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Watchdog group demands termination of Oakland University researcher for...
A national watchdog group is calling for the termination of an Oakland University researcher accused of violating federal laws and regulations by repeatedly mishandling a dangerous toxin that can...
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Highland Park gets new treasurer after former one was ousted
A Highland Park entrepreneur and community booster will soon take over as the city’s new treasurer after a judge ousted Janice Taylor-Dibbs in January. The Highland Park City Council voted 3-2 on...
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Illinois and Army Corps at an impasse over building barrier to prevent...
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Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway hospitalized
Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway is in the hospital after first responders were called to her home in Grosse Pointe Park on Wednesday afternoon. Hathaway was still hospitalized Friday...
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Lapointe: Amid gambling investigation, Detroit can remember Ohtani’s great...
Late last July in Detroit’s Comerica Park, the baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani — then with the Los Angeles Angels — accomplished something so rare and so special that it may never again be done in...
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Lapointe: Trump’s trail of ‘blood’ goes back (at least) to Michigan
When I was a little kid, I watched a lot of cowboy westerns on our black-and-white TV. Bad guys were always killing good guys “in cold blood,” or so it was said. This baffled me.
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Detroit illegally inflated taxes on lowest value homes, study suggests
Detroit activists are calling for action after a recent study suggested the city is cheating lower-income residents by illegally and disproportionately overtaxing homes worth less than $35,000. By...
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The court can’t stop abortion pills
On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court took a decisive step in the long-standing controversy over abortion post-Roe v. Wade by examining the regulatory framework surrounding mifepristone, a key...
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Lawsuit seeks to save trees, protect residents at contaminated AB Ford Park...
Three Detroit residents filed a lawsuit against the city this week in hopes of halting a controversial plan to remove more than 250 trees from AB Ford Park and cover the contaminated park in two feet...
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Detroit City Council takes action after study suggests lowest valued homes...
The Detroit City Council is calling for a reduction in property taxes for low-valued homes and a moratorium on owner-occupied foreclosures after a study suggested the city is illegally overtaxing...
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U-M faculty coalition calls out administration for treatment of Arabs and...
A growing coalition of University of Michigan faculty members has united to confront what they see as the university administration’s inadequacies in crisis response concerning the challenges faced by...
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Lapointe: ‘Romney’ McDaniel takes her turn driving the GOP clown car
Before poking the Ronna Romney McDaniel piñata, let’s pause for this brief recollection of a joke about basketball and racial stereotypes once told on TV by a young, Black comedian. I can’t remember...
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Disability justice groups demand more resources in Detroit’s budget
Two influential disability justice groups have joined forces to launch a campaign calling for “substantial increases” in funding for people with disabilities in Detroit. The objective of Fund Disabled...
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Highland Park man inherited his mom’s beloved Thunderbird — then police...
Bob Nelson is so angry he’s shaking. His beloved 1985 Ford Thunderbird that he parked outside his home in Highland Park is gone. And he knew who took it.
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Tenants at Detroit’s Alden Towers fight eviction threats
Roach infestations, chronically broken elevators, frequent heat and water shutoffs — unfortunately, these are common complaints for renters across Detroit. At Alden Towers, located at 8100 E....
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Grosse Pointe group sued again for defiant construction of $45M performing...
A Grosse Pointe Park group with a history of flaunting local ordinances was sued for a second time for “brazenly” moving forward with the construction of a $45 million performing arts center along the...
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Palestinian journalist Motaz Azaiza visits Michigan to speak at U-M and meet...
Throughout the last six months, Palestinian citizens have taken on the vital role of journalism, capturing horrors in Gaza through videos and photographs shared across social media platforms. Among...
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Michigan AG supports Metro Times lawsuit for police records in amicus brief
Attorney General Dana Nessel has weighed in on a lawsuit filed on behalf of Metro Times requesting Michigan State Police to release the identities of all current and former officers, information...
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Is Whitmer’s new memoir a sign of a future presidential run?
Detroit rapper GMac Cash coined the nickname “Big Gretch” for Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in his 2020 single. Now, the Democrat is embracing a variation of the moniker for her upcoming memoir...
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John Sinclair: The rebel of many causes
Many of us who knew John Sinclair have a tale or two to tell, and one of mine began in 1965 when I met him and members of his “Guitar Army” at the Detroit Artists Workshop. It would be redundant here...
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Police return Highland Park man’s beloved Thunderbird after he accused the...
Highland Park Police returned a resident’s 1985 Ford Thunderbird on Thursday after he accused the city of stealing his beloved car. Bob Nelson says he’s grateful but still angry. “There is still too...
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