The latest volume of the Kansas City Fed’s historical book series details the stories and accomplishments of black bankers providing a informational history of America’s earliest African American banks.  The Book is entitled: Let Us Put Our Money Together: The Fou...

As the automaker General Motors (GM) workers' union members of United Auto Workers' (UAW) enter their 2nd Week of striking, it appears that strike benefits will now start to take affect at $250 per week for those eligible.  The UAW has starting paying for COBRA medical...

Lansing, MI -- Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has picked Kristen Simmons to serve a portion of the term left vacant by the retirement of Judge Hugh Clarke Jr., in which was slated to end in January 2023.  

Attorney Kristen Simmons currently is with the Sta...

The Countdown to the 2020 Census will soon be starting.  You will start receiving info and reminders to be on the look out...By April 2020, most all households should be receiving an invitation to participate in the census in the mail.  Each household will have one of...

Check out our special Mother's Day Issue...hoping all Mother's had a wonderful day!!!

State Rep. Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Township) speaks out against Senate Bill 353 on the House floor in Lansing on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.

March 8, 2018  — Yesterday, the House passed Senate Bill 353, which would prevent local governments from protecting Michigan familie...

Courtesy Photo-Spartan Nash Volunteer

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Together with its store guests and company associates, the SpartanNash Foundation’s scan campaign to build hope and affordable housing raised $176,700 on behalf of more than 50 local Habitat for Humanity partn...

 Photo by Savitra McClurkin-David Smith of Capital Macintosh

David Smith grew up in Lake Odessa Michigan and has resided in Lansing for about eighteen years. He is a Michigan State University Graduate with a degree in Agriculture. A good friend of David asked him if he...

Friday, March 2 - Washington, DC - On Tuesday, March 6, the US Water Alliance will release a new report, An Equitable Water Future: Opportunities for the Great Lakes Region, in conjunction with a Congressional briefing on the issue of infrastructure and equity in commu...