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Eastpointe agrees to unique settlement after ex-mayor’s public meeting outburst
After Mayor Monique Owens refused to let residents criticize her during a meeting, the city will create a “First Amendment Day,” among other things
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Eastpointe, Monique Owens, mayor, First Amendment, free speech, city council, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, lawsuit
Michigan communities are raking in benefits of legalized weed
The cannabis industry has seen tremendous growth since the state’s first adult-use dispensaries opened in December 2019, with sales hitting unprecedented levels
Tags: Canna-Business, Local Businesses, Weed, Michigan cannabis industry, Michigan cannabis laws, Detroit, Hazel Park, Cover Story
Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign
At first, the sign was mocked for falling short of expectations, especially considering its hefty price tag
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Views & Opinions, Detroit, NFL Draft, Mayor Duggan, sign, I-94, social media, Instagram, Slideshow
Wayne County public defender sues judges for alleged bias against lower-income defendants
“I know I’m doing the right thing,” Sundus Jaber says after filing whistleblower lawsuit against 35th District Court
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Sundus Jaber, 35th District Court, public defender, Regional Managed Assigned Counsel Office, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, Wayne County, Plymouth
Wayne County treasurer rejects moratorium on foreclosures despite troubling study
Activists and the Detroit City Council say the city is cheating lower-income residents by illegally and disproportionately overtaxing homes
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, property tax foreclosures, homes, evictions, Detroit, Wayne County, Treasurer Sabree, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Detroit City Council
Right-wing fraudsters fined $1.25M for racist robocall scheme in Michigan, other states
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged with multiple felonies for spreading misinformation to Black voters in the Detroit area
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Crime, Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman, New York, Michigan, Detroit, Black voters, election, politics, Letitia James, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Grosse Pointe group sued again for defiant construction of $45M performing arts center
The lawsuit alleges the Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation is putting residents at risk of flooding
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation, lawsuit, Wayne County, Fox Creek, drain pipe, A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Center for the Performing Arts, Fox Creek Drainage District, drain easement
Disability justice groups demand more resources in Detroit’s budget
More than 128,000 Detroiters – or one out of five residents – have at least one disability
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Disability Rights, Paratransit, Detroit Department of Transportation, Detroit, people with disabilities, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, budget, wheelchairs
Detroit City Council takes action after study suggests lowest valued homes were overtaxed
Activists are worried about another wave of foreclosures based on inflated property taxes for some homes
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, Mary Sheffield, property taxes, Coalition for Property Tax Justice
Lawsuit seeks to save trees, protect residents at contaminated AB Ford Park in Detroit
The city kept the park open nearly two years after excessive contaminants were discovered
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Pollution, AB Ford Park, Jefferson Chalmers, Detroit, east side, contamination, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court, Michigan Environmental Protection Act
Detroit illegally inflated taxes on lowest value homes, study suggests
By contrast, the most expensive homes were the least likely to be overtaxed, according to the University of Chicago
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Bernadette Atuahene, Detroit, property taxes, overassessments, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, Coalition for Property Tax Justice
Two Detroit cops used excessive force when they killed a Black man in 2018, jury finds
The fatal shooting prompted the police union to award the cops as “District Officers of the Year”
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Government, Lamont Johnson, Tyler Nagy, Raul Martinez, lawsuit, police brutality, lawsuit, shooting, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, excessive force
University of Toledo hosting a free total solar eclipse viewing party
If you want the full experience, you may need to take a trip to Ohio
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Michigan, Nature, Things to Do, 2024 total solar eclipse, Toledo, Detroit, Slideshow
Flint funeral home goes quiet after judge orders release of Councilman Mays’s body
A hearse rolled up to the Flint funeral home to pick up the body, but no one was there
Tags: Michigan, News, Eric Mays, Flint City Council, Flint, Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays, Sheldon Neeley, lawsuit, health insurance
Son of late Flint Councilman Mays alleges ‘cruel act of retaliation’ in lawsuit against city
Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays alleges the vengeful city is withholding his father’s insurance information
Detroit police commissioners urge Justice Department to investigate cop who killed elderly man
Daryl Vance was on life support for 20 days before he died in September from blunt force trauma to his head
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Government, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, Juwan Brown, Daryl Vance, Detroit, Garden Bowl, assault, Justice Department, U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison
Doctor files whistleblower lawsuit against DMC after patient becomes quadriplegic
A medical resident says he was fired in retaliation after notifying his supervisor of a series of avoidable missteps
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit Receiving, hospital, malpractice, Detroit, lawsuit, internal medicine, whistleblower
Legal battle halts funeral plans for late Flint Councilman Eric Mays
The lawsuit alleges a funeral home is holding Mays’s body ‘hostage’
Tags: Michigan, News, Flint, Flint City Council, Eric Mays, funeral, Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, Genesee County Circuit Court, lawsuit, Lento Law Group
Detroit kept residents in the dark about hazardous contaminants at waterfront park
A portion of A.B. Ford Park remained open even after the city became aware of dangerous toxins
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Government, A.B. Ford Park, environmental contamination, lead, arsenic, Detroit, Jefferson Chalmers, east side
Atwater Brewery is celebrating 313 Day with Detroit brands and $3.13 specials
‘Let’s raise a glass together. To you. To us. To Detroit,’ the longstanding brewery says
Tags: Arts, Bars, Local Businesses, Things to Do, Critics’ Picks, Atwater Brewery, 313 Day, Detroit, 313 Day events, Detroit events, Atwater Brewery & Tap House, Slideshow
Detroit’s City Winery music venue aims for 2025 opening
By Lee DeVito