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The former board chairman who resigned over an alleged blow job is accused of gender discrimination

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Detroit, Detroit police, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, Melanie White, Bryan Ferguson, gender discrimination, citizen complaints, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court

The cannabis industry has seen tremendous growth since the state’s first adult-use dispensaries opened in December 2019, with sales hitting unprecedented levels

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

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

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

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More than 128,000 Detroiters – or one out of five residents – have at least one disability

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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

The city kept the park open nearly two years after excessive contaminants were discovered

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

By contrast, the most expensive homes were the least likely to be overtaxed, according to the University of Chicago

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

The fatal shooting prompted the police union to award the cops as “District Officers of the Year”

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

If you want the full experience, you may need to take a trip to Ohio

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Daryl Vance was on life support for 20 days before he died in September from blunt force trauma to his head

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

A medical resident says he was fired in retaliation after notifying his supervisor of a series of avoidable missteps

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

A portion of A.B. Ford Park remained open even after the city became aware of dangerous toxins

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

‘Let’s raise a glass together. To you. To us. To Detroit,’ the longstanding brewery says

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Set for Sunday, March 10, it’s also considered the unofficial start of spring around here

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

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The previous record will be surpassed by an entire five degrees

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The annual event raises money for Special Olympics Michigan

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