CRISIS

Spearheading program design proposals is the Care-Based Safety (CBS) team, a group of local organizers, community members and activists.

The public is asked to offer suggestions at three forums happening in January.

Local 4 spoke with two doctors about spotting mental health issues in children and how parents can help.

Local 4 spoke with two doctors about spotting mental health issues in children and how parents can help.

President Joe Biden delivered remarks before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning for the first time in his presidency.

Mental health related calls have been on the rise for years in the City of Detroit.

DETROIT – For a year now the governor and Michigan Legislature have sparred over how to handle the COVID crisis. UPDATE March 9, 2021: Whitmer signs $2.5 billion in COVID-19 relief fundingMost recently the Republican controlled body passed a $4 billion supplemental budget with many strings attached that would require Michigan Gov. They know that is never going to happen and it is just really sad,” said Whitmer. Working with this governor simply means complying,” said Owosso. “The governor is going to have to realize going it alone and shooting from the hip ruling by press conference has to stop.

LANSING, Mich. – A group of faith and civic leaders came together Wednesday to call on Lansing to do more to fight systemic racism. It comes as a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis has stalled in the State Senate despite broad support. “Racism is a public health crisis that has been exacerbated by the parallel pandemics of social unrest as it relates to police violence as well as the pandemic," Pressley said. “It’s disproportionally impacting Black and Brown communities.”But Pressley said this public health crisis is twofold,. So our desire is to increase the capacity of moral leadership again by calling it a Public Health Crisis," Pressley said.