Detroit voters will head to the polls Tuesday, Aug. 5, for a primary election that includes races for mayor, city council, city clerk and board of police commissioners. Incumbent Mayor Mike Duggan chose not to run again to pursue a bid for Michigan governor in 2026.
LANSING, MI – Responding to the growing number of older Michiganders seeking to start their own businesses, AARP Michigan, teaming up with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will host “encore entrepreneur” events in four cities during April.
Thomas E. Kimble of Clarkston, a veteran AARP volunteer and retired General Motors executive, has been appointed State President of AARP Michigan for a two-year term, effective immediately.
As AARP Michigan gears up for this year’s version of You’ve Earned a Say, at least one factor will remain constant from our highly successful 2012 YEAS effort: Volunteers again will play an essential role.
LANSING, Mich. — The following statement (in italics) is from Roger Martin, spokesperson for the Expand Medicaid coalition, commenting on today’s passage of the Michigan Department of Community Health (DCH)’s 2014-15 budget by the state House Community Health Appropriations Subcommittee without including Medicaid expansion. AARP is a member of the coalition.
AARP Michigan is urging the 24 State Senators who voted in favor of setting up a state health insurance exchange last year to vote "yes" in the coming weeks to spend $31 million in federal funding to develop a state-federal exchange.
ANN ARBOR, MI – Michigan’s rapidly aging population demands that state and local governments adapt to enable communities to thrive in the decades ahead, 200 city planners, policy makers, public health officials and service providers learned at the AARP Michigan Age-Friendly Communities Conference on Feb. 28.
Research shows one in four Americans between the ages of 44 and 70 are interested in launching their own business or nonprofit venture in the next five to 10 years.