Metro Detroit Archives for News

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

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

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

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

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

‘I will be in my own internal prison for the rest of my life,’ Jennifer Crumbley told the judge

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Jennifer Crumbley, James Crumbley, Ethan Crumbley, mass shooting, guns, sentencing, Karen McDonald, Oakland County Prosecutor, Oxford High School

The Palestinian-American Congresswoman presented the photographer with a plaque of recognition for his journalism work in Gaza

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, News, Palestine, citizen journalists, Rashida Tlaib, Motaz Azaiza, Dearborn, Palestinian journalists, Slideshow

The lawsuit alleges the Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation is putting residents at risk of flooding

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation, lawsuit, Wayne County, Fox Creek, drain pipe, A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Center for the Performing Arts, Fox Creek Drainage District, drain easement

Some feel they are being retaliated against for speaking up about poor conditions at the historic riverfront apartment complex

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, Alden Towers, Detroit landlords, Friedman Communities, Mary Sheffield, Detroit People’s Platform

‘I went into a psychotic rage,’ Bob Nelson says

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Bob Nelson, car, tow truck, Highland Park, Ford Thunderbird, class car, Highland Park Police, Troy's Towing

More than 128,000 Detroiters – or one out of five residents – have at least one disability

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Disability Rights, Paratransit, Detroit Department of Transportation, Detroit, people with disabilities, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, budget, wheelchairs

Activists are worried about another wave of foreclosures based on inflated property taxes for some homes

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Detroit, Mayor Duggan, Detroit City Council, Mary Sheffield, property taxes, Coalition for Property Tax Justice

The city kept the park open nearly two years after excessive contaminants were discovered

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Environment, Pollution, AB Ford Park, Jefferson Chalmers, Detroit, east side, contamination, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court, Michigan Environmental Protection Act

By contrast, the most expensive homes were the least likely to be overtaxed, according to the University of Chicago

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Bernadette Atuahene, Detroit, property taxes, overassessments, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, Coalition for Property Tax Justice

First responders were called to the popular judge’s Grosse Pointe Park home on Wednesday afternoon

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Wayne County, court, Wayne County Circuit Court, Dana Hathaway, court

Lisa Stolarski was appointed after Janice Taylor-Dibbs resigned amid a housing scandal

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Highland Park, treasurer, Lisa Stolarski, Highland Park City Council

The botched project caused the deaths of mice and exposed staff to a genotoxin, which can damage DNA

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Education, Oakland University, Stop Animal Exploitation Now, animal research, education, Oakland County, Michael Budkie, genotoxin, research