LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the appointment of Michael Wrobel of Mason to the Muskegon Heights School District Receivership Transition Advisory Board (RTAB). The board was first named in October of 2016, after the school district’s financial emergency was resolved and the school district transitioned back to local control. “Michael is an excellent addition to […]
The popular “…And Justice for All” series at Muskegon Community College resumes on Tuesday, Sept. 19, with a discussion of “Economic Injustice: The Empowerment Experiment” by Margarita “Maggie” Anderson, the CEO and founder of the Illinois-based Empowerment Experiment Foundation and author of Our Black Year. Community members are encouraged to attend the free event, which runs […]
Much of the country is focused on the debate around repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. However, what hasn’t received nearly as much attention is that the House also passed deep cuts to the federal-state Medicaid program as part of the ACA repeal bill, despite that having nothing to do with repealing or replacing […]
Montague – Matthew Ball aka The Motor City Boogie Woogie Kid is the attorney turned musician who now has over 3.8 million YouTube views and counting! Michigan’s reigning Boogie n’ Blues heavyweight, Ball left the practice of law in 2001 to pursue a life in Music. With recent appearances on Fox 2 News Detroit’s ‘The Nine Show’ […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Middle school girls will get a glimpse into the careers of technology and engineering at a four-day camp in June at Grand Valley State University. The camp is held to expose female students to careers in STEM occupations, which are made of less than 30 percent women. Science, Technology and Engineering Preview […]
LANSING — The American Federation of Teachers – Michigan released the following statement regarding the passage of a package of bills that will gut the secure retirement promised to teachers. “These bills are nothing but political ideology of corporate donors like the DeVos family masked as a solution to a problem that, in reality, doesn’t […]
MUSKEGON, MI – Muskegon’s first public dog park is now under construction as Downtown Muskegon Now has contracted with Port City Construction to complete the Downtown Muskegon PetSafe Bark Park. The off-leash dog park at the corner of West Western Avenue and Shoreline Drive is a collaboration of funding groups led by the Michigan Economic […]
By Victor Skinner ROOSEVELT PARK – Mark Portincasa and Paul Farage are setting the record straight about medical marijuana while helping local residents find a more holistic approach to their health. “We talk about medical marijuana certifications and how to go about getting your medical marijuana card,” said Farage, who launched The Society of Healing […]
By Patrick J. Buchanan By firing off five dozen Tomahawk missiles at a military airfield, our “America First” president may have plunged us into another Middle East war that his countrymen do not want to fight. Thus far Bashar Assad seems unintimidated. Brushing off the strikes, he has defiantly gone back to bombing the rebels […]
Muskegon – The Muskegon Museum of Art will host its fourth annual On Tap beer, food, and art fundraising event on Saturday, April 22, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. ON TAP combines tasting of beer by popular West Michigan’s breweries and food samples by area restaurants among several art galleries into one big multi-sensory tasting […]