The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave the green light to two class-action lawsuits filed by residents of Flint, Michigan who are pursing civil rights claims against local and state officials over lead contamination in the city’s water supply. The justices left in place a July 2017 ruling by the Cincinnati, Ohio-based 6th U.S. Circuit […]
Tax Cuts Drive Business Back to the Motor City…
Fiat Chrysler will make Ram trucks in Michigan instead of Mexico beginning in 2020, and the company says this will mean 2,500 extra jobs at the plant in Warren, Detroit’s largest suburb. While this isn’t the first bit of good economic news in the wake of big corporate tax cuts Republicans just passed, it’s the […]
Nobel Laureate ‘Discovers’ Cause of Opioid Crisis: Complete Economic Destruction of the “White Working Class”…
For several decades now the American Midwest has suffered from unprecedented economic decay courtesy of a persistent outsourcing of manufacturing jobs in the automotive and steel industries, among others. As we’ve noted frequently, that economic decay has resulted in a devastating surge in opioid overdoses that claim the lives of 100s of people each year. […]
Conyers Resigns Effective Immediately…
Rep. John Conyers announced Tuesday he is leaving Congress immediately and endorsed his son, John Conyers III, to replace him following allegations of sexual harassment. “I’m in the process of putting my retirement plans together, and I will have more about that very soon,” Conyers, 88, told a Detroit radio station. “I am retiring today,” […]
Black Caucus Members Press Conyers to Resign…
She Said A Powerful Congressman Harassed Her. Here’s Why You Didn’t Hear Her Story.
Michigan Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat and the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015 with a former employee who alleged she was fired because she would not “succumb to [his] sexual advances.” Documents from the complaint obtained by BuzzFeed News include four signed affidavits, three…
The State of Michigan Wrongly Accused 46k People of Unemployment Fraud…
The state of Michigan collected more than $100 million from innocent residents after a computer error wrongly accused 46,000 people of unemployment fraud. Our affiliate WSMH interviewed on the victims about his experience, Lansing resident Karl Williams. After Williams was laid off from his job in 2011, he collected unemployment for around six months until […]
STUDY: Flint Water Crisis Caused Increase in Fetal Deaths, Lower Fertility Rates…
The long-term health effects of the Flint water crisis are still unfolding, with a new study pointing to the contaminated water as a cause of lower fertility rates among the city’s women and an increase in infant mortality. The paper, published Wednesday by two University of Kansas economic professors, challenges…
iPhone Maker Says It’s Building a Multi-Billion-Dollar Facility in Michigan…
Taiwan’s Foxconn, one of Apple’s primary iPhone makers, will open a multibillion-dollar research and development plant in Michigan, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday. That makes the second politically critical state to receive such a commitment from the multinational — which is sure to be seen by many as a gargantuan political success…
It’s Official: Kid Rock Throws His Hat into Michigan Senate Race…
Musician Kid Rock has announced his bid for the U.S. Senate in Michigan. In a tweet Wednesday, Rock, whose birth name is Robert James Ritchie, wrote that the website “KidRockForSenate.com” was real and to stay tuned for “a major announcement in the near future.” I have had a ton of emails and texts asking me […]
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