Incidents Cause Employees to Urge State to Halt Shortcuts at Veterans Home

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 CONTACT: David Holtz (517) 999-3646 or (313) 300-4454   Contracted caregivers responsible for resident’s broken neck, another’s hospitalization LANSING – Employees alarmed by deteriorating conditions at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans are calling on the state to halt the transfer of the veterans’ care to contracted workers like…

Lansing Republicans find a new low

Just when you think our out-of-touch politicians in Lansing have hit their lowest point politically, today they plan to take up an abortion ban that already exists.  Yes, at a time when more than one out of every 10 Michiganders is unemployed, the Republican-controlled House and Senate are busy scoring cheap political points with anti-choice…