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Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway hospitalized
First responders were called to the popular judge’s Grosse Pointe Park home on Wednesday afternoon
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Wayne County, court, Wayne County Circuit Court, Dana Hathaway, court
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
Inside Dana Nessel’s ‘shit show’ Flint water investigation
Ignored legal warnings, ‘overwhelmed’ prosecutors, and the secret testimony of ex-Governor Snyder’s chief of staff
By Jordan Chariton
Tags: Investigations, Crime, Government, News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, Dana Nessel, Rick Snyder, Dennis Muchmore, Todd Flood
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
Wayne County jobs court helps low-level offenders get jobs, services
The $4.8 million test pilot is aimed at making defendants more productive members of society
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Crime, Politics & Government, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, jobs, Wayne County, crimes, court, Focus: Hope, Bridgewater Interiors, Stellantis, Detroit Works, Goodwill Industries, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Carpenters and Millwrights
Activists demand end to inhumane dog experiments at Wayne State
Dogs are being killed in the course of research, says Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, dogs, animal research, animal experiments, Wayne State University, Kimberly Andrews Espy, protest, animal rights
Detroit Metro Times archives to be digitized by WSU’s Walter P. Reuther Library
Founder Ron Williams donated his collection for the project
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Media, Wayne State University, Walter P. Reuther Library, Detroit Metro Times, Ron Williams, Laura Markham
Flint STILL has a water crisis — 9 years later
Jordan Chariton reports from Flint on the 9th anniversary of the water crisis and cover up
Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Views & Opinions, Flint water crisis, Dana Nessel, Rick Snyder
Detroit’s WSU makes it easier for former students to return, finish degree
Wayne State University has developed a program to help students who left with debt and no diploma come back and finish what they started
By Mark Richardson, Michigan News Connection
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Education, Wayne State University, Warrior Way Back, college programs in Detroit
Judge approves $600 million settlement over Flint water crisis
It’s the largest settlement in Michigan history
Tags: Michigan News, News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint, Flint water crisis, Michigan, Dana Nessel, lawsuits, lead, Michigan Attorney General, Genesee County, Genesee County Circuit Court
Detroit’s Wayne State University announces free tuition for families earning less than $70K
Gov. Whitmer joined WSU to announce the ‘Wayne State Guarantee,’ set to begin in the fall
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Education, WSU, Wayne State University, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan colleges, Wayne State Guarantee, Michigan college scholarships
Michigan earns ‘F’ for failing to protect children from lead contamination at schools
About 1,500 kids under 6 in Detroit test positive for elevated levels of lead every year
Tags: Michigan News, News, Lead, lead poisoning, Michigan, State Senate, legislation, Filter First, Flint water crisis, Environment America Research & Policy Center, U.S. Public Research Interest Group Education Fund
‘Flint is still broken’ residents say ahead of federal court hearing
Advocates demand the city finish replacing pipes three years after missed deadline
By Randiah Camille Green
Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, Detroit, Flint Rising, Michigan United
Detroit’s QLine is testing $5 park-and-ride pilot program
Riders can park in a WSU lot during weekends in February to head downtown by streetcar
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Transportation, QLine, Detroit, Wayne State University, public transportation
New research in Michigan on preterm births, environmental toxins
Among large American cities, Detroit has the highest rate of preterm births
Tags: Michigan News, Health Care, Environment, Wayne State University, National Institutes of Health, preterm births, Center for Leadership in Environmental Awareness and Research, environmental racism
Healing from racism is the subject of a day-long event at Wayne State
The National Day of Healing from Racism is focused on learning how to ‘acknowledge and heal from racism’s wounds’
Tags: Things to Do, Things to Do, Wayne State University, racism, National Day of Healing from Racism, Student Center Ballroom
Attorney for Oxford victims blasts governmental immunity for protecting negligent employees
Public officials are largely shielded from lawsuits, making it difficult to hold them accountable
Tags: Michigan News, News, Oxford High School, Ven johnson, flint water crisis, lawsuit, governmental immunity, attorneys, court, Michigan
3 men convicted in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer sentenced up to 20 years in prison
The defendants’ ‘ultimate goals were to kill police and elected officials and kidnap the Governor of Michigan,’ AG Nessel said
Tags: Michigan News, News, Gov. Whitmer, Michigan, Wolverine Watchmen, Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison, Pete Musico, kidnapping plot, court, prison
Federal judge drops Flint water crisis charges against Snyder
The former governor had been charged with two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty
By Allison Donahue, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan News, Flint Water Crisis, Flint water crisis, Rick Snyder
Grand Rapids cop who shot Patrick Lyoya in back of head to stand trial
Christopher Schurr was charged with second-degree murder in June
Tags: Michigan News, News, Patrick Lyoya, Grand Rapids, Kent County, court, second-degree murder, Christopher Schurr
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