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

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

Republican Voters Against Trump launched a $50 million ad campaign featuring homemade testimonial videos from remorseful voters

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, election, politics, Republicans, Political Action Committee, Republican Voters Against Trump, Joe Biden

“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

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

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

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

First responders were called to the popular judge’s Grosse Pointe Park home on Wednesday afternoon

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Wayne County, court, Wayne County Circuit Court, Dana Hathaway, court

Once the only Libertarian in Congress, Amash left the GOP in 2019 citing a ‘partisan death spiral’

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Justin Amash, U.S. Senate, politics, election, Republicans, libertarian, Republican primary election, Congress

Her re-entry into the race comes one day after both Biden and Trump showed vulnerabilities in Michigan’s primary election

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Marianne Williamson, Politics, election, Donald Trump, President Biden, universal health care, student debt, tuition-free college, democrats, primary election

The 65-year-old is known for his outbursts and passionate support of residents during the Flint water crisis

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint Water Crisis, Obituary, Eric Mays, Flint, Flint City Council, TikTok, Sam Riddle, politics, obit

Polls show an increasing number of Black voters are pulling away from the Democratic Party

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Sheldon Neeley, Flint, Sam Riddle, National Action Network, Michigan, Michigan Democratic Party, President Biden, Donald Trump, election, politics

‘Her days as mayor are numbered,’ activist Robert Davis says of Mayor Glenda McDonald

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Highland Park, recall, election, politics, Glenda McDonald, Robert Davis, Great Lakes Water authority, utility bills, water

‘It is glaringly obvious that she is in over her head,’ says activist Robert Davis

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Glenda McDonald, Robert Davis, recall, politics, election, Highland Park, Great Lakes Water Authority, Highland Park Police

‘Voters want the killing to stop,’ Waters said

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Mary Waters, 13th Congressional District, primary election, election, politics, Hamtramck, Detroit, Michigan, Shri Thanedar, Adam Hollier

‘Somebody has to stand up and do the right thing for the people of Detroit,’ the 73-year-old says

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Joel Haashiim, politics, election, mayoral candidate, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Mary Sheffield, corporate welfare

Shawn Fain: ‘We can stand up and elect someone who wants to stand with us and support our cause’

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Labor, Shawn Fain, United Auto Workers, labor union, Donald Trump, President Biden, Michigan, politics, election

Steven Allen is accused of using a judge’s ATM card to make illegal purchases

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Dana Nessel, Michigan, 36th Circuit Court, Wayne County, judge, embezzlement, Attorney General

A judge struck down the city’s marijuana ordinance, but that hasn’t stopped a company from trying to open a dispensary

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Local Businesses, Nar cannabis, marijuana, Highland Park, Robert Davis, dispensary, Glenda McDonald

Raphael Washington is accused of violating the county’s ethics ordinance

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Wayne County, Wayne County Sheriff' Office, Raphael Washington, Reginald Crawford, ethics, Wayne County ethics ordinance, gifts

The envelopes contain the names, addresses, and signatures of Detroit voters

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Absentee ballots, election, Detroit, Daniel Baxter, voting, dump