Monthly ridership on downtown Grand Rapids’ free shuttle service experienced a sharp drop in May after the city cut routes to save money, a new initiative with financial support from the Steelcase foundation aims to prepare Kent County students for in-demand jobs, Ada township trustees say they need more money to maintain and improve parks and recreation programs, the USS Silversides is journeying across Lake Michigan for restoration, the Kent County Prosecutor will not file charges against a Grand Rapids police officer in the deadly May shooting of a mentally ill man.
There’s a new challenge to the signatures for a petition to limit political donations from Michigan’s public utilities and large government contractors, the Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from Grand Rapids on how quickly local governments must comply with public records requests, outgoing U-S Senator Gary Peters of Michigan has made an endorsement in the race for his replacement.
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