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Warren council members treat selves to golden parachute before leaving office
Just two months before Warren City Council members were to be term-limited out of office, they quickly and quietly treated themselves to a golden parachute at taxpayers’ expense. The council voted...
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Detroit City Council scraps Mayor Duggan's $250M demolition proposal
In a major blow to Mayor Mike Duggan, the Detroit City Council rejected his $250 million bond proposal Tuesday to eliminate the remaining blight in the city’s neighborhoods. With a 6-3 vote, the...
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Detroit’s multimillion-dollar streetscape project a pain for small businesses
Mexicantown is set for a radical transformation when its $5.4 million construction project finally wraps up.…
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The question is no longer whether Trump did it — it’s whether he’ll get away...
He did the thing. There's no question he did the thing.…
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Savage Love: The slutty professor
I'm a fortysomething gay male professor at a small college. I try hard not to get attracted to students, and usually succeed.…
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2 years later, Detroit's Hudson's site is a stinky hole in the ground
Nearly two years after ground broke on the project, Detroit's Hudson's site skyscraper is still just a 40-foot hole. It's also been emitting a nasty, sulfuric smell for months, causing some to wonder...
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Detroit funeral home where nearly 300 fetuses were found loses license
A ramshackle Detroit funeral home where the remains of nearly 300 fetuses, infants, and adults were discovered last year won’t be allowed to reopen for at least a decade. The Michigan Department of...
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Abdul El-Sayed returns the favor, endorses Bernie Sanders
Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive Democrat who ran for governor of Michigan last year, has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. El-Sayed’s endorsement comes just weeks after other popular...
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Michigan will become 5th state to enforce cage-free egg production thanks to...
One of several new laws signed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Gilchrist on Thursday will require all Michigan egg production facilities to adopt cage-free practices, and will ban the use of battery cages and the...
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduces bill to repeal 'Opportunity Zones': 'The...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced legislation to repeal the controversial "Opportunity Zones" from the United States tax code on Friday, following a series of bombshell ProPublica reports that found...
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Out gay Detroit-area priest elected bishop in Missouri
Rev. Deon Johnson, an out gay Detroit-area priest, has been elected to serve as the next bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri.…
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Black students from Detroit 'spit on,' taunted with racial slurs during...
Black Denby High School football players were spit on, pelted with garbage, and taunted with racial slurs before, during, and after a game Saturday, according to several school officials and other...
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Will lawsuit spur reversal of Michigan's Medicaid work requirements?
Michigan lawmakers are being asked to put the brakes on the implementation of work requirements for Healthy Michigan enrollees. A coalition of health-care and anti-poverty organizations filed a...
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U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence no longer supports impeaching Trump in abrupt reversal
U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence has changed her mind on impeaching President Trump. Appearing on Charlie LeDuff’s No BS News Hour podcast on Sunday, the Southfield Democrat said she now favors censure over...
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Detroit police sergeant suspended for not responding to fatal cop shooting
A Detroit police sergeant was suspended Monday on allegations that he sat in his car and failed to respond to a shootout that killed one police officer and injured another. Detroit Police Chief James...
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Ford v. Tesla is the macho-man pissing match we deserve
Forget Ford v Ferrari. It's Ford v. Tesla that makes us want to grab some popcorn and gawk in amusement.…
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Wayne State chemical odor leads to temporary closure of Science Hall
Wayne State University students were notified on Tuesday afternoon that there was a chemical spill on campus. Students received an alert via text at 12:26 p.m. on Tuesday, which read "WSU Alert: Due...
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Donald Trump isn’t on trial. The Republican Party is.
The most incisive moment of the impeachment inquiry's public hearings came at the very end, on Thursday afternoon, courtesy of Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, the former federal...
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