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Seats from the Joe Louis Arena are now up for sale
You can now own a little piece of Hockeytown heaven in the form of a Joe Louis Arena seat. Seats at the 20,000-capacity venue went on sale today for partial season ticket holders, suite holders, and...
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Shri Thanedar leads Democrats in latest Michigan governor's race poll
The latest poll on the race for the Democratic nomination for governor puts Shri Thanedar ahead of Gretchen Whitmer by about three points — 29.6 percent to 26.3 percent. Abdul El-Sayed polled at 6.6...
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Report: Detroit's QLine has not yet attained projected ridership
A new report from Bridge magazine says that Detroit's QLine streetcar has fallen short of its projected ridership goals, but a spokesman for the streetcar's operator M-1 Rail says the numbers need to...
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Detroit's top 10 urban planning blunders (and 10 successes)
June 1, 2018 will mark 200 years since the death of the Plan of Detroit, Judge Augustus B. Woodward's street design that gave us Campus Martius and Grand Circus Park.…
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Race, sexism, and political immaturity
Last month, Dana Nessel, the brilliant and sassy attorney who helped make it legal for same-sex couples to marry and adopt, pulled off one of the most astonishing political upsets in recent history.…
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In praise of the humble joint
Step into any well-appointed marijuana store or smoke shop and you will find a plethora of cannabis-based products and paraphernalia with which to use those products. Glass bongs of every shape and...
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Savage Love: Quickies
I wish I had a better question, but this is all I have: My friends and I were discussing the nuances of a straight orgy (a roughly equal number of male and female participants) versus a gang bang (one...
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Michigan Chamber of Commerce fights anti-gerrymandering proposal, marijuana...
A grassroots anti-gerrymandering group seeking to pass a ballot initiative that would allow for a balanced redistricting process that does not favor any one party is facing an attack from the Michigan...
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Seven southeast Michigan counties violate ozone pollution standards, EPA says
Seven southeast Michigan counties are in violation of national standards for ozone pollution, according to a formal declaration issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. Oakland, Wayne, Macomb,...
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Detroit FBI spearheads crisis drill scheduled for Wayne State University...
Wayne State University is the latest campus to implement a crisis training in wake of the recent increase of school shootings.…
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GOP gov hopefuls Schuette and Calley are jockeying for front seat on the...
Donald Trump may be far more unpopular with Michiganders than his predecessors were at this point in their presidencies, but for the state's leading Republican gubernatorial hopefuls, he's apparently...
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Portion of downtown Detroit parking deck collapses, swallowing at least one car
Multiple parked cars fell this morning when a portion of the upper deck collapsed in a downtown Detroit parking structure. Aerial footage from WDIV showed a hole as deep as the height of an SUV at the...
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State seeks to stop representing ex-MSP trooper involved in Damon Grimes' death
Lawyers for the state of Michigan are trying to drop the ex-state police trooper who was behind the wheel of a cruiser when his partner tased a 15-year-old on an ATV in Detroit last summer, causing...
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Former Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner to speak at Detroit event for...
Our Revolution president and former Bernie Sanders surrogate Nina Turner is on her way back to Detroit this weekend for an annual gathering of local progressives known as the Douglass-Debs Dinner. The...
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Report: Lansing Republicans hatching plan to keep pot legalization off the...
Republican state senators are reportedly mounting an effort to pass a proposed marijuana legalization initiative through the legislature in a move that would allow lawmakers to easily amend the...
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Detroit residents can pick up free trees this weekend at Rouge Park
Detroit has become a magnet for tree giveaways as environmental officials and groups seek to replace thousands of trees wiped out by disease and invasive species since 1950. Saturday will be the...
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How to celebrate Cinco de Mayo without being an offensive asshat in a Sombrero
Let's cut the shit. Cinco de Mayo has gone misunderstood for far too long.…
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More than 300,000 metro Detroiters without power due to high winds
Situation normal, folks. This really shouldn't be news.…
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Grand Prix coordinators offer consolation prize to Belle Isle goers: Daffodils
The people behind the IndyCar race that turns Belle Isle into a construction site for 20 percent of the year— usually right as the weather starts to break — are trying to make amends with park goers...
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