Pontiac City Council Kermit Williams talks about Michigan's unconstitutional Public Act 4, how it's decimated the city of Pontiac and Michigan's cities and school districts.
Find Your Local Repeal Petition Site
Stand Up For Democracy petition sites are in cities across Michigan. Pick up a petition, drop off a petition or sign a petition at any of these locations.
Urban Economic Forum
Our annual open policy event to build progressive public policy for Michigan's urban centers.
Skubick: Snyder Missed Opportunity to Speak to Detroiters
Close but no cigar says political commentator Tim Skubick on Governor Snyder's 2012 State of the State address.
Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday confirmed an emergency manager in Highland Park Schools and appointed certified public accountant Jack Martin to take over the troubled district.
Martin’s appointment is effective Monday. The move was not unexpected after a review team [...]
Michigan’s controversial emergency manager law is among the most sweeping of its kind in the country, experts say, leading opponents to fear it could be used as a model for other states.
A coalition of Michigan businesses, agriculture, health care professionals and labor today called on Michigan to support a ballot proposal that raises the state’s renewable energy standard to 25 percent by 2025, a move that will help create jobs while [...]
On December 1, 2011 Detroit’s City Council held a public hearing to explore cost cutting alternatives in light of the community’s financial crisis. This public hearing attracted community organizations, residents and employees and employee unions with options to build [...]
A proposal may be on the Nov. 6, 2012, ballot that will require that 25 percent of Michigan’s energy come from renewable sources such as wind, solar and biomass by 2025. The following new Section 55 would be added to Article [...]
The NBC show “Parks and Recreation” features a relatively benign and good-natured Emergency Management Team that motivates city workers to creatively problem-solve and think-outside-the-box to save the city’s crippled budget. Each week the nation gets lots of laughs from the [...]
On Monday, January 23, Michigan Governor, Rick Snyder received a letter from Michigan Forward and the Detroit Branch NAACP calling for greater transparency and accountability from the Governor’s teams conducting emergency management reviews in Detroit and Inkster. The letter mailed [...]
It is with joy that we celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who fought tirelessly to make sure every American’s vote counts. And it is with outrage that we recognize that in Michigan we have to fight [...]
Brit Satchwell, President of the Ann Arbor Education Association gives six reason why you should join the Occupy Democracy Protest Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 16 at 4PM.
Colleagues,
Unions, community activists, and churches from across lower Michigan will [...]
Volunteer for Data Entry and Verification
Volunteers are still needed to assist in the processing of petitions. Volunteers may assist with data entry at Michigan AFSCME Council 25
600 West Lafayette, here in Detroit.
