Holland Reporter

New MDHHS appointees hope to continue their predecessors' child welfare improvements

By Karen Kidd | Feb 26, 2021

After more than a decade of federal court oversight, things seem to be improving in the child protection wing of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), but two leaders who helped facilitate the improvement are now gone.

Mobile billboard critical of DeVos, Trump headed to Lansing, Grand Rapids, Holland

By Karen Kidd | Oct 28, 2020

A public schools advocacy group's mobile billboard criticizing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump, which has been winding through Michigan since last summer, will be in the counties of Kent, Ingham and Ottawa this week.

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Mobile billboard critical of DeVos, Trump headed to Lansing, Grand Rapids, Holland

By Karen Kidd | 4 years ago

A public schools advocacy group's mobile billboard criticizing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump, which has been winding through Michigan since last summer, will be in the counties of Kent, Ingham and Ottawa this week.

Ottawa County Clerk's office launches election security dashboard

By Karen Kidd | Jun 9, 2020

The Ottawa County Clerk’s office has launched a new project and website, called "Securing the Vote," to let area voters know the office's plan to provide safe and secure elections during the August primaries and November general elections.

Trump sides with Michigan protestors against Gov. Whitmer's shutdowns

By Karen Kidd | Apr 17, 2020

Michigan protesters opposed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's recently extended "Stay Home, Stay Safe" order -- which, among other things, nearly halted commercial construction -- received a nod earlier today in the form of a a Tweet from President Donald Trump.

From Capitol News

'They didn't say it': crowd fails to respond with Tlaib impeachment pejorative directed at Trump at rally

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

Freshman U.S. House Rep. Rashida Harbi Tlaib is trying to make profane language directed at President Donald Trump into a slogan for her 2020 re-election campaign but recently found that at least some of her supporters haven't gotten the memo.