Alvin (AJ) Jones
Reporter / ProducerAJ Jones is the general assignment reporter for WCMU. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, and a native of metro-Detroit.
At Michigan Public, he covered the UAW strikes, campus protests over the war in Gaza, and general coverage of education, the economy, criminal justice and the environment. He also contributed to guest hosting Weekend Edition.
He is interested in stories about public policy and local issues. His email is alvin.jones@cmich.edu.
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The long-awaited race will determine if Democrats are able to maintain their slim one-seat majority in the chamber for the final months of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's tenure. -
The American Red Cross if offering residents essentials and items to help them clean their homes and businesses that have been impacted by flooding. -
The opinion released Thursday by the Michigan Court of Claims says state environmental officials did not overreach their authority, and that the dam was ultimately private property. -
Water is now 18 inches from reaching the top, according to the Michigan State Police. If they reach 12 inches, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says it will begin executing an emergency plan that will likely involved evacuations. -
Roughly 5% of recent college graduates were unemployed as of last December, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, while 7.8% of young workers (ages 22-28) were unemployed. -
![The Cheboygan dam and locks reopened Sept. 15 after a fire at the Tissue Depot [in the back] closed the facility for two days.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dbc09c2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3751x2090+0+209/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb1%2F8d%2Fb6396de04182993fdcb45f4aff23%2Fimg-0039.jpg)
The DNR said it was "working with local officials to manage the situation." In addition, they say plans are in place if high water conditions continue. -
A meteorologist with the National Weather Service said the Saginaw River will fall below its flood stage Wednesday at the earliest as roads close across the region due to flooding. -
This week, WCMU's AJ Jones discusses Saginaw's tax cap and the movement behind trying to get it removed. -
Nearly the entire Upper Peninsula is under an ice storm warning, with as much as half an inch of accumulation predicted in some areas, according to the National Weather Service. -
In 1979, Saginaw voted to impose a $3.8 million hard cap on the amount of property taxes it could collect from residents. While the city has voted seven times to keep the cap in place for nearly five decades, some residents are pushing to remove it.
![The Cheboygan dam and locks reopened Sept. 15 after a fire at the Tissue Depot [in the back] closed the facility for two days.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a895574/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3751x2090+0+209/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb1%2F8d%2Fb6396de04182993fdcb45f4aff23%2Fimg-0039.jpg)
