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Alvin Jones

Oxford, Madison, Washington, D.C.

Executive Producer and Host, Women's Business Report and Planet Vehicle and Planet Jazz at WTTG-TV (Washington, DC)

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  • 1 week ago | radio.wcmu.org | Alvin Jones

    Superintendents in the Upper Peninsula are pushing state legislators to allow 15-seat passenger vans to transport students to extracurricular activities. Currently state law doesn’t allow vans, other than buses, with over 11 passengers (including the driver) to transport students. Superintendents from 44 public school systems in the UP signed a letter pushing for the change. The superintendents are members of the Michigan Association of School Administrators.

  • 2 weeks ago | radio.wcmu.org | Alvin Jones

    A collection of federal, state and local officials, are responding to a marine accident on the St. Marys River. They say no reports of pollution have been made but monitoring is ongoing. The Interlake Steamship Company said online its 806-foot vessel, the Honorable James L. Oberstar, grounded over the weekend. The Vessel is carrying around 29,700 tons of Limestone to Marquette. No injuries were reported, and an investigation is ongoing into the cause of the incident.

  • 2 weeks ago | radio.wcmu.org | Alvin Jones

    The Small Business Administration will provide fixed-rate, low-interest loans to businesses and homeowners in seven northern Michigan counties who faced physical damage and economic struggle due to March’s ice storm. The declaration was issued on Monday, and it comes as state and federal leaders from both parties call for disaster relief. The counties include Cheboygan, Charlevoix, Emmet, Mackinac, Montmorency, Otsego and Presque Isle. The SBA fact sheet says applications are open through Aug.

  • 3 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Steve Carmody |Alvin Jones

    Some Michigan counties and cities are on a list of communities the Trump administration is targeting in its latest escalation in its efforts to deport people without legal status. At issue is the term “sanctuary city.”What makes a community a sanctuary city is unclear. But this week, the Department of Homeland Security released a list of cities and counties that it says qualify.

  • 1 month ago | radio.wcmu.org | Alvin Jones

    A controversial proposed electric vehicle battery plant run by the company Gotion in mid-Michigan faces an uncertain future. That’s because a policy that would ban companies with ties to China from green energy tax credits has moved through the U.S. House earlier this month. Gotion is a Chinese tech company. Their American subsidiary has plans to build an EV battery plant in Green Charter Township, located in Mecosta County. The $2 billion plant received over $175 million in state incentives.

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