suicides and homicides among this generation, according to new data that paints a damming portrait of childhood mortality in the US. Drugs are now the third leading cause of death, according to the most recent figures. "Put in plain terms, it...
Singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte died Tuesday at his home in New York of congestive heart failure, his representative Paula Witt said in a statement Tuesday morning. Known as the "King of Calypso," Belafonte will be regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. Belafonte was born Harold George Bellafaniti, Jr. in Harlem in 1927. His parents were both born in Jamaica, providing the young Belafonte a musical influence the whole world would eventually come to know...
Growth and development are vital steps to the human experience. No individual can control what outside forces may affect their lives, but there is one thing we can control. How we cope, react, and move forward from the circumstances. Methods of coping vary from person to person but one thing remains as a universal truth. Unsavory states of affairs from the past have to be dealt with before you can walk through the door of a bright and promising future. Toriana Willaims is making progress as a...
Meet Jazimen Renee/RichKisses, beauty and fashion influencer. Jazimen Renee is a Detroit model, host, and makeup artist. "I'm a spontaneous person who loves trying new things that I can learn from or elevate from. I'm also very resilient I've been through a lot, but I always find a way to bounce back," describes Jazimen Renee. She is a self-taught makeup artist and model, with ten years of experience. Learning makeup came with going to photo shoots, "I love feeling beauty and making others feel...
Programs help strengthen communities across Michigan through ‘hope and humanity’ LANSING, MI, April 6, 2023 – The Michigan Supreme Court today released its FY 2022 Problem-Solving Courts Annual Report, tracking the progress and highlighting the success of 207 problem-solving courts (PSCs) across Michigan from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. In particular, the report shows that graduates of adult drug court programs were, on average, more than 3 times less likely to be convicted of a new offense within three years of admission to a progr...
(StatePoint) The strength of the country relies on its estimated 33.2 million small businesses, which comprise 99.9 percent of all American businesses. COVID threatened, and in some cases forced, the closure of many small enterprises and tens of thousands are still reeling from the aftermath of the full pandemic. In an effort to offer some relief, the federal government created the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Program under the IRS that has already helped thousands of qualifying businesses...
The Arab American story is the American story — one of diverse backgrounds and faiths, vibrant tradition, bold innovation, hard work, commitment to community, and stalwart patriotism, all coming together to accomplish something greater than any one of us. This month, we join together to celebrate the immeasurable contributions of Arab Americans to our Nation and recommit ourselves to the timeless work of making sure that all people have the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. Ours is a Nation shaped by the immigrant’s heart, and gen...
