Articles from the January 14, 2021 edition
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Newly Elected 34th District Judge Maintains a Community Focus
Attorney Lisa Martin brought with her more than 20 years' experience in the legal field when she decided to run for a seat on the 34th District Court. A resident of Van Buren Township, Martin had...
How did Martin Luther King Jr. Day become a federal holiday?
On the third Monday of January every year, the federal government closes up shop for a day to honor civil rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. - who was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968. But the road to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was...
More Vaccines are on the way to Michigan
LANSING. -- Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that they will grant Governor Whitmer and eight other governors' request and release the millions of doses of the...
I Am Empowered
I traveled to Washington DC with a bus load of people that I didn't know. I was so excited as we gathered in Southfield for the long journey. I have been to the King Center in Atlanta numerous of...
Open carry firearms ban doesn't go far enough, Michigan House Democratic leaders say
LANSING - The Michigan State Capitol Commission has not done enough to protect lawmakers, school kids, tour groups and others inside the state's Capitol, House Democratic leaders said Monday. After...
Ex-Michigan governor, Rick Snyder, charged in lead-poisoning of Flint residents
(Reuters) - Michigan's attorney general charged former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday with two counts of willful neglect of duty over the lead-poisoning of drinking water in Flint city -...
Mittens for Detroit Keeping Local Hands Warm All Winter
Mittens for Detroit uses as its tagline, "Warming hearts, two hands at a time." Indeed, the 501(c) (3) non-profit has been delivering mittens and gloves by the thousands to metro Detroit children and...
River Rouge Panthers win State Regionals over Martin Luther King Jr. Crusaders in nail biter, 33 - 30
River Rouge Panthers win State Regionals over Martin Luther King Jr. Crusaders in nail biter, 33 - 30. The Panthers team celebrate after winning a back and forth nail bitter when they broke the 30-30...
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers the 'I Have a Dream' speech at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic...
SBA ANNOUNCES PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM TO REOPEN WEEK OF JANUARY 11
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will reopen the week of Jan. 11 for new borrowers and certain existing borrowers. This applies to both first and second draw loans. For companies...
