News & Views and Savage Love Archives

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

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

Whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will draw more votes from Biden or Trump is the subject of much debate and speculation

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Election, politics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Natural Law Party, vaccines, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, President Biden, Michigan

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

Tags: Metro Detroit, Food & Drink Features, Local Businesses, Ypsilanti news, Ypsilanti businesses, Go! Ice Cream, Beara Bakes, local businesses, women-owned businesses, Slideshow

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

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Eastpointe, Monique Owens, mayor, First Amendment, free speech, city council, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, lawsuit

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

Tags: Metro Detroit, Real Estate, News, Detroit real estate, University of Michigan, Mike Duggan, Slideshow

Tags: Claytoonz, Claytoonz, LOL

Tags: This Modern World, LOL, This Modern World

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

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

Republican Voters Against Trump launched a $50 million ad campaign featuring homemade testimonial videos from remorseful voters

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, election, politics, Republicans, Political Action Committee, Republican Voters Against Trump, Joe Biden

The agency stopped short of telling the company to move

Tags: Michigan, Environment, Government, Enbridge, Line 5, Great Lakes, Canada, Indigenous people in Michigan

Plus: Crumbley precedent, Michigan’s abortion leadership, and measles resurgence

Tags: Michigan, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Rashida Tlaib, Oxford shooting, COVID-19, abortion rights in Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer

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

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

Witnesses testified to detail their encounters with the artist, one who was just 17 years old at the time

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, News, Alex Boyko, #MeToo, Alex Boyko verdict, Alex Boyko found not guilty, Detroit tattoo artists

“I know I’m doing the right thing,” Sundus Jaber says after filing whistleblower lawsuit against 35th District Court

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Sundus Jaber, 35th District Court, public defender, Regional Managed Assigned Counsel Office, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, Wayne County, Plymouth

The curious can check out this hidden gem with a country music show by Texas troubadour Cactus Lee

Tags: Metro Detroit, Bars, Music, Carbon Athletic Club, Delray, Southwest Detroit, social clubs in metro Detroit, Carbon Athletics Club

Activists and the Detroit City Council say the city is cheating lower-income residents by illegally and disproportionately overtaxing homes

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, property tax foreclosures, homes, evictions, Detroit, Wayne County, Treasurer Sabree, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Detroit City Council

Even the mayor appears to have been fooled by what is likely an AI-generated image

Tags: Metro Detroit, LOL, Views & Opinions, NFL Draft, Mike Duggan, I-94, Slideshow

Michigan plans to spend millions of dollars researching how to better recycle minerals found in electric vehicle batteries and other technologies

Tags: Michigan, Environment, Transportation, electric vehicles in Michigan, recycling in Michigan, Michigan Technological University

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged with multiple felonies for spreading misinformation to Black voters in the Detroit area

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Crime, Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman, New York, Michigan, Detroit, Black voters, election, politics, Letitia James, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

The Second Look Sentencing Act can help build a society that values every life and fosters rehabilitation

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, Views & Opinions, The Second Look Sentencing Act, Demel Dukes, Hani Zebib, criminal justice reform in Michigan, Michigan prison system