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Duggan announces changes to tax plan to address concerns by Detroit’s urban farmers

Community gardens and urban farms will be exempt from the land tax increase while side lots will see a small increase

By Randiah Camille Green
Sep 1, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Nature, Politics & Government, Detroit Land Value Tax Plan, Urban farming, Detroit property taxes, News
Cannabis News

Federal ban on marijuana means Michigan cannabis company can’t sue state agency, judge rules

Court says Viridis Laboratories lacks legal standing because it deals in ‘illegal contraband’

By Steve Neavling
Aug 4, 2023

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Viridis Laboratories, Marijuana, U.S. District Court, law, Michigan, Controlled Substances Act, Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency
Food News

Former NBA star will open soul food restaurant in downtown Detroit

Kevin Johnson is bringing Fixins' Soul Kitchen to the D

By Layla McMurtrie
Aug 2, 2023

Tags: Food News, Restaurants, Food, News, Basketball, NBA, Kevin Johnson
Food News

USA Today Wine + Food Experience launches 2023 tour at Belle Isle

Detroit executive chef Jared Bobkin leads culinary experience in upcoming tour

By Layla McMurtrie
Jul 6, 2023

Tags: Food News, Things to Do, Michigan, Detroit, Food, News, Wine, Belle Isle, Events, Restaurants
Metro Detroit

Pistons and Red Wings are helping Detroit’s homeless dogs

The teams are offering ticket packages that include a donation to a shelter nonprofit

By Steve Neavling
Feb 15, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit Animal Care and Control, Friends of Detroit Animal Care and Control, Pistons, Red Wings, sports, donations
Michigan

Youth pastor sentenced to 13 years in prison for sexual abuse involving Michigan Christian camp

Pastor Jesse Vargas’s victim says he ‘remorselessly stole’ her childhood

By Ryan Krull
Sep 30, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, News, St. Louis, St. Louis news, news, Missouri, Missouri news, Jesse Vargas, Incredible Journey, camp, New York, Michigan, Christian Camp
Metro Detroit

Detroit Metro Times gets top rating from NewsGuard

The service ranks the credibility of publications based on nine criteria

By Lee DeVito
Aug 25, 2022

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, Detroit Metro Times, Michigan, news, credibility
ICYMI

Two Detroit rappers are on the 2022 XXL Freshman list and a local pastry chef wins a James Beard Award: The top 10 Metro Times headlines of the week

Here's what our readers were interested in this week

By Alex Washington
Jun 17, 2022

Tags: ICYMI, ICYMI, Top Ten, News, Detroit News, Metro Detroit News, Michigan News
Michigan

Michigan Democrats pledge to mount a fierce fight to protect abortion rights

In response to a leak of draft on the SCOTUS decision on ‘Roe v. Wade,’ Gov. Whitmer says she’ll ‘keep fighting like hell’ to ensure abortion remains safe and accessible

By Steve Neavling
May 3, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Health Care, Abortion Rights, Abortion, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Michigan, law, Gov. Whitmer, Rashida Tlaib, Gary Peters, Debbie Stabenow
Food News

Under new management, Detroit’s Anchor Bar reopens with tweaked menu (again)

The beloved bar announced it will reopen with some new dishes — following similar announcements in 2019 and 2021

By Lee DeVito
Mar 30, 2022

Tags: Food News, Detroit, Anchor Bar, sports
The Incision

Online gambling is exploding. At what cost?

A third of gaming tax revenues are being collected off the backs of vulnerable people

By Abdul El-Sayed
Mar 30, 2022

Tags: The Incision, The Incision, online gambling, sports, betting
Detroit Sports

NFL announces Detroit will host 2024 NFL Draft

It's “a huge win for Detroiters," Gov. Whitmer says

By Steve Neavling
Mar 28, 2022

Tags: Detroit Sports, Michigan, Detroit, Lions, Football, sports, Gov. Whitmer, NFL, NFL Draft, downtown Detroit
Metro Detroit

University of Michigan reaches $490M settlement in sex abuse case

By Steve Neavling
Jan 19, 2022

Tags: University of Michigan, Dr. Robert Anderson, football, sports, sexual assault, lawsuit, Jordan Acker
Metro Detroit

A new Aaliyah record, Detroit auto show return, and a new name for TCF Center: The top ten Metro Times headlines of the week

By Alex Washington
Dec 17, 2021

Tags: Aaliyah, News, News Hits, Top Ten Headlines, Metro Times
Metro Detroit

A 'censored' mural, Mom's Spaghetti comes up, Faster Horses death cause revealed: the top 10 Detroit Metro Times headlines this week

By Lee DeVito
Oct 22, 2021

Tags: Detroit, news, Sheefy McFly, Eminem, Bengals, Mom's Spaghetti
Metro Detroit

Magic mushrooms and a Nazi salute over mask mandates in schools: the top Detroit Metro Times headlines this week

By Metro Times editorial staff
Aug 20, 2021

Tags: Metro Detroit, Top Ten, News, Headlines
Metro Detroit

Historic Negro League ballpark in Hamtramck to get new life with $2.6M in renovations

By Steve Neavling
Jul 23, 2021

Tags: Negro Leagues, Hamtramck Stadium, Turkey Stearns, sports, baseball, Hamtramck, history, Wayne County, Warren Evans
One Hitters

Michigan-based Runner's High aims to destigmatize marijuana use in athletics in wake of Sha'Carri Richardson controversy

By Jerilyn Jordan
Jul 13, 2021

Tags: One Hitters, News Hits, Sha'Carri Richardson, Olympics, Michael Phelps, Marijuana, cannabis, sports, Runner's High, Belle Isle, Detroit, legalize weed
Metro Detroit

Michigan GOP proposal to ban transgender athletes in high school advances to committee hearing

By Steve Neavling
May 25, 2021

Tags: LGBTQ, transgender, high school sports, sports, Michigan House, Lansing, bill, Michigan Education and Career Readiness Committee, Lana Theis
Metro Detroit

Opponents of Michigan's proposed trans sports ban are working to educate people about its dangers

By Mary Kulhman, Michigan News Connection
Apr 9, 2021

Tags: transgender, sports, Michigan, Republicans, GOP, LGBTQ