Saturday - April 19, 2025
News Tipoffs - Michigan Editors Newsletter for Tuesday April 01, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Contracts for March 31, 2025
WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for March 31, 2025 AIR FORCE The Boeing Co., Long Beach, California, has been awarded a $2,456,665,321 modification (P00020) to a previously awarded contract (FA8526-21-D-0001) for C-17 Globemaster III sustainment. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $7,597,672,417 from $5,141,007,096. Work will be performed at various locations including but not limited t  more

Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Detroit Tax Preparers
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * Federal Court Permanently Shuts Down Detroit Tax Preparers A federal court in Michigan issued a permanent injunction on Friday against Detroit-area tax return preparers Alicia Bishop and Tenisha Green, permanently barring them from preparing federal tax returns for others. The court previously barred Alicia Qualls, Michael Turner, and Constance Stewart from preparing federal tax r  more

Governor Whitmer Continues to Fix the Damn Roads with Projects Starting This Week in Osceola, Kent, Montcalm, and Mackinac Counties
LANSING, Michigan, March 31 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Whitmer Continues to Fix the Damn Roads with Projects Starting This Week in Osceola, Kent, Montcalm, and Mackinac Counties March 31, 2025 Contact: press@michigan.gov LANSING, Mich. -- Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will begin bridge, road, and culvert repairs this week in Osceola, Kent, Montcalm, and Mackinac   more

Southern Lake Michigan Public Safety Spectrum Meeting Announced by FCC
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has announced that the Region 54 (Southern Lake Michigan) 700 MHz and 800 MHz Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will convene for a public meeting on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The meeting, crucial for coordinating public safety spectrum use, will be held both virtually via Microsoft Teams and in-person at the Racine County Sheriff Patrol office in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. The RPC meet  more

VA Names Nine Additional Facilities That Will Deploy Federal EHR in 2026
WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * VA names nine additional facilities that will deploy Federal EHR in 2026 Sites are located in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Alaska WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced the complete list of additional medical facilities at which it will deploy the Federal Electronic Health Record system in 2026 under its accelerated deployment schedule. The   more