FLINT, Michigan—Juneteenth is now an official holiday in the City of Flint.
“For too long, this country has failed to acknowledge the ills of its past and has overlooked the contributions made by people of color. In declaring Juneteenth a ...
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June 19, 2020
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring illegal America’s greatest ill. It took two-and-a-half years for Union soldiers to reach Galveston, Texas, to set the slaves there free. That was on June 19, 1865 — ...
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FLINT, Michigan—Mayor Sheldon Neeley and City Council President Monica Galloway are teaming up to ask residents to be courteous of their neighbors and the elderly as they look to celebrate Independence Day.
The City of Flint, in general, ...
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FLINT, Michigan—Mayor Sheldon Neeley today announced a series of actions being taken by the City of Flint in response to the death of George Floyd. Upon speaking to multiple community members and listening to the ...
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FLINT, Michigan—Mayor Sheldon Neeley today is denouncing Council President Monica Galloway for her treatment of City Clerk Inez Brown during the Flint City Council meeting on May 26, 2020. Ms. Galloway repeatedly talked over, interrupted and spoke condescendingly to Clerk Brown for ...
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FLINT, Michigan – Mayor Sheldon Neeley today notified City Hall department heads that they can be excused from City Council meetings after 9 p.m.
The move follows months of poorly run and quarrelsome late-night ...
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In the spirit of cooperation with the Flint Administration, and after hearing from the Governor and health officials, the Flint City Council is taking the following steps in light of the spread of COVID-19:
FLINT, Michigan–The City of Flint on Monday (March 2, 2020) proposed a FY 2021 budget that invests in retiree pensions, maintains departmental funding, and ends a longstanding practice of transferring dollars from the Water Fund.
“This is a clean budget ...
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Pursuant to Act 267 of the Public Acts of 1976 (Open Meetings Act) and Flint City Charter Section 3-202, notice is hereby given that Mayor Sheldon A. Neeley hereby calls for a special meeting of the Flint City Council scheduled to be held as follows:
FLINT, Michigan–Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met with Flint’s leading healthcare professionals to learn more about the work they are doing to advance infant and maternal health.
Gov. Whitmer and Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley toured Hamilton Community ...
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