287 results
page 1 of 15
Lawsuit alleges Detroit police commissioners ‘sabotaged’ efforts to resolve backlog of citizen complaints
The former board chairman who resigned over an alleged blow job is accused of gender discrimination
By Steve Neavling
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
Eastpointe agrees to unique settlement after ex-mayor’s public meeting outburst
After Mayor Monique Owens refused to let residents criticize her during a meeting, the city will create a “First Amendment Day,” among other things
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Eastpointe, Monique Owens, mayor, First Amendment, free speech, city council, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, lawsuit
Wayne County public defender sues judges for alleged bias against lower-income defendants
“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
Grosse Pointe group sued again for defiant construction of $45M performing arts center
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
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
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Pollution, AB Ford Park, Jefferson Chalmers, Detroit, east side, contamination, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court, Michigan Environmental Protection Act
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”
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Government, Lamont Johnson, Tyler Nagy, Raul Martinez, lawsuit, police brutality, lawsuit, shooting, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, excessive force
Flint funeral home goes quiet after judge orders release of Councilman Mays’s body
A hearse rolled up to the Flint funeral home to pick up the body, but no one was there
Tags: Michigan, News, Eric Mays, Flint City Council, Flint, Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays, Sheldon Neeley, lawsuit, health insurance
Son of late Flint Councilman Mays alleges ‘cruel act of retaliation’ in lawsuit against city
Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays alleges the vengeful city is withholding his father’s insurance information
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
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Detroit Medical Center, Detroit Receiving, hospital, malpractice, Detroit, lawsuit, internal medicine, whistleblower
Legal battle halts funeral plans for late Flint Councilman Eric Mays
The lawsuit alleges a funeral home is holding Mays’s body ‘hostage’
Tags: Michigan, News, Flint, Flint City Council, Eric Mays, funeral, Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, Genesee County Circuit Court, lawsuit, Lento Law Group
Watchdog group demands accountability from Wayne State over botched animal experiment
Stop Animal Exploitation Now! is demanding that the university either fire the researchers or permanently ban them from conducting future animal experiments
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Education, Stop Animal Exploitation Now, SAEN, animal cruelty, Wayne State University, mice, animal experiments, watchdog, National Institutes of Health
Body of late Flint Councilman Eric Mays is being held ‘hostage’ by funeral home, lawsuit alleges
Mays’s four siblings are also accused of conspiring to profit from the popular official’s death
Fired nurses file whistleblower lawsuit against Wayne County’s crisis-ridden juvenile jail
The William Dickerson Detention Facility has come under fire earlier this year for ‘deplorable’ and ‘inhumane’ conditions
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, William Dickerson Detention Facility, Juvenile detention facility, Wayne County, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court, nurses, juveniles
Black family sues Grosse Pointe man who displayed KKK flag outside their home
The federal lawsuit alleges Ryan Wilde relentlessly terrorized the family
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, racism, KKK, Grosse Pointe Park, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, Je Donna Dinges, Ryan Wilde, intimidation
Federal lawsuit argues Hamtramck’s Pride flag ban is unconstitutional
Conservative Muslims violated the free speech rights of LGBTQ+ supporters, the suit alleges
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, LGBTQ+, Government, Muslims, Hamtramck, Hamtramck City Council, LGBTQ, pride flag, lawsuit, U.S. District Court
Emergency motion seeks to confirm Michigan can’t hold primary election early
Citizen activist Robert Davis argues it’s too late to hold the election in February, as Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson continues to say
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Jocelyn Benson, Robert Davis, Secretary of State, election, primary election, Michigan, politics, lawsuit
Michigan judge declines Trump’s request to toss lawsuit to remove him from ballot
The former president was also refused to become party to the suit
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics & Government, Donald Trump, Election, politics, Primary ballot, presidential election, Robert Davis, lawsuit, Secretary of State, Michigan Court of Claims, Michigan, Jocelyn Benson
Michigan judge fast-tracks lawsuit to force Trump off the ballot in Michigan
Court of Claims Judge James Robert Redford set an Oct. 16 deadline for Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to respond
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics & Government, Michigan Court of Claims, James Robert Redford, Donald Trump, election, politics, lawsuit, Michigan, ballot, Robert Davis
Michigan’s presidential primary may not occur early after all, SOS admits in lawsuit
The primary election is scheduled for Feb. 27, but that may not happen now
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics & Government, Robert Davis, Michigan, Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, lawsuit, primary election, politics, presidential election
Michigan students get ahead of emerging science in cannabis
Wayne State University has introduced an undergraduate certificate in cannabis chemistry program this fall
By Farah Siddiqi, Michigan News Connection
Tags: One Hitters, Weed, cannabis research in Michigan, Wayne State University
Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday
Side Hustle Lounge opens in downtown Detroit just in time for the NFL Draft
By Layla McMurtrie
Bombshell Treat Bar readies to open in Berkley
By Lee DeVito