7/11/2024

UPPER MICHIGAN - Safe and Just Michigan is hosting an Expungement Fair at the Upper Peninsula Michigan Works! office in Marquette on Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm. The goal of the fair is to help screen residents of the U.P. and help them on their way to getting their record cleared. According to Kamau Sandiford, the program manager of Safe and Just Michigan Clean Slate, in Michigan, a person can have up to three eligible felonies and unlimited misdemeanors expunged. Free background checks, fingerprinting and volunteer attorney will be available to help fill out paperwork and instruct on the next steps in the expungement process. For more information go to safeandjustmi.org/take-action/events.

7/11/2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including Michigan. The Energy Department will issue grants totaling $1.7 billion to create or retain thousands of union jobs and support auto-based communities.  The grants cover a broad range of the automotive supply chain, including electric motorcycles and school buses, hybrid powertrains, heavy-duty commercial truck batteries and electric SUVs. The 2022 climate law pays for the grants.

7/11/2024

NORTHERN WISCONSIN - Eyes will be on Wisconsin in this falls presidential election, but this fall’s election will serve a pivotal role to the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.  Incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin, and her presumptive Republican challenger, businessman Eric Hovde are hoping to be elected to a tightly contested U.S. Senate.  Hovde is visiting 28 northern Wisconsin counties during his Restore the American Dream Tour and started in Ashland yesterday.  According to Hovde, if elected he wants to help bring the state and nation together.  A study done by Marquette University Law School in June polled registered and likely voters showed 47% will likely cast a ballot for Hovde.  Currently, Democrats hold the narrowest possible majority 51-49.