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After being charged with election tampering, Sherikia Hawkins lands job with Pontiac City Council

The former Southfield clerk was convicted of multiple felony counts in 2019

By Steve Neavling
May 10, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Sherikia Hawkins, Pontiac, Southfield, election fraud, Dan Nessel, Michigan Attorney General's Office
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Metro Detroit’s first pickleball-only complex opens in Warren

Bash Pickleball Club offers 10 progressional-grade courts, a pro shop, locker rooms, lounge areas, and a coffee station

By Steve Neavling
May 9, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Sports, Things to Do, Bash Pickleball Club, pickleball, Warren, sports, recreation, metro Detroit, Michigan, Slideshow, Video
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Christmas carolers accuse City of Detroit of censorship

The Detroit Ceasefire Choir says it was barred from singing in Campus Martius Park to call for peace in Gaza

By Lee DeVito
May 8, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, Music, Detroit Ceasefire Choir, Campus Martius Park, Mike Duggan, Detroit 300, gaza, Israel, Palestine
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‘I’m not going to be a quiet poet laureate’: A conversation with jessica Care moore

The internationally recognized poet from Detroit is ready for her new role

By Layla McMurtrie
May 8, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Detroit poet laureate, jessica Care moore, Detroit poets, Detroit hip hop, Cover Story, Slideshow
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Brian McKnight’s Detroit concert canceled following ‘deadbeat behavior’ controversy

“He might as well retire,” one commenter said. “Tell him bring his kids and we might come.”

By Layla McMurtrie
May 6, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Music, News, Brian McKnight, Detroit concert cancellation, Detroit concerts, Brian McKnight controversy, Brian McKnight deadbeat father, Detroit news
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Lapointe: Has the RenCen’s future come and gone?

Plus: Trump trashes Detroit; Tigers TV blackout

By Joe Lapointe
May 6, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Renaissance Center, General Motors, 2024 election, Donald Trump, Detroit Tigers, Slideshow
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Cops crack down on U-M anti-war protesters

Michigan State Police used physical force and pepper spray during a tense standoff at the UMMA

By Natalia Holtzman
May 5, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Education, News, University of Michigan, Israel, Joe Biden, Gaza, Palestine, Michigan police, Slideshow
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Wayne State faculty, staff condemn ‘racist assault’ on protesters who demanded divestment from Israel

Campus police forcibly removed students from a public meeting who were engaged in peaceful, nonviolent protest

By Steve Neavling
May 3, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Education, News, Israel, Hamas, Wayne State University, divestment, Wayne State University Board of Directors, Kimberly Espy
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Detroit’s only Black-run grocery co-op opens, welcomes throngs of shoppers

Detroit People’s Food Co-Op is a full-scale grocery store run by its members

By Steve Neavling
May 1, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Local Businesses, Food & Drink Features, Detroit People’s Food Co-Op, food, Grocery store, Detroit, Woodward Avenue, food insecurity, black empowerment, co-op, Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network
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The case for raising animals in Detroit

An urban farm fights to stay open as the city mulls a livestock ordinance

By Randiah Camille Green
May 1, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, Longform, Detroit, urban farming in Detroit, Michigan farmers, Cover Story, Slideshow
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Michigan lawmakers want to shut up obnoxious cars with modified exhausts

The legislation would crackdown on noisy, illegally modified car mufflers and exhausts

By Steve Neavling
Apr 29, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Cars, woodward, classic cars, Michigan, Detroit, Royal Oak, modified exhaust, noise pollution, Michigan House of Representatives
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Meet Tracie McMillan, the Detroit journalist measuring the cash value of racism

In ‘The White Bonus: Five Families and the Cash Value of Racism in America,’ the author interrogates privilege

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 26, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Books, Civil Rights, Tracie McMillan, Detroit, Oakland County, racism, Michigan authors
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Michigan Central Station is hiring ‘ambassadors’ to welcome guests

The long-abandoned Detroit icon is almost ready to reopen to the public

By Lee DeVito
Apr 24, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Labor, News, Michigan Central Station, Ford Motor Co., metro Detroit jobs
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Racist billboards appeared across metro Detroit on Hitler’s birthday

A group called White Lives Matter Michigan took credit for the hateful messages

By Steve Neavling
Apr 22, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Media, Hate groups in metro Detroit, White Lives Matter, Michigan, metro Detroit, billboards, Billboard4Me, 5 Star Outdoor, Brownstown, Mount Clemens, Hazel Park
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Lawsuit alleges Detroit police commissioners ‘sabotaged’ efforts to resolve backlog of citizen complaints

The former board chairman who resigned over an alleged blow job is accused of gender discrimination

By Steve Neavling
Apr 19, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Detroit, Detroit police, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, Melanie White, Bryan Ferguson, gender discrimination, citizen complaints, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court
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Three local businesses are breathing new life into Ypsi’s beloved Go! Ice Cream building

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Ypsilanti hard, but a new businesses district is helping to bring the community back

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 17, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Food & Drink Features, Local Businesses, Ypsilanti news, Ypsilanti businesses, Go! Ice Cream, Beara Bakes, local businesses, women-owned businesses, Slideshow
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Eastpointe agrees to unique settlement after ex-mayor’s public meeting outburst

After Mayor Monique Owens refused to let residents criticize her during a meeting, the city will create a “First Amendment Day,” among other things

By Steve Neavling
Apr 17, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Eastpointe, Monique Owens, mayor, First Amendment, free speech, city council, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, lawsuit
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Property values soar for Detroit’s Black homeowners, study shows

Mayor Duggan credited the gains to city-run beautification programs and the Detroiters who stuck it out and invested in their communities

By Lee DeVito
Apr 17, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Real Estate, News, Detroit real estate, University of Michigan, Mike Duggan, Slideshow
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Now that it’s lit up, people seem to like Detroit’s new I-94 sign

At first, the sign was mocked for falling short of expectations, especially considering its hefty price tag

By Steve Neavling
Apr 16, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Views & Opinions, Detroit, NFL Draft, Mayor Duggan, sign, I-94, social media, Instagram, Slideshow
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Your guide to the NFL Draft in Detroit

The free event is expected to draw nearly 400,000 football fans downtown from April 25-27

By Jim McFarlin
Apr 14, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Sports, Detroit Lions, NFL Draft, Campus Martius, downtown Detroit, Slideshow