At Tuesday’s Ionia County Board of Commissioners meeting, area farmers reported the Road Department's work to place ditches next to rural roads has made it impossible to access some of their fields. Cindy Chipman, owner of Gallagher Farms in Belding, said after her road was “ditched” by the Road Department, her farm could no longer safely move necessary machines around, potentially damaging their equipment or causing an accident.
A nearly $370 million contract promised to improve health care for state wards. But, for two years, Centene’s YouthCare program fell short on basic care, leaving foster parents scrambling.
A new report shows Gov. J.B. Pritzker's vast investment portfolio includes a dozen companies that earned billions of dollars in state contracts. When he took office, Pritzker promised to shift that portfolio into a blind trust, to eliminate conflicts of interest. But an investigation from the Better Government Association throws into question whether or not the move worked.