The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners is considering turning its Community Mental Health Department into an authority, The Supreme Court of the United States has denied hearing four cases from Michigan involving home equity theft, the new president at rand Rapids Community college will start work on March 2, West and Southwest Michigan's manufacturing economies continue showing signs of softening, Macy's in RiverTown Crossings mall is closing, Wedgwood Christian Services is raising awareness during January's National Human Trafficking Prevention Month.
Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist is pivoting from running for Governor to running for Secretary of State, a new plan proposes that some revenue from data centers in Lansing be used to fund housing support services.
The organization called A Just GR focuses on justice reform and equity in the Grand Rapids community. Leaders have been holding public meetings to collect data from area agencies on crisis management, law enforcement, neighborhood conditions, and community assets. But as Chairperson Reverend Parris McMurry tells WGVU’s Dee Morrison, numbers don’t tell the full story.
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