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A group called White Lives Matter Michigan took credit for the hateful messages

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Media, Hate groups in metro Detroit, White Lives Matter, Michigan, metro Detroit, billboards, Billboard4Me, 5 Star Outdoor, Brownstown, Mount Clemens, Hazel Park

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘You literally fucked with the wrong person. I don’t take threats well,’ Councilman Ash-Shafii says

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Government, Khursheed Ash-Shafii, Glenda McDonald, threat, Highland Park, Great Lakes Water authority, water deal, michigan, Michigan State Police

The department says the gunshot sensors don’t target communities of color, but a document shows clusters of them on the east and west sides of the city

Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Crime, Government, ShotSpotter, Project Green Light, Detroit Police Department

Even for the city of Detroit, this level of secrecy is unusual

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Government, A.B. Ford Park, Detroit, parks, east side, Nike Missile plant, contamination, Mayor Duggan, trees

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

Traverse City’s Studio 8 Hair Lab claims it has the right to discriminate based on gender identity

Tags: Michigan, News, LGBTQ+, Civil Rights, Michigan, Studio 8 Hair Lab, Traverse City, Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, transphobia in Michigan, transgender rights in Michigan, Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act

Abdullah Hammoud says Biden is ignoring Arab Americans who helped him win Michigan

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Media, Abdullah Hammoud, Dearborn, Arab Americans, Muslims, Michigan, Democratic Primary election, Democrats, uncommitted

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in 2022 that sentencing 18-year-olds to life in prison was cruel and unusual punishment

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Ivory Thomas, prison, Michigan, Detroit, murder, Michigan Court of Appeals, People v. Poole, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy

Ironically, the Motor City has some of the worst drivers in the nation, according to study

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Car Culture, Fatal car crashes, Detroit, Michigan, auto insurance, Forbes Advisor, car accidents, Motor City, cars

‘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

Between 2023 and 2024, the average rates in Detroit jumped 85%

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Car Culture, Government, Detroit, Michigan, Gov. Whitmer, legislation, auto insurance, Bankrate, redlining

‘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

Pot sales generated $457.6 million in new taxes last year, a massive amount of money for roads, schools, and local governments

Tags: Cannabis News, Weed, Government, Local Businesses, Taxes, excise taxes, marijuana, dispensaries, Michigan, Detroit, 2023, adult-use marijuana, medical marijuana

While rates have lowered under Gov. Whitmer, drivers pay 81% more than the national average

Tags: Michigan, Car Culture, News, Transportation, Detroit, Michigan, auto insurance, Gretchen Whitmer