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Flint Mayor Karen Weaver scored a double win on Tuesday.Weaver easily defeated 17 challengers to win her recall election. The mayor garnered roughly 53%…

A week ago, we woke up to the news that Donald Trump is our president-elect.Since that day, we’ve seen a flood of reported hate incidents across the…

Chanting “No pipes, no peace," hundreds of people marched on Flint’s water plant today.The Rev. Jesse Jackson led the marchers as they protested the…

Flint’s drinking water crisis continues to draw national attention. The Reverend Jesse Jackson held a rally at a Flint church today. Jackson says the…

Even as President Obama was signing the disaster declaration for Flint and Genesee County, hundreds of protesters were gathering on the front lawn of…

Opponents of Michigan’s emergency manager law are gearing up for a long, hard fight against it.The Reverend Jesse Jackson joined Congressman John Conyers…

Reverend Jesse Jackson is in Michigan this week to continue his campaign against the sweeping emergency manager law.Jackson wants to expand his Rainbow…

Unions in Detroit fight call for concessions Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has said an emergency manager takeover of Detroit is inevitable if unions in the city…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-965802.mp3The emergency financial manager of Benton Harbor, Joe Harris, says…

The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus will hold a press conference today at noon with the Reverend Jesse Jackson in Benton Harbor.Also in attendance will…