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Politics & Elections

RFK Jr. secures ballot access in Michigan as potential spoiler

Whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will draw more votes from Biden or Trump is the subject of much debate and speculation

By Steve Neavling
Apr 18, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Election, politics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Natural Law Party, vaccines, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, President Biden, Michigan
Canna-Business

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

By Steve Neavling
Apr 17, 2024

Tags: Canna-Business, Local Businesses, Weed, Michigan cannabis industry, Michigan cannabis laws, Detroit, Hazel Park, Cover Story
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Apr 16, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Views & Opinions, Detroit, NFL Draft, Mayor Duggan, sign, I-94, social media, Instagram, Slideshow
Michigan

Lapointe: Rashida Tlaib now has a Fox stalker

Plus: Crumbley precedent, Michigan’s abortion leadership, and measles resurgence

By Joe Lapointe
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Rashida Tlaib, Oxford shooting, COVID-19, abortion rights in Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Apr 11, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, property tax foreclosures, homes, evictions, Detroit, Wayne County, Treasurer Sabree, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Detroit City Council
Politics & Elections

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

By Steve Neavling
Apr 10, 2024

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
Michigan

After a hot winter, Whitmer asks for more ways to get aid to businesses

This winter was extremely tough for snow-based businesses across northern Michigan and the Midwest

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
Apr 8, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Government, Environment, Gretchen Whitmer, climate change in Michigan, Northern Michigan, winter activities in Michigan
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Apr 1, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Disability Rights, Paratransit, Detroit Department of Transportation, Detroit, people with disabilities, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, budget, wheelchairs
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 28, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, Mary Sheffield, property taxes, Coalition for Property Tax Justice
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 27, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Pollution, AB Ford Park, Jefferson Chalmers, Detroit, east side, contamination, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court, Michigan Environmental Protection Act
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 25, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Bernadette Atuahene, Detroit, property taxes, overassessments, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, Coalition for Property Tax Justice
Metro Detroit

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”

By Steve Neavling
Mar 18, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Government, Lamont Johnson, Tyler Nagy, Raul Martinez, lawsuit, police brutality, lawsuit, shooting, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, excessive force
Metro Detroit

State agency probes Warren Police Department’s alleged offer to hide misconduct investigation

Ex-Commissioner William Dwyer accused again of concealing claims of officer wrongdoing

By Steve Neavling
Mar 15, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Government, Warren Police Department, William Dwyer, wandering cops in Michigan, Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, MCOLES, Michigan, Warren, police misconduct
Politics & Elections

Quinnipiac poll: Trump leads Biden in Michigan

The Quinnipiac University survey also found strong support among Democrats for Gov. Whitmer to run for president in the future

By Lee DeVito
Mar 14, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Media, News, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer, 2024 presidential election
Michigan

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
Mar 14, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Nature, Things to Do, 2024 total solar eclipse, Toledo, Detroit, Slideshow
Michigan

Whitmer signs bills banning sale of ‘whip-its,’ expanding drug treatment options

Senate Bills 57 and 58 will ban the sale of items used to inhale nitrous oxide to get high

By Scott McClallen, The Center Square
Mar 12, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Government, News, Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan drug laws, Michigan legislature
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 8, 2024

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
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 8, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit Receiving, hospital, malpractice, Detroit, lawsuit, internal medicine, whistleblower
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 7, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Government, A.B. Ford Park, environmental contamination, lead, arsenic, Detroit, Jefferson Chalmers, east side
Metro Detroit

Deadly Clinton Twp. explosion was result of illegally stored chemicals at vape shop

A 19-year-old man was killed from the blast

By Lee DeVito
Mar 6, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, Government, Weed, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Gretchen Whitmer, vaping laws in Michigan