KDPS Chief Jeff Hadley said he believes there’s no single key to Kalamazoo’s declining crime numbers, but collaborative efforts in the community between residents, youth, businesses, faith-based organizations and KDPS contributed to this outcome. READ MORE!
The public is invited to participate in meetings which will evaluate students, teachers, administrators. READ MORE!
The President’s Budget for the fiscal year 2013 includes more than $4.7 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Corps, with almost $64 million for Detroit district projects around the Great Lakes. READ MORE!
Fox News contributor and New York Times best-selling author Michelle Malkin will deliver a keynote address at the Michigan Prosperity Forum in Troy. Other confirmed speakers for the daylong event, organized by the taxpayer group Americans for Prosperity-Michigan, include Andrew Breitbart, publisher of Breitbart.com and BigGovernment.com, and Frank Beckman, WJR talk radio host. All the presidential candidates have been invited to the event. READ MORE!
Legislator open to meeting with public. READ WHERE SHE WILL BE!
The diversity of the City of Kalamazoo’s workforce will not initially suffer when 219 employees retire over the next two years in a budget-trimming program. In fact, employment levels among minority and female municipal workers could increase as a percentage of total employment after early-retirees are subtracted.
A report prepared for the Kalamazoo City Commission shows the city’s current workforce includes 21 percent racial minorities and 31 percent females. When early retirees are removed from the mix, the minority percentage will be 22 percent, with 32 percent female. READ MORE!
There’s more we’re announcing today. We’re working to turn more foreclosed homes into rental housing, because as a lot of families know, that empty house or for sale sign down the block can bring down prices for an entire neighborhood. We’re working to make sure people don’t lose their homes just because they lost their job. And these steps will make a difference. READ MORE OF THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH HERE!