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Black lawmakers call on Michigan Legislature to revive police reform bills after Tyre Nichols’s death

Now in control, Democrats plan to reintroduce efforts to curb police brutality

By Steve Neavling

Jan 31, 2023

Michigan lawmakers have failed to pass any meaningful police reform measures since the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in May 2020. For nearly three years, Democrats in the state Legislature have introduced numerous bills aimed at addressing police brutality...

Black lawmakers call on Michigan Legislature to revive police reform bills after Tyre Nichols’s death

DTE Energy left more than 128,000 customers without power in 2022

A watchdog group calls DTE ‘one of the most aggressively anti-consumer’ utility companies in the country

By Steve Neavling

DTE Energy left more than 128,000 customers without power in 2022 (2)

Long-term unemployed Detroiters to get help landing jobs with new federal ‘Jump Start’ program

The first-of-its-kind initiative could be a model for other cities

By Steve Neavling

Mayor Mike Duggan discusses the Jump Start program at a news conference on Friday.

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Detroit’s long history of evicting Black people for profit

Jan 25, 2023

Detroit’s long history of evicting Black people for profit

Crews begin demolishing a second section of the Packard Plant in Detroit.

By Steve Neavling

Jan 24, 2023

Demolition begins on another large section of Detroit’s abandoned Packard Plant

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University of Michigan researchers are accused of falsifying or fabricated data from experiments with rats.

By Steve Neavling

Jan 30, 2023

Fraudulent animal experiments at U-M prompts call for criminal probe

Protesters have demanded a living wage of $15 an hour nationwide.

By Steve Neavling

Jan 26, 2023

Minimum wage increase in Michigan blocked by appeals court

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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly.

By Steve Neavling

Jan 27, 2023

Slotkin mulls U.S. Senate run after Stabenow announced retirement

City of Flint.

By Steve Neavling

Jan 26, 2023

Yes, a Flint councilwoman called residents ‘janky’ — but not all residents

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The world’s largest Kwanzaa kinara shines in Detroit, and more of our biggest stories of 2022 (2)

Dec 30, 2022

The world’s largest Kwanzaa kinara shines in Detroit, and more of our biggest stories of 2022

Theatre Bizarre's Zombo the Clown.

By Alex Washington

Nov 5, 2022

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Rejected Michigan license plates from 2022 and earlier [NSFW]

Rejected Michigan license plates from 2022 and earlier [NSFW]

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Birds spotted by Detroit Audubon photographer Evan Deutsch on Belle Isle

Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer sworn in for second term following Democrats’ historic victory [PHOTOS]

Michigan’s Gov. Whitmer sworn in for second term following Democrats’ historic victory [PHOTOS]

The Duggan administration’s contract with Transdev

Detroit City Council was placed with an impossible decision — renew a contract with Transdev, the city’s subpar paratransit service, or leave the city’s disabled residents without free transportation. Many members of the disability community were against a renewed contract with Transdev, leading to council to reject it before a new operator could be secured. Mayor Mike Duggan initially said the city would have no choice but to reduce paratransit service by 70% in 2023, until the Federal Transit Administration said Detroit was violating federal law by failing to fully fund rides for disabled residents. To avoid federal oversight, Duggan then used his emergency powers to set up temporary paratransit services through four different companies while the city seeks bids for a permanent provider. He also lambasted the council, calling them “dysfunctional,” but many blind Detroiters were glad for Transdev to get the boot, and told horror stories of dealing with its chronically late drivers who frequently dropped them off at the wrong locations. (The U.S. Dept. of Justice is investigating possible civil rights violations.) The council actually listened to residents for a change, but it left Detroit in a terribly awkward position. —Randiah Camille Green

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