Twitter knowledge reveals that Michigan is in the top spot when it comes to people making posts about quitting their job. Previously month, Twitter discovered a couple of million geo-tagged Michigan tweets that use phrases reminiscent of “stop my job” or “discover new job” or “quitting my job.” Although Michigan is the worker of the month on the subject of posting about quitting, Georgia, Arizona, and Oregon path behind, with Alaska, Kentucky, and the Dakotas amongst those that tweet the least about quitting. And this Twitter chatter is not simply discuss. Per the U.S. Labor Division, August was a giant month for folks actively quitting their jobs, with 4.3 million folks — or 3% of the nation’s workforce — giving the large F-U to their employers. That is the very best reported variety of resignations since 2000, which is when the Bureau of Labor Statistics began monitoring employment knowledge. This phenomenon is being touted as “The Nice Resignation,” as folks have, on account of the pandemic, come to worth their time extra and at the moment are prioritizing greater wages, more healthy working environments, and higher advantages.
An growing variety of Detroiters are living in substandard houses with reasonable to severe upkeep issues, and the speed is highest amongst Black households, in accordance with a brand new College of Michigan report. The examine discovered that greater than 38,000 homes within the metropolis are doubtless in want of main repairs, with issues starting from damaged furnaces, leaking roofs, electrical points, crumbling foundations, damaged home windows, water stoppages, rodent infestations, and nonworking bogs. That represents about 13% of Detroit’s occupied homes. By comparability, about 3.2% of homes in suburban Detroit have related situations. In Detroit, Black households are 3 times as prone to stay in substandard houses than white households. Individuals who stay in substandard houses have an elevated threat of well being issues.
Hamtramck is the most recent Michigan neighborhood to report elevated levels of lead in its drinking water. In response to latest exams, the lead ranges within the metropolis are 17 elements per billion (ppb), exceeding the state’s motion stage of 15 ppb. “The purpose for lead in ingesting water is 0 ppb; there isn’t any secure stage of lead within the blood,” a press launch from town notes. The annual faucet water exams have been just lately performed at 42 houses within the metropolis. Whereas the “motion stage” is not a health-based commonplace, it triggers further investigation and outreach in accordance with the Michigan Protected Consuming Water Act. The town says it will likely be amassing water samples from 60 houses each six months and reviewing the outcomes to find out if further motion is important. Hamtramck residents can name the Michigan Division of Well being and Human Companies (MDHHS) at 844-934-1315 to get their service line inspected or have their ingesting water examined for lead. Wayne County Wholesome Communities can be providing exams for lead ranges in blood. An emergency has additionally been declared in Benton Harbor, a majority-Black metropolis the place lead ranges in some houses examined at greater than 800 elements per billion.
An upcoming hip-hop live performance scheduled for Nov. 7 at Detroit’s Masonic Temple has been canceled as a result of the promoter mentioned fans did not agree with the venue’s policy requiring COVID-19 vaccinations. The live performance, dubbed “Transfer the Crowd,” was to function a lineup of rappers like The God MC Rakim, KRS-1, and Slick Rick. Promoter Derrick Kearney of 2D Productions & Leisure mentioned the live performance shall be relocated to a different venue and date. “We have acquired 100’s and 100’s of texts, voicemail’s and feedback on social media in regards to the Masonic temple’s vaccination mandate,” Kearney wrote in an e-mail. “We have now additionally discovered that almost all of live performance goers in that HipHop demographic aren’t vaccinated. So the vaccination mandate with the Masonic Temple is the rationale.” AEG Presents, which operates at venues together with Detroit’s Masonic Temple and the Royal Oak Music Theatre, introduced a coverage in August that requires proof of vaccination for friends, employees, and expertise.
Across the nation, newspapers are folding left and proper, victims of the mix of evaporating advert {dollars}, hemorrhaging subscriptions, and vulture capitalism. Does journalism need to be saved? We expect so, however we’re biased. However Michigan Lawyer Normal Dana Nessel has joined a bipartisan coalition of 15 attorneys common calling on Congress to pass legislation supporting local journalism. The attorneys common signed a letter of help for the Native Journalism Sustainability Act of 2021 (H.R. 3940 and S. 2434). “As acknowledged in our letter, native journalism is totally essential to our communities and our democracy,” Nessel mentioned in an announcement. “This business has struggled for a few years and this pandemic has solely exacerbated these challenges. I’m urging Congress to help native journalism and cross this laws.” The laws would help journalism by providing as much as $250 in tax credit to native newspaper subscribers to offset subscription charges, as much as $5,000 in tax credit to some native companies for purchasing advertisements in native newspapers, and as much as $25,000 for native newspapers to rent native journalists.
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