May 19th, 20220WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Biden took steps on Wednesday to address the shortage of infant formula in the U.S., invoking the Defense Production Act to help manufacturers obtain the ingredients needed to ramp up supply, the White House said.
Biden also directed U.S. agencies to use Defense Department commercial aircraft to bring ...
May 17th, 20222NEW YORK — Law school faculty at a major university in New York have joined the ranks of educational and professional organizations supporting the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) and recognition of Palestinian rights.
Last week, the City University of New York (CUNY) Law Faculty unanimously endorsed a CUNY Law Student...
May 17th, 20220DETROIT — The International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit (IIMD) is offering free citizenship legal services to Metro Detroiters through a grant from the federal government.
The institute is encouraging anyone thinking of applying for citizenship to reach out to it. Immigration legal staff will assist people applying for...
May 14th, 20220- Amer Zahr is a law professor at the University of Detroit Mercy and president of New Generation for Palestine
On Wednesday morning, in the occupied Palestinian city of Jenin, Israeli occupation forces assassinated Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Since 1997, Shireen has been the face of Palestine for Al-Jazeera, the...
May 14th, 20220The Biden administration, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress have created the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides eligible households $30 per month off their Internet bills.
The government has secured commitments from 20 leading Internet providers to offer ACP-eligible households a high-speed Internet...
May 10th, 20220Lebanese living abroad cast 142,041 ballots for parliamentary elections on Friday and Sunday, many backing political newcomers after the worst crisis since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war led to widespread poverty and a wave of emigration.
Only 225,277 Lebanese living overseas were eligible to participate in the elections in more than 50...
May 5th, 20220DEARBORN — Democrat Jeff Pepper defeated Republican challenger Ginger Shearer for the District 15 State House partial term in Tuesday’s special election, amid low voter turnout and heavy absentee voting.
The low overall turnout was consistent with the special primary that preceded Tuesday’s general. Only 9.5 percent of...
May 3rd, 20220DETROIT — A new report asks whether average U.S. workers are really able to afford their commute, given historically high inflation, gas prices and most importantly, the cost of maintaining vehicles.
The report by the website Clever, a real estate market and consumer research group, ranked the best and worst metros for driving...
May 3rd, 20220A new online tool lets Michigan residents track down the nearest spots where they can find testing and therapeutic treatments for COVID-19.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) said the tool for Michigan residents and health care providers. The tool is provided through Solvhealth.com, a company that connects...
April 27th, 20220DEARBORN — U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) have joined colleagues to introduce a bill that includes people who identify as Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) as a racial and ethnic minority group in the U.S. Public Health Service Act.
The MENA population is categorized as White or "other"...
April 21st, 20220DETROIT — The newly formed Detroit Refugee Network (DRN) is looking to increase resources for refugee clients of three major resettlement agencies that provide support services to refugees from Afghanistan and other nations as they resettle in Detroit.
Samaritas, the Detroit-based statewide health and human services organization...
April 21st, 20220MICHIGAN — State health authorities are urging residents to minimize their risks of catching COVID-19 and prevent its spread at spring gatherings, including proms, graduations and other holidays, as cases are expected to rise with warmer weather.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is asking people to make...
April 21st, 20221DEARBORN — Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud has successfully argued before the highest court in the land after first making history as the first Arab American Muslim woman to do so in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Justices rendered a 6-3 opinion in Hammoud's favor and in favor of the state’s stance in the...
April 17th, 20220LANSING — Nearly a third of eligible drivers have already received their $400 auto refund checks from the state’s catastrophic fund surplus, and the rest should expect to receive their refunds by the May 9 deadline.
Where does the money come from?
The money comes from a surplus in the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association...
April 14th, 20220WAYNE COUNTY — On Tuesday, April 12, Wayne County Commissioners declared April as Arab American Heritage Month in the county, unanimously approving a resolution sponsored by Commissioners Sam Baydoun (D-Dearborn) and Al Haidous (D-Wayne).
“It is more important than ever that we recognize the many contributions Arab Americans...
April 8th, 20220LANSING — Governor Whitmer became the first governor to file a lawsuit to protect abortion rights, in anticipation of a possible overturning of an overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Whitmer filed the suit using her executive authority to ask the Michigan Supreme Court to immediately resolve whether Michigan’s...
April 6th, 20220WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield School District announced this week it has hired Dr. Dania Bazzi to lead the district as its next superintendent.
The District said its Board of Education made the decision on Monday, in a united vote regarding the terms of Bazzi’s contract.
Bazzi is a public school superintendent offering...
March 25th, 20220SOUTHFIELD — After decades as a household fixture in local news media, FOX 2 Detroit anchor Huel Perkins, along with his longtime co-host, Monica Gayle, will be retiring from the station this Friday.
News of the retirement came from the anchors themselves last month, in an emotional and heartfelt announcement that provoked local...
March 22nd, 20220LANSING — A second round of the Child Care Stabilization Grant program is now underway and will distribute $365 million to give every full-time childcare professional a $1,000 retention bonus and to help childcare programs.
The grants are available to Michigan’s approximately 8,000 licensed childcare programs and their...
March 12th, 20220SAN DIEGO — San Diego County’s deep rooted Chaldean community says it is being disenfranchised by the County’s redistricting of the area in which most of this ethnic and religious minority group resides.
A group representing the concentrated Chaldean community in the East County has said the county's redistricting efforts have...
March 11th, 20220DETROIT – A dozen doctors are among 16 people in Michigan and Ohio who have been sentenced to prison in an opioid scheme that included the distribution of 6.6 million pills and $250 million in false billings, authorities said.
The health care fraud exploited patients suffering from opioid addiction, the Justice Department said in a...
March 10th, 20220Governor Whitmer boasted strong economic numbers for the state, now in a steady swing upward and recovering from the COVID-9 crisis.
Economic numbers show that Michigan has added jobs for nine straight months and has a low unemployment rate of 4.9 percent, with the third-fastest decrease of any state. The unemployment rate for...
March 9th, 20220Americans are now experiencing soaring gas prices, surging more than 30 percent since Russia invaded Ukraine and the U.S. and other countries imposed a raft of sanctions.
The Biden administration has already begun looking at scenarios in which oil tops $200 a barrel, with gas stations already topping $4 a gallon in many...
March 7th, 20221DEARBORN — With local drivers suffering through a particularly bad pothole season, we reached out to the city of Dearborn to get insight on how it’s tackling the problem on the neighborhood roads it maintains.
Damage from deteriorating roads is a real financial burden for drivers, in Michigan and beyond. AAA says U.S. drivers...
March 3rd, 20220LANSING — Governor Whitmer and the state's treasury are encouraging eligible families and individuals to claim both the federal and state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) when filing their 2021 income taxes.
Those who qualify and claim the credit could pay less federal tax, pay no tax or even get a tax refund.
The Michigan...
March 1st, 20220MICHIGAN — $409 million is available in Michigan to provide grants to businesses that have suffered declining sales during the pandemic.
The Growing MI Business Grant Program is available from March 1 through 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2022, and is funded by dollars from the American Rescue Plan Act. Grants will be awarded as a resource...
February 16th, 20220LANSING — The state’s health authority said this week that COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to decline since this winter’s surge brought on by the spread of highly infectious variants and that it is adjusting its approach to the pandemic in the recovery phase.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services...
February 15th, 20220LANSING — The state’s housing authority has launched a new program to help homeowners experiencing pandemic-related financial hardships get current on housing expenses and avoid foreclosure.
The Michigan Homeowner Assistance Fund (MIHAF) is expected to help more than 8,300 homeowners stay in their homes by giving them direct...
