A California nonprofit has found that modest financial rewards for clean urine tests can help break the chain of meth addiction. But the treatment is barely being replicated in Michigan, in part because insurers are not yet on board.
Law enforcement and treatment experts chart a rising toll from meth, from overdose deaths to families ripped apart. Cheaper and more pure versions now come from Mexican labs, and there are not enough treatment resources in rural counties.
Dangerously high lead levels have appeared in water tests in this low-income, majority Black community since 2018. Residents and activists say they fear the problem dates back longer, with Flint’s crisis as a backdrop.
New emails and testimony shows former President Donald Trump and allies continued to spread false claims about Michigan election results even after Homeland Security and Justice officials debunked a report on Antrim County voting machines.
Latino and Hispanic businesses received fewer loans in the past decade and received less help during the pandemic. The West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s financial literacy program is meant to build business skills.
The Democratic governor says she’ll require contractors to pay workers union wages on state projects. Lawsuits likely as Republicans repealed a similar mandate in 2018.
Critics of the bill — part of a 39-bill election package pushed by Republicans — say it amounts to voter suppression by disproportionately impacting Black and low-income voters who tend to vote for Democrats.
