Man who admitted to pissing on Kellogg cereal conveyor belt faces jail time
If you've chowed down on some Rice Krispies in the past four years, you may have consumed urine. Gregory Stanton, 49, a former-Kellogg employee in Memphis, Tenn., pleaded guilty on Nov. 30 to...
View ArticleSenate GOP approves plan for new oil pipeline under Straits of Mackinac
Senate Republicans on Wednesday approved legislation that will allow a controversial oil and propane pipeline to be built under the Straits of Mackinac. The bill creates a Mackinac Utility Corridor...
View ArticleMore millennials are moving to metro Detroit, according to report
On Tuesday, Dec. 4, the Detroit Regional Chamber released its annual State of the Region report detailing the economic activity in the metro Detroit area. The 2018-2019 State of the Region report...
View ArticleThe new marquee for the Fillmore Detroit draws strong opinions
Through Shadow Parrish’s 23 years as a stagehand at the Fillmore, he has seen the legendary theatre swap owners, change names, host iconic performers, and lay off staff. But now he has witnessed the...
View ArticleMichigan House GOP votes to strip power from incoming Dem attorney general
The GOP-controlled Michigan state House approved a bill on Wednesday that would strip power from incoming Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel. House Bill 6553 grants the Republican-led legislature...
View ArticleHappy 12/6, the new Michigan marijuana holiday
Happy 12/6 everyone! Welcome to the new Michigan marijuana holiday.…
View ArticleWeed is legal in Michigan – here are all the things you still can’t do
Like something lifted from a fairytale, at the stroke of midnight, Michigan became the tenth state in the country (and the first in the Midwest) to end its prohibition against marijuana. There’s a...
View ArticleAbdul El-Sayed arraigned for disorderly conduct at Fight for $15 rally in...
Former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed was arraigned on Thursday for charges stemming from participating in a peaceful protest in Detroit for workers rights, including a $15 minimum...
View ArticleMichigan GOP pushing in lame duck for tax cuts for oil companies
The latest controversial bill in Michigan Republicans' ongoing lame duck blitz would give the state's oil and gas companies a tax cut.House Bill 6485 would provide oil companies with a cut worth about...
View ArticleMichigan Senate GOP votes to gut recently approved voting access expansion
The GOP-led Michigan Senate voted along party lines on Thursday to gut a citizen-initiated law approved by voters in November that would make it easier to vote. It's the latest in the Michigan GOP's...
View ArticleSenate Republicans vote to strip authority from incoming Dem secretary of state
The GOP-controlled Michigan Senate has approved along party lines a bill that would strip Democratic Secretary of State-elect Jocelyn Benson of authority over campaign finance.…
View ArticleMichigan GOP wants to make it easier to buy puppies from puppy mills
In the last few weeks, things have gotten pretty sour in Lansing. With all three ballot proposals passing and Democrats winning the secretary of state, attorney general, and governor’s offices,...
View ArticleMichigan House GOP votes to strip power from incoming Dems on board of education
The GOP lame duck power grab continued Thursday evening as Republicans in the state House passed legislation designed to strip power from incoming Democrats on the Michigan State Board of Education....
View ArticleBill Schuette's Detroit campaign office is still abandoned, now getting...
We called it "perhaps one of the most intriguing subplots of the Michigan gubernatorial race yet"— the mysterious case of Republican Bill Schuette's Detroit campaign office, which appeared to be...
View ArticleCalvin Johnson's bid for marijuana venture fumbled by state board due to...
Two former Detroit Lions players had their marijuana venture plans squashed Friday, just a day after the state-wide legalization of recreational marijuana went into effect. Calvin Johnson and Rob Sims...
View ArticleLyft shares Detroit's most popular drop-off destinations of 2018
After making thousands of laps around the metro Detroit area each year, popular rideshare service Lyft knows a thing or two about Detroit.…
View ArticleMichigan GOP wants to make citizen ballot initiatives nearly impossible
Michigan Republicans are now floating a bill that would make popular citizen-led ballot initiatives nearly impossible. HB 6595 — introduced last week by state Rep. James Lower, R-Cedar Lake — comes...
View ArticleMore corporations come to Detroit's rescue — and that's a problem
On Monday, Mayor Mike Duggan announced ten Detroit neighborhoods would receive millions of dollars in investment from seven companies — the largest corporate donation to neighborhood development in...
View ArticleScathing new report claims USOC and USA Gymnastics knew about Nassar allegations
In the aftermath of the Larry Nassar sex scandal, the organizations and institutions meant to protect young athletes are being highly scrutinized for their failures. A 252-page report released Monday...
View ArticleMichigan’s lame-duck session is in, and Republicans are acting like cornered...
Is there a reckoning coming for Republican politicians? Apparently they believe it is, because they are behaving like cornered animals — lame ducks attacking anything they can reach.…
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