How Mike Duggan’s independent campaign for governor fell apart
Mike Duggan’s independent campaign for governor began as a bold experiment in post-partisan politics and ended Thursday with a thud. The post How Mike Duggan’s independent campaign for governor fell...
View ArticleRebecca Fackler begged for help for hours before death at Michigan’s only...
Rebecca Fackler was in pain, not feeling well, and crying out for help from inside Michigan’s only women’s prison, but no one came to help until it was too late, according to a woman incarcerated near...
View ArticleMAGA loses its shit over hijab-wearing Miss Wayne County
Ameera Hashwi rode through Dearborn’s Memorial Day Parade on Monday in a red convertible, smiling, waving to the crowd, and holding an American flag. The post MAGA loses its shit over hijab-wearing...
View ArticleMichigan residents file class action over data center noise as AI projects...
Two southwest Michigan residents have filed what their attorneys are calling the first class-action lawsuit in the country over noise from a data center, alleging a Dowagiac facility has created a...
View ArticleVenezuelan student-athlete built a life in metro Detroit before ICE agents...
Karliana Yosdeylin Perdomo Gotopo is a 20-year-old Venezuelan student-athlete from metro Detroit who was detained by immigration enforcement agents. The post Venezuelan student-athlete built a life in...
View ArticleHow Wayne State’s battle for African American Studies came full-circle
This story is part one in a series examining the evolution and challenges facing Wayne State University’s Department of African American Studies, the product of a historic, student-driven movement....
View ArticleDetroit’s debt problem has a revenue solution we’re ignoring
Stephen Henderson’s recent analysis of Mayor Mary Sheffield’s budget captures Detroit’s fiscal reality with unusual clarity: the city is making real progress on bonded debt, but rising pension costs...
View ArticleEx-Melvindale cop gets jail time in excessive force cases
A former Melvindale cop charged with using excessive force in connection with three traffic stops was sentenced on Friday to six months in jail for one incident and probation for another. The post...
View ArticleWomen are suffering and dying at Michigan’s only women’s prison, and...
Two recent deaths at Michigan’s only women’s prison and the worsening health of a woman who says mold exposure is destroying her body are renewing calls for sweeping reforms at the troubled facility....
View ArticleNearly 200 mixed-income homes planned for Corktown as part of Clement Kern...
Three new developments will bring nearly 200 mixed-income housing units to Corktown, including more than 150 affordable homes, as Detroit continues redeveloping the former Clement Kern Gardens site....
View ArticleMike Rogers’ LGBTQ+ record is a reminder that bigotry can be written into law
Pride Month is here, and Mike Rogers probably shouldn’t expect a float. The post Mike Rogers’ LGBTQ+ record is a reminder that bigotry can be written into law appeared first on Detroit Metro Times.
View ArticleBenson lands endorsement from prominent Black faith leaders in gubernatorial...
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has won the endorsement of the Michigan-Ontario Council of Bishops, adding another influential faith group to her campaign for governor as she works to consolidate...
View ArticleFired Fox 2 anchor Taryn Asher sues station over sex discrimination and...
Fired Fox 2 Detroit anchor Taryn Asher is suing the television station in federal court, alleging she was retaliated against and forced out after complaining that male colleagues were treated more...
View ArticleAI-doctored photo turns Mike Rogers into a roided-out punchline
A pro-Mike Rogers political operative tried to celebrate the Republican U.S. Senate candidate’s birthday with an AI-doctored image that made him look like a juiced-up macho fantasy. The post...
View ArticleMichigan Republicans face heat over utility donations as DTE and Consumers...
As Michigan’s two largest utilities seek nearly $1 billion in electric rate hikes, a climate advocacy group is calling attention to campaign donations from the utility industry to two Republican...
View ArticleJudge blocks Detroit Thermal from using historic Lafayette Park townhome...
A Wayne County judge has permanently blocked Detroit Thermal from using property owned by the historic Mies van der Rohe townhome associations in Lafayette Park to run steam service to a nearby...
View ArticleUAW endorses Abdul El-Sayed in major boost for Michigan Senate bid
The United Auto Workers endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s closely watched U.S. Senate race Friday, giving the progressive former Wayne County health director one of the most coveted labor...
View ArticleOpinion: Michigan should not become a utility colony for Big Tech data centers
Corporate lobbyists and politically connected developers want us to believe the next great economic miracle for Michigan is the construction of massive AI data centers — sprawling industrial campuses...
View ArticleWoman imprisoned in abusive ex’s killing is third to die at Michigan prison...
Court records describe years of abuse by Ashley Hoath's ex-boyfriend, Jeremy Barron, who she said repeatedly abused her physically and sexually. The post Woman imprisoned in abusive ex’s killing is...
View ArticleAIPAC-backed group pours $2M into ads boosting Haley Stevens in Michigan...
United Democracy Project, an outside political group backed by the controversial American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is spending more than $2 million on ads supporting U.S. Rep. Haley...
View ArticlePrice Hike Mike website turns Rogers’ own words against him
Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has a message for Michiganders struggling with higher prices: Just relax. The post Price Hike Mike website turns Rogers’ own words against him appeared first on Detroit...
View ArticleLivingston County deputies threw elderly man to ground, mocked him as he...
A Monroe County man who suffered a stroke during a traffic stop was violently pulled from his vehicle, slammed to the ground, handcuffed, and mocked by Livingston County sheriff’s deputies, even as his...
View ArticleMichigan failed to monitor hotlines used by thousands seeking food, housing...
Michigan health officials failed to properly oversee a network of public hotlines that hundreds of thousands of residents rely on each year for help with food, housing, health care, mental health...
View ArticleFeds wrapped U-M protest case in baseless terrorism rhetoric, attorneys say
Federal prosecutors are portraying eight pro-Palestinian activists tied to the University of Michigan as extremists who carried out a coordinated campaign of threats and vandalism against university...
View ArticleMost Detroit landlords have no legal right to collect rent, housing attorneys...
About 85% of the rental properties in Detroit are owned by landlords with no legal right to collect rent, a discovery that could upend thousands of eviction cases, according to a coalition of housing...
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