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Michigan Representative-elect Khristian Silvis confirmed that she was a passenger in a vehicle that injured a family of four in a car crash.
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The November 3 midterm elections saw Grand Rapids voters decide three critical races for nonpartisan positions in City Hall.
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Candidates running for three nonpartisan Grand Rapids offices have raised a total of nearly $160,000 ahead of the Nov. 3 election, as political action committees, business interests, and partisan affiliates open their war chests.
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An attorney argues that testimony by city officials proves their decision to restructure the Comptroller’s Office effectively violated the City Charter.
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The City of Grand Rapids accepted $12,000 from a left-leaning political entity, while claiming the gifting organization is actually nonpartisan.
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Community leaders are pushing back after the City of Grand Rapids announced it would commit up to $1.7 million to build three light-up signs across the city’s West Side.
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Anti-ICE organizers are calling on supporters to attend today’s Grand Rapids City Commission meeting and boycott a distillery co-owned by Mayor David LaGrand as part of renewed pressure on city leaders to adopt six proposed sanctuary policies.
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Two of Grand Rapids’ former comptrollers have issued endorsements for the incumbent Max Frantz ahead of a critical election to decide the future of the office.
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Fourteen people, including six teenagers, have been murdered in Grand Rapids so far this year.
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The reported number of aggravated assaults that take place in Grand Rapids far outpaces the national average, according to data maintained by the FBI.
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Local pushback against Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Grand Rapids is being coordinated through a network of groups with both local and national support.
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Activists and Democratic fundraisers are rallying against a proposed millage for the Kent County Detention Center, arguing that approval would lead to increased division and surveillance throughout the Grand Rapids metro area.
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Commissioner Marshall Kilgore pledged support for sanctuary policies opposing ICE in Grand Rapids just two days after immigration activists derailed a City Commission meeting.
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In a poll of Grand Rapids residents, 90% encouraged the city to focus on improving safety.
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The Grand Rapids Public Library is planning a major renovation to its main downtown location, even as its systemwide number of registered borrowers declines and operating expenses rise.
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The number of emergency beds used in Grand Rapids in place of transitional homeless housing is growing.
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Members of the City Commission condemned agitators responsible for an unruly demonstration which forced the body into an abrupt adjournment during its previous meeting.
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Grand Rapids Mayor David LaGrand and his predecessor Rosalynn Bliss each asked former Kent County Commissioner Dave Bulkowski to enter the race to unseat the city’s current comptroller.
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The Grand Rapids Public Library has seen a “substantial increase” in patrons exhibiting disruptive or unsafe behavior in its flagship downtown building, according to a report published by library officials.
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Grand Rapids has yet to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act request seeking information about vehicle stipends paid to city executives, which was filed over six months ago.
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