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Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday

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

By Steve Neavling
Apr 22, 2024

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
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
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
Metro Detroit

State agency probes Warren Police Department’s alleged offer to hide misconduct investigation

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 15, 2024

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
Michigan

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 12, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, Eric Mays, Flint City Council, Flint, Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays, Sheldon Neeley, lawsuit, health insurance
Michigan

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 11, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, Eric Mays, Flint City Council, Flint, Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays, Sheldon Neeley, lawsuit, health insurance
Michigan

Legal battle halts funeral plans for late Flint Councilman Eric Mays

The lawsuit alleges a funeral home is holding Mays’s body ‘hostage’

By Steve Neavling
Mar 7, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, Flint, Flint City Council, Eric Mays, funeral, Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, Genesee County Circuit Court, lawsuit, Lento Law Group
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
Michigan

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 5, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, Flint, Flint City Council, Eric Mays, funeral, Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, Genesee County Circuit Court, lawsuit, Lento Law Group
Metro Detroit

Highland Park councilman tells police mayor threatened him with physical violence

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

By Steve Neavling
Mar 4, 2024

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

Outspoken Flint Councilman and TikTok sensation Eric Mays dies

The 65-year-old is known for his outbursts and passionate support of residents during the Flint water crisis

By Steve Neavling
Feb 26, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint Water Crisis, Obituary, Eric Mays, Flint, Flint City Council, TikTok, Sam Riddle, politics, obit
Politics & Elections

Flint mayor Neeley warns Democrats of Black voter exodus

Polls show an increasing number of Black voters are pulling away from the Democratic Party

By Steve Neavling
Feb 22, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Sheldon Neeley, Flint, Sam Riddle, National Action Network, Michigan, Michigan Democratic Party, President Biden, Donald Trump, election, politics
Michigan

Nessel moves to toss lawsuit by hair salon that said trans people should go to ‘pet groomer’

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

By Steve Neavling
Feb 21, 2024

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
Politics & Elections

Dearborn mayor makes stirring case for ‘uncommitted’ vote in Democratic primary

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

By Steve Neavling
Feb 20, 2024

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

Election committee gives green light to recall of Highland Park mayor over skyrocketing water bills

‘Her days as mayor are numbered,’ activist Robert Davis says of Mayor Glenda McDonald

By Steve Neavling
Feb 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Highland Park, recall, election, politics, Glenda McDonald, Robert Davis, Great Lakes Water authority, utility bills, water
Metro Detroit

Elderly Detroit man freed after he was sentenced to life in prison at the age of 18

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

By Steve Neavling
Feb 14, 2024

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

Detroiters are bad at driving, and the consequences are deadly

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

By Steve Neavling
Feb 12, 2024

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

Detroit Councilwoman Waters challenges Thanedar, pushes for ceasefire in Gaza

‘Voters want the killing to stop,’ Waters said

By Steve Neavling
Feb 8, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Mary Waters, 13th Congressional District, primary election, election, politics, Hamtramck, Detroit, Michigan, Shri Thanedar, Adam Hollier
Metro Detroit

Detroit still has highest auto insurance rates in nation, despite ‘historic’ legislation in 2019

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

By Steve Neavling
Feb 5, 2024

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

Michigan cannabis sales hit record high in 2023, creating tax windfall for governments

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

By Steve Neavling
Jan 29, 2024

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