7/27/21 Windsor Star By Trevor Wilhelm With businesses, jobs and social connections on the line, Windsor and Detroit business groups have joined together in calling for the U.S. to follow Canada’s example and reopen the border to non-essential travel. Sandy …
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US-Canada couple denied border exemption; business leaders urge reciprocity
7/26/21 The Detroit News By James David Dickson River Rouge — Karissa Baker saw it before she heard it: her boyfriend Jacob Temple was denied passage Monday morning into Detroit from Windsor. Temple, 29, attempted to invoke a medical exemption when trying to cross the …
Continue ReadingBiden’s move on US-Canada border could have more to do with Mexico border
7/27/21 Detroit Free Press By Todd Spangler After last week’s surprise announcement that the U.S. border with Canada would remain closed to nonessential travel until at least Aug. 21, quiet speculation — and consternation — has been rampant that problems along the …
Continue ReadingThe Child Tax Credit Could Help Small Businesses Throughout Metro Detroit
July 22, 2021 WXYZ Detroit View original article. It’s been one week since families started receiving the first advance payment of the child tax credit. That money will help families make ends meet and help parents care for their children. …
Continue ReadingDuggan touts Detroit’s ‘resilient’ recovery from the pandemic
7/13/21 The Detroit News By Sarah Rahal Detroit — Mayor Mike Duggan reflected Tuesday on the “tough time” the city has endured during the COVID-19 pandemic, but expressed optimism it will bounce back. The mayor, during one of the first in-person …
Continue ReadingDuggan’s focus the next 3 months: Get pre-K programs expanded
Mayor Mike Duggan’s big focus over the next several months is helping secure pre-K education for every young Detroiter, he said Tuesday at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual city policy confab. In a riverfront conversation with moderator Roop Raj, a …
Continue ReadingDetroit Policy Conference Puts Focus On Small Businesses, Economy Thriving Post Pandemic
7/13/21 62 CBS Detroit By April Morton (CBS DETROIT) – The 10th annual Detroit Policy Conference at The Aretha had one focus in mind and that is to move the region and Detroit forward, post pandemic. Small businesses took center stage at the …
Continue ReadingCrews to start flood cleaning for Detroit’s most vulnerable residents
7/13/21 Detroit Free Press By Dana Afana City crews this week will begin helping Detroit’s most vulnerable residents clean up from recent widespread flooding. Detroit’s Water and Sewerage Department will send crews to sanitize basements for some of those who were most …
Continue Reading‘We’ve got to do better’: Detroit struggles to improve COVID-19 vaccination numbers
7/14/21 Michigan Advance By Ken Coleman More than six months after the city of Detroit began offering COVID-19 vaccinations, the percentage of Detroit residents aged 12 and up who have received at least one vaccination dose stands at a staggering …
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