Recount called for vacant Flint City Council seat primary election results
By EVM Staff The Genesee County Board of Canvassers has scheduled a recount of the May 6 special primary election results for Flint’s vacant Third Ward City Council seat. The recount will take place on Thursday, May 22, starting at 9 a.m. in the basement of the Genesee County Administration Building, according to a press release from the Genesee County Clerk/Registrar’s Office. Genesee County Clerk/Registrar Domonique...
A passion for ice hockey lands Rico Phillips in local sports hall of fame
By Harold C. Ford While many of Flint’s most notable athletes found success in basketball, football, baseball, and track and field, Rico Phillips found it in ice hockey. The son of an African American father and a German immigrant mother, Phillips grew up in Flint and graduated from Flint Southwestern High School in 1987. In March, he was inducted into the Greater Flint African American Sports Hall of Fame (GFAASHOF), making him one...
Education Beat: Flint Community Schools receives $35.9m to close underused facilities, ‘maximize’ use of remaining schools
By Harold C. Ford In another big number for Flint Community Schools (FCS), the Michigan Department of Education (MDOE) and FCS announced on April 24, 2025 that the school district had been awarded $35.9 million to close its “underutilized facilities.” More specifically, the money is meant for FCS “to reduce the number of active school buildings from 11 to seven by closing four underutilized facilities and maximizing the use of the...
Flint holds Third Ward Special Primary Election today
By EVM Staff It’s voting day for residents of Flint’s Third Ward. According to a press release from Flint City Clerk Davina Donahue, all Third Ward voting precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, May 6, 2025, to fill the Flint City Council seat left vacant following Councilman Quincy Murphy’s passing in September 2024. The candidates on the ballot are: Beverly Biggs-Leavy, A.C. Dumas, LaShawn Johnson, and...
Education Beat: Shake-ups at highest level of government may put research funding at risk for local universities
By Nathan Waters Given a recent funding freeze and layoffs at the National Science Foundation (NSF), millions in grant money may be in limbo for the University of Flint-Michigan (UM-Flint) and Kettering University. Since its creation in 1950 to “promote the progress of science,” “advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare,” and “secure the national defense,” the NSF has supported the work of 262 Nobel Prize winners and...
Education Beat: COVID-relief confusion for Flint schools after announcement by Trump administration
By Harold C. Ford Flint Community Schools (FCS) finds itself in increased fiscal uncertainty after U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced on March 28, 2025, that the deadline on federal reimbursement for COVID-related projects was changed to that very day at 5 p.m. Prior to McMahon’s announcement, the deadline had been one year later – March 28, 2026 – for reimbursement of pre-approved projects. The amount in question...
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