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9:34 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Finalist for Portage Superintendent says district has to rebuild trust

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Sole finalist Greg Gray spent Thursday in Portage, including a two hour public interview
  • Source: Mlive
  • | Via: Kalamazoo Gazette
PORTAGE, MI -- If he became superintendent of Portage Public Schools, Greg Gray said his first priority would be "rebuilding trust" between the district leadership and community residents. "You've had some challenges here in the past few years, some self-inflicted, some not," Gray told the board during a public interview Thursday evening.
SW Michigan
3:16 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Auto insurance overhaul plan unveiled

Credit Melissa Benmark / WKAR
Michigan State Capitol

A new auto insurance reform plan could mean lower rates for Michigan drivers. The Gongwer News Service says Governor Rick Snyder and other officials gave details of the plan during a news conference Thursday.

Snyder says it would cut $125 from premiums for each vehicle in the first year. Rates after that would be set by the market.

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SW Michigan
2:43 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Kalamazoo YWCA announces 2013 "Women of Achievement"

Credit WMUK
Kalamazoo YWCA building

Four women will receive “Women of Achievement” awards from the Kalamazoo YWCA next month. The winners announced Thursday include Margaret Merrion,  the dean of Western Michigan University’s College of Fine Arts. The others are Jeanne Baraka-Love, the director of Ujima Enterprises which works with African-American youth in Kalamazoo; Willie Mae Pierson, the first black female real estate agent in Kalamazoo; and veterinarian Heidi Stucki.

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