GRPS Students Experience Adventurous Learning with Grand River Canoe Trip

TL/DR - Grand Rapids Public Schools students are participating in a program called Canoemobile where they learn about the Grand River through outdoor activities. The program, brought to Grand Rapids by Minnesota-based nonprofit Wilderness Inquiry, has been offered six times so far. The week ends with a free Family Paddle Night at Riverside Park,…

DeMarco demands drug cost pledges from congressional nominees swiftly

TL/DR - Vincent DeMarco, the President of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative, is urging newly victorious congressional nominees to commit to lowering prescription drug costs for Maryland and the United States. DeMarco is a major advocate for the state's Prescription Drug Affordability Board and has called for support of the health care…