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Michigan Proposal 3 - What you need to know

10/19/2018

Michigan Proposal 3, the Voting Policies in State Constitution Initiative, is on the ballot in Michigan as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018 (Election Day).

Michigan Proposal 3 - What you need to know

Michigan Proposal 3, the Voting Policies in State Constitution Initiative, is on the ballot in Michigan as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018 (Election Day).

On the Rapidian

Open Door Women's Center provides safe haven for women each night
10/23/2018
Sherry says, "Dégagé is a place that helped me and other women and has led us in the right direction... I thank them for having me in the Open Door because I needed help and they were there for me."
GRPS parent group sponsors school board candidate forum
10/22/2018
Candidates for five seats on the Board of Education will answer questions from parents and talk about their visions for the district on Wedensday, October 24.
Ethics and Religion Talk: Alternative Truth?
10/22/2018
If our society keeps on accepting various forms of truth or personal versions of truth, what warranties do we have that we will not self-destroy?