Michigan voters will see the state’s first all-female ticket in November after women won primary elections in two key races on Tuesday. Gretchen Whitmer, a former state House minority leader, secured the Democratic nomination for governor and will face Attorney General Bill Schuette (R) in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Rick Snyder (R). Whitmer […]
Incredible: Truckers Line Up to Prevent Man from Jumping Off a Bridge…
Every once and a while, something awesome involving the human race happens and it makes you realize the world isn’t so bad after all. One of those things happened early Tuesday morning just outside of Detroit, MI, where police were notified about a man who was reportedly threatening to take his own life. The man […]
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Flint Water Contamination Lawsuits…
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…
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