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Downzoning Michigan Central promising for rest of Detroit
To bring a new hotel and retail into the former train station, developers need to rezone its land — which was designated for industrial use in the 1940s
By Andrew Wright
Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, News, Real Estate, Retail, Michigan Central Station, Corktown, Detroit City Council, Gabriela Santiago-Romero, Ford Motor Company, Slideshow
UAW members ratify contracts with Detroit Three automakers
President Shawn Fain’s historic Stand Up Strike resulted in big gains for unionized autoworkers — but no four-day workweek
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Michigan, Car Culture, Labor, UAW strike, Detroit Three, Ford, General Motors, Stellantis, Shawn Fain
Detroit is the worst place to own an electric car
According to a new study of the best U.S. cities for EVs, the Motor City ranked dead last
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Car Culture, Environment, Transportation, Detroit, Ford, General Motors, Stellantis, electric vehicles in Detroit
‘However long it takes,’ longtime Ford worker says of the UAW strike
Workers say that they are in it ‘for the long haul’
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan News, Car Culture, Labor, News, UAW strike, Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Stellantis, Slideshow
Ford CEO changes mind, will include AM radio in upcoming cars
The decision to remove the feature from the 2024 Mustang sparked outcry
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Car Culture, Media, Ford Motor Company, Jim Farley, 2024 Mustang
Activists call on Michigan corporations to stop funding anti-democracy politicians with guerrilla banner campaign
Some Michigan-based companies continue to fund campaigns of politicians pushing voter restriction bills
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Politics & Elections, Defend Black Voters Coalition, democracy, voting rights, General Motors, DTE Energy, Consumers Energy, Ford, protest
Biden toasts new infrastructure law at GM electric vehicle plant opening in Detroit
By Julia Forrest, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan Advance, Joe Biden, General Motors
Satirical ad tears into GM for resuming donations to Republicans who tried to overturn election
Tags: General Motors, political action committee, Jan. 6, insurrection, automaker, Michigan, conspiracy theories
Michigan's largest corporations admonish GOP-sponsored bills to restrict voting
Tags: General Motors, Ford, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Quicken Loans, Michigan, voting, democracy, Republicans, Lansing, State Senate, corporations
Rocket Companies and Ford join U.S. corporations halting political donations following Capitol riot
Tags: Dan Gilbert, Rocket Cos., Ford Motor Company, politics, donations, campaign finance, President Biden, President Trump, insurrection, Washington D.C, Dow Chemical
Trump accused of violating federal law by promoting Senate candidate John James at Ypsilanti event
Tags: President Trump, Ypsilanti, Ford Motor Company, Hatch Act. Michigan Democratic Party, Democrats, John James, Gary Peters
Trump refuses to wear mask, praises anti-Semite Henry Ford's 'bloodline,' says Ford cars are too expensive while at campaign rally in Ypsilanti
By Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: Trump, Ypsilanti, Michigan, ITMFA, Dana Nessel, Whitmer, Midland, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Hitler
New tax code leaves workers paying higher tax rate than corporations
By Diane Bernard, Michigan News Connection
Tags: General Motors, Amazon, corporate taxes, corporate welfare
Olga’s Kitchen extends Strike Relief Program for UAW employees
By Marisa Kalil-Barrino
Tags: Table and Bar, Olga's, GM strike, Strike Relief program, UAW, General Motors
Olga's Kitchen offering Strike Relief program to UAW employees
By Sonia Khaleel
UAW workers demand to regain concessions as part of largest GM strike in more than a decade
By Jane Slaughter
Tags: Local News, United Auto Workers, UAW, General Motors, strike, GM
Detroit rapper drops track about the GM strike
Tags: City Slang, G'Mac Cash, Detroit, UAW, GM, General Motors, United Auto Workers, rap, hip-hop
Don't blame the GM strike for the impending recession
Tags: News Hits, GM, UAW, General Motors, United Auto Workers, labor movement, recession, Michigan, United States
Whitmer, Tlaib, and 2020 Democratic candidates stand with UAW workers on strike
Tags: News Hits, UAW, United Auto Workers, GM, General Motors, strike, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Gretchen Whitmer
UAW authorizes strike backed with overwhelming worker support as union enters GM contract negotiations
Tags: News Hits, UAW, General Motors, Big Three, strike, union
Michigan Central Station is hiring ‘ambassadors’ to welcome guests this summer
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley