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Community advocate Michele Oberholzter announces run for state representative
Over the years, we at MT have had the occasion to run a few opinion piecesfrom Michele Oberholzter, a housing rights activists who has worked to keep Detroiters facing foreclosure in their homes. You...
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Detroit cop known online as 'FatalForce' cleared in killing of teen
With a Michigan State Police trooper in the spotlight for thealleged murder of an unarmed teen who was riding through a Detroit neighborhood on an ATV, it can be easy to forget that the Detroit Police...
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Why readers should be wary of headlines combining medical marijuana and crime
What's the big deal with the headline: "1 shot dead at Detroit marijuana dispensary"? On its face, not so much. It certainly got our attention, because we've heard from dispensary operators that...
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Yet another suspected 'organ' turns up at Detroit wastewater plant
A fourth “object” has turned up at the Great Lakes Water Authority wastewater treatment plant in Detroit, the Detroit Free Press reports.…
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Here's where medical marijuana businesses have been approved in Michigan
When Michigan medical marijuana businesses are granted commercial licenses in the new year, don't expect grow facilities and pot shops to pop up all over metro Detroit. Dispensaries and 500-plus plant...
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Another Detroit pharmacist has been suspended for allegedly over-dispensing...
Joe's Discount Pharmacy in Detroit has had its controlled substance license suspended after Michigan's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) found the company has allegedly been...
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Deer heart identified as one of the 'organs' found at Detroit wastewater plant
One of four mysterious organ-like findings at the Great Lakes Water Authority wastewater plant made this month has been identified by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's office as a deer heart....
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QLine to extend hours in 2018
QLine operators M-1 Rail have made a New Year's resolution to extend the hours of Detroit's streetcar in 2018. Beginning Jan. 1, the QLine will run until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, until midnight...
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Would-be scrappers shocked to death after breaking into Detroit substation
Two would-be scrappers have died from electrical shock after trying to steal copper from a public lighting substation on Detroit's east side. According to police, one of the men was shocked when he...
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Candidate says he'll sue Gov. Snyder to move up election for Conyers' seat
A candidate for the U.S. House seat vacated by former U.S. Rep John Conyers filed a lawsuit against Gov. Rick Snyder demanding that the election be moved up to an earlier date. On Dec. 8, Gov. Snyder...
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Study says: Holidays put Detroit renters $890 in the hole
It should come as no surprise: The holidays are expensive and most people are doling out cash they don't have to buy presents, decorations, and fancy dinners. A recent study conducted by Rent Cafe...
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Coyote spotted on Belle Isle — and it's not the first time
Bad Axe, Mich. resident Scott Brown snapped a photo on Thursday, Dec. 28 of one of the elusive, yet frequently reported, coyotes of Belle Isle. Brown told the Detroit Free Pressthat after stopping his...
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Locals say they're spotting snowy owls in downtown Detroit
In early December, MLive reported that the Great Lakes region was likely to see an influx of Arctic immigrants this winter. The new neighbors will be coming in search of their favorite food: rodents.…
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Reports: Detroit city councilman and former state rep. targeted in public...
Several current and former elected leaders from Detroit are being targeted by the feds as part of a broad public corruption probe that has so far produced bribery indictments for a local towing mogul...
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A snowy owl made itself at home on Dan Gilbert’s One Campus Martius Building
Looks like Dan Gilbert has a new tenant in one of his downtown Detroit buildings. …
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Whitmer says she's focusing on jobs, not gender
Across the country, a record number of women are running for governor — including Michigan Democratic candidate Gretchen Whitmer, who is the focus of a Washington Post report on the phenomenon...
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How I used cannabis to treat my dog’s cancer
A little over three years ago a walnut-sized lump appeared on my dog's side. I took him to a vet and the doctor told me he didn't handle such things, and downplayed its seriousness.…
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Fixing prisons by helping the mentally ill
Happy New Year, comrades! Just think, soon it will be almost a year since President Donald John Trump started to make America great again.…
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Savage Love: Runners
I married my high-school sweetheart at 17, had a baby, together a few years, mental illness and subsequent infidelity led to things ending. My ex-husband remarried, divorced again, and is now in...
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