3 Local Voices Nessel also criticized her Republican opponent this fall, Matthew DePerno, for his interpretation of the Second Amendment. Michigan Advance , News Partner Posted Replies Michigan Advance June 12, 2022 Hundreds of students, parents and education professionals filled the capitol lawn Saturday morning calling for solutions to gun violence in response to a spate of mass shootings across the nation. The protest was organized by March For Our Lives, a youth-led movement focused on civic engagement, education and direct action by youth to eliminate gun violence. March For Our Lives also held corresponding events across the United States, including Washington, D.C., and Oxford, the site of a school shooting in November. Neelu Jaberi, co-captain of March For Our Lives Lansing and an incoming senior at Okemos High School, said she was inspired to take action against gun violence to a lack of response from … [Read more...] about Hundreds Gather On Michigan Capitol Steps Saturday Demanding Action To End Gun Violence
Texas school shooting
Oxford Safe Storage Act Included In Gun Reform Package US House Passed
6 Politics & Government Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin first introduced the bill after the deadly Oxford school shooting. Dylan Siwicki , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Replies MICHIGAN — The gun reform package lawmakers passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday included a provision from Michigan Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin that she first introduced after the deadly Oxford school shooting. Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan's 8th District (northern Oakland County), first proposed the Safe Guns, Safe Kids Act in December that would require gun owners to safely store their firearms in households with children . The bill would aim to hold gun owners accountable with up to five years in prison if a child uses their gun to hurt others or commit a crime. "The idea is simple: gun owners should store firearms safely when children are in the home and should be held responsible if they don’t … [Read more...] about Oxford Safe Storage Act Included In Gun Reform Package US House Passed
New Gun Violence Bill: What It Means For Michigan
2 Politics & Government Michigan Representative Fred Upton joined the state's two Democratic Senators in favor of the bill. Dylan Siwicki , Patch Staff Posted Replies MICHIGAN — Two Michigan Senators voted in favor of a bipartisan gun violence bill , which could win final approval before the two-week 4th of July recess starts at the end of the week. "For far too long, Americans have grappled with an epidemic of gun violence that has taken lives, and shattered families and communities in Michigan and across the country," Michigan U.S. Senator Gary Peters said. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act would become the first major gun control measure to pass Congress in decades. It would require background checks for prospective gun buyers between the ages of 18 and 21, expand the definition of a gun seller and impose new penalties on gun traffickers. The measure could also give Michigan and its communities a share … [Read more...] about New Gun Violence Bill: What It Means For Michigan
In An Effort To Make Pride Safer, Grand Rapids Pride Center Announces No Police Will Be At Festival
0 Crime & Safety "Essentially, these activists basically said, 'If you don't do this, we are no longer going to participate with the Pride Center.'" Michigan Advance , News Partner Posted Reply Michigan Advance June 19, 2022 Two years ago, as calls for racial justice were ignited across the country in the wake of a white Minneapolis police officer murdering George Floyd, a group of activists called on the Grand Rapids Pride Center to take a hard look at itself. “The group of BIPOC [Black, Indigenous and people of color] activists called out the Pride Center and said, ‘We want to support you, but you have a history of not listening to minority voices in general and specifically Black and trans voices,” said Jazz McKinney, who at that time was the center’s only Black board member and is now its executive director. “So they gave us a list of demands as a center and said, ‘Hey, if you want to say you’re serving all … [Read more...] about In An Effort To Make Pride Safer, Grand Rapids Pride Center Announces No Police Will Be At Festival
Who Decides If We’re In A Recession? 8 Economists You’ve Likely Never Heard Of
(CNN) — Prominent Wall Street economists like Mark Zandi, investing luminaries like ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood and executives like JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon can make recession predictions until they’re blue in the face , but their guidance will remain just that — an economic forecast. That’s because, in the United States, the economy isn’t broadly and officially considered to be in a recession until a relatively unknown group of eight economists says so. READ MORE: Maryland Weather: Sunny & Warm The economists, who serve together as the Business Cycle Dating Committee , are hand-selected by and work under the umbrella of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a private nonprofit organization. They have no predetermined meeting dates and their deliberations are private. There are no fixed term dates and the final determination of who gets to serve on the committee is made by one man: NBER president and Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist … [Read more...] about Who Decides If We’re In A Recession? 8 Economists You’ve Likely Never Heard Of
