January 29, 2021 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
A local legislator is urging the governor and the state health department to let all high school athletes participate in their winter sports.
The fight over whether to allow youth contact sports to resume took center court, Thursday, in Lansing, as Michigan lawmakers heard testimony from educators, parents and students wanting to get back to competition. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has continued to push back the start date for winter high school contact sports. That date currently stands at February 21st.
Republican State Senator Lana Theis of Brighton Township chairs the Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee, which on Thursday adopted Senate Resolution 7, urging Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the state health department to end the suspension on sports and allow play to resume immediately. The resolution cites the executive director of the Michigan High
Flint water scandal charges: Slap on the wrist for ex-governor
By Martha Grevatt posted on January 20, 2021
Activists demand justice for Flint, 2016.
In April 2014 the city of Flint, Mich., made the fatal decision to switch its water supply from Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the heavily contaminated Flint River. Flint residents have waited almost seven years for the responsible parties in particular former Governor Rick Snyder to face criminal charges.
That wait has come to an end. However, Flint residents are angry and disappointed over the actual charges brought by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel against Snyder: just two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty. Lower-ranking current and former officials face heavier felony charges, including perjury, misconduct in office and involuntary manslaughter. Nine individuals have been charged.