AMERICA DISRUPTED: Troubles cleave a nation, and a city
By JOSH BOAK and KAT STAFFORDJuly 7, 2020 GMT
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SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) It was difficult to celebrate America in Saginaw this year. The deadly coronavirus had torn through the county. Unemployment had surged five-fold. Weeks of protest over racial inequality left many debating what should be hallowed and what must be changed.
But Tom Roy had given it his best. As the head of the July Fourth fireworks board, he struggled to save the display of red-rocketed flares and bursting peonies, fruitlessly seeking a venue that felt safe from the sickness.
New foundation aims to provide Michigan kids with mittens
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
Mittens for the Mitten is a new foundation launched by Saginaw-based social media firm Digital Mitten. (Courtesy | Digital Mitten)
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SAGINAW, MI Saginaw-based social media firm Digital Mitten has launched a new foundation aimed at helping to keep Michigan children warm while they’re playing outside.
Mittens for the Mitten will provide free mittens to elementary students across Michigan each fall, beginning with students enrolled in Bay City Public Schools, according to a company news release.
Digital Mitten will set aside a percentage of every invoice billed during 2021 into the foundation’s account. It is also accepting donations for the cause via its website, digitalmitten.com. The firm plans to use the fund to make and distribute mittens to Michigan schools each fall.
by Allan Lengel
Paul Mitchell Paul Mitchell, who was fed up with Washington and chose not to run for a third U.S. House term last fall, says the White House threatened him after he after criticizing President Trump s election fraud fantasy. I stepped away from the Repubican Party when I saw leadership after the election failing to address responsibly the outcome of the election, the Saginaw-area congressional retiree said Sunday morning on WDIV s Flashpoint. I belive this was a path that was going to a bad place. I put out a tweet at one point that said #stopthestupid.
Long-time Capital Insider Retires From State Government
Long-time Capital Insider Retires From State GovernmentContact: Ryan Jarvi 517-599-2746Agency: Attorney General
January 8, 2021
LANSING – One of Michigan’s longest-serving capital city insiders – Kelly Keenan – is retiring from state government today following decades of experience in Lansing.
Keenan left his private sector consulting firm to assist newly elected Attorney General Dana Nessel when she took office on Jan. 1, 2019. He served as her deputy attorney general until October 2020, when he moved to the position of special adviser to the Attorney General.
“At my request, Kelly returned to the department where he has spent decades of his career, assisting me during the first two years of my tenure,” Nessel said. “His institutional knowledge of the department has been highly valuable and I am grateful for his service.