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MLIVE: Organizers collect close to 250,000 signatures in effort to repeal Michigan emergency manager law
Organizers of a statewide campaign to repeal Michigan’s controversial emergency manager law say they have collected close to 250,000 signatures from voters who want to see the issue on the November ballot. Michigan Forward chairman Brandon Jessup says the Stand [...]
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MI Public Service Commission: Renewables Less Expensive than Coal, Spark Economy
A Michigan Public Service Commission report shows Michigan’s renewable energy standard is directly sparking Michigan’s economy, generating $100 million in investments, spurring manufacturing and business growth, and creating jobs, the Energy Innovation Business Council said today. The report also shows [...]
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STATELINE: Oscar night secret: Tax breaks for films go undisclosed in many states
Of the nine film productions up for best picture at Sunday’s Academy Awards, five received financial incentives from state governments. But if you want to find out exactly how much help the films got, only some of the states will come [...]
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Letter to Roy Roberts/Carta al Roy Roberts
February 13, the Maybury Local School Community School Organization writes Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager on the closing of the school at the end of the 2011-2012 academic school year. For English and Spanish versions of this letter please click [...]
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LATIMES: Supreme Court will hear case on affirmative action at colleges
The Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on the future of affirmative action at the nation’s colleges and universities, agreeing to hear an appeal from a white student in Texas who seeks an end to “racial preferences” in college admissions.The decision [...]
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February 22nd, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Repeal Public Act 4
February 13, the Maybury Local School Community School Organization writes Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager on the closing of the school at the end of the 2011-2012 academic school year. For English and Spanish versions of this letter please click [...]
February 21st, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Repeal Public Act 4
Who: Organizers of the repeal of the emergency manager law, supporters, organized labor, progressive groups
What: rally and release final number of gathered signatures
When: 5:30 PM, February 28, 2012
Where: 600 West Lafayette in downtown Detroit (next [...]
February 16th, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Repeal Public Act 4 Michigan Forward and the Detroit Branch NAACP invite you to a prayer breakfast, “Powering Democracy” on
Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:00 A.M. Fellowship Chapel 7707 W. Outer Drive Detroit, MI 48235
This breakfast fundraiser reaches out to the [...]
February 2nd, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Repeal Public Act 4
Michigan Forward and the Detroit Branch NAACP support the informal opinion by Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette that meetings by review teams must follow the Open Meetings Act. The judge advised for an end to secret and closed door [...]
January 25th, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Repeal Public Act 4
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 [...]
January 17th, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Repeal Public Act 4 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 [...]
January 12th, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Repeal Public Act 4 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 [...]
January 5th, 2012 | By Michigan Forward, Repeal Public Act 4 Fred Leeb, the first emergency manager for the city of Pontiac shares his opinion on Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law and changes to it under Public Act 4 with Crain’s Detroit Nancy Keller. Keller shares her opinion of Public Act 4 [...]
December 27th, 2011 | By Brandon Jessup, Repeal Public Act 4
On December 22, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH and allies met at Bethany Baptist Church in Detroit for a community meeting and later press conference regarding Public Act 4. These allies included Michigan members of the Occupy Movement, faith and [...]
December 27th, 2011 | By Michigan Forward, Repeal Public Act 4
InnerView with Reginald M. Lane is a Detroit based news and current events program discussing local and national issues. Airing locally each week, Mondays 6:30am on MYTV20 Detroit, host Reginald M. Lane interviews city officials, politicians, and community activist [...]
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