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Flint Twp.--Hundreds of staff members and students at Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools called on the district to adopt a series of anti-racist policies in a letter presented during a Board of Education meeting on July 14. The letter,…

Flint, MI — Totem Books, Flint’s solitary bookstore, reopened its doors to the public as of Tuesday, July 7. Dean Yeotis, the owner, expressed his joys and concerns about being back, saying “I feel really good about being back open. We…

Flint, MI--Flint has seen a 169% increase in non-fatal shootings since last year.  According to the Michigan State Police Department, there were 29 non-fatal shootings in 2019 year-to-date. This year, there have been 78 non-fatal…

LANSING, MICH. – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive Thursday to require all health professionals in Michigan to receive implicit bias training as part of their licensing. The training was one of the recommendations made…