In 1998 Michigan lawmakers approved the Clean Michigan Initiative, a $675 million bonding effort aimed at supporting environmental, health and natural resource protection programs across the state. While the program’s funds were…
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Dearborn museum to celebrate addition of historic civil rights home
The Henry Ford at Greenfield Village will celebrate next week the addition of a noted home that was a significant site in American Civil Rights history. Jawana Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr….
Dearborn launches air quality monitoring network to empower residents and influence regulation
The city of Dearborn this week announced the launch of an air quality initiative, placing 10 monitors throughout the city to help residents protect their health. Air quality has long been a…
State reps. introduce resolution condemning WSJ op-ed as ‘racist and Islamophobic’
Lawmakers in both the Michigan House and Senate on Tuesday denounced a column published in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend calling Dearborn “America’s Jihad Capital.” Since its publication on Friday,…
Biden, Whitmer join in condemnation of Wall Street Journal column on Dearborn
Reaction to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece about Dearborn intensified through the weekend, as President Joe Biden and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined the chorus of condemnation. The WSJ op-ed, “Welcome to…