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Politics & Elections

RFK Jr. secures ballot access in Michigan as potential spoiler

Whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will draw more votes from Biden or Trump is the subject of much debate and speculation

By Steve Neavling
Apr 18, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Election, politics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Natural Law Party, vaccines, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, President Biden, Michigan
Metro Detroit

Property values soar for Detroit’s Black homeowners, study shows

Mayor Duggan credited the gains to city-run beautification programs and the Detroiters who stuck it out and invested in their communities

By Lee DeVito
Apr 17, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Real Estate, News, Detroit real estate, University of Michigan, Mike Duggan, Slideshow
Canna-Business

Michigan communities are raking in benefits of legalized weed

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

By Steve Neavling
Apr 17, 2024

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

Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign

At first, the sign was mocked for falling short of expectations, especially considering its hefty price tag

By Steve Neavling
Apr 16, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Views & Opinions, Detroit, NFL Draft, Mayor Duggan, sign, I-94, social media, Instagram, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Anti-Trump campaign targets Michigan with voices of disaffected Republicans

Republican Voters Against Trump launched a $50 million ad campaign featuring homemade testimonial videos from remorseful voters

By Steve Neavling
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, election, politics, Republicans, Political Action Committee, Republican Voters Against Trump, Joe Biden
Metro Detroit

Wayne County treasurer rejects moratorium on foreclosures despite troubling study

Activists and the Detroit City Council say the city is cheating lower-income residents by illegally and disproportionately overtaxing homes

By Steve Neavling
Apr 11, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, property tax foreclosures, homes, evictions, Detroit, Wayne County, Treasurer Sabree, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Detroit City Council
Metro Detroit

Mayor Duggan blames disappointment over Detroit’s new I-94 sign on expectations set by unofficial Instagram post

Even the mayor appears to have been fooled by what is likely an AI-generated image

By Lee DeVito
Apr 11, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, LOL, Views & Opinions, NFL Draft, Mike Duggan, I-94, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Right-wing fraudsters fined $1.25M for racist robocall scheme in Michigan, other states

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged with multiple felonies for spreading misinformation to Black voters in the Detroit area

By Steve Neavling
Apr 10, 2024

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
Arts

The guy who spray-paints ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ characters all over Detroit

BVIS says he’s unfazed by Mayor Mike Duggan’s graffiti crackdown

By Lee DeVito
Apr 5, 2024

Tags: Arts, LOL, Visual Art, BVIS, Detroit graffiti, Mike Duggan, Detroit street art
Metro Detroit

Disability justice groups demand more resources in Detroit’s budget

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

By Steve Neavling
Apr 1, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Disability Rights, Paratransit, Detroit Department of Transportation, Detroit, people with disabilities, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, budget, wheelchairs
Metro Detroit

Detroit City Council takes action after study suggests lowest valued homes were overtaxed

Activists are worried about another wave of foreclosures based on inflated property taxes for some homes

By Steve Neavling
Mar 28, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, Mary Sheffield, property taxes, Coalition for Property Tax Justice
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 27, 2024

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

Detroit illegally inflated taxes on lowest value homes, study suggests

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 25, 2024

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

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”

By Steve Neavling
Mar 18, 2024

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

University of Toledo hosting a free total solar eclipse viewing party

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

By Layla McMurtrie
Mar 14, 2024

Tags: Michigan, Nature, Things to Do, 2024 total solar eclipse, Toledo, Detroit, Slideshow
Metro Detroit

Detroit police commissioners urge Justice Department to investigate cop who killed elderly man

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 8, 2024

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
Metro Detroit

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 8, 2024

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

Detroit kept residents in the dark about hazardous contaminants at waterfront park

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 7, 2024

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

Atwater Brewery is celebrating 313 Day with Detroit brands and $3.13 specials

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

By Layla McMurtrie
Mar 6, 2024

Tags: Arts, Bars, Local Businesses, Things to Do, Critics’ Picks, Atwater Brewery, 313 Day, Detroit, 313 Day events, Detroit events, Atwater Brewery & Tap House, Slideshow
Metro Detroit

The 66th Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is set to return to Corktown

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

By Lee DeVito
Mar 5, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Things to Do, Bars, Critics’ Picks, Saint Patrick's Day, Corktown, Detroit, Irish Americans in metro Detroit