A Monroe County man who suffered a stroke during a traffic stop was violently pulled from his vehicle, slammed to the ground, handcuffed, and mocked by Livingston County sheriff’s deputies, even as his medical condition worsened, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.

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Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has a message for Michiganders struggling with higher prices: Just relax.

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Court records describe years of abuse by Ashley Hoath's ex-boyfriend, Jeremy Barron, who she said repeatedly abused her physically and sexually.

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Corporate lobbyists and politically connected developers want us to believe the next great economic miracle for Michigan is the construction of massive AI data centers — sprawling industrial campuses that consume enormous amounts of electricity and water while producing surprisingly little long-term value for the communities forced to host them.

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The United Auto Workers endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s closely watched U.S. Senate race Friday, giving the progressive former Wayne County health director one of the most coveted labor endorsements in the state less than two months before the Democratic primary.

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A Wayne County judge has permanently blocked Detroit Thermal from using property owned by the historic Mies van der Rohe townhome associations in Lafayette Park to run steam service to a nearby high-rise, handing residents a major victory in a yearlong legal fight over easements, trespass, and historic preservation.

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As Michigan’s two largest utilities seek nearly $1 billion in electric rate hikes, a climate advocacy group is calling attention to campaign donations from the utility industry to two Republican congressmen who supported President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending law.

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Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has won the endorsement of the Michigan-Ontario Council of Bishops, adding another influential faith group to her campaign for governor as she works to consolidate support among Black voters.

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Pride Month is here, and Mike Rogers probably shouldn’t expect a float.

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Three new developments will bring nearly 200 mixed-income housing units to Corktown, including more than 150 affordable homes, as Detroit continues redeveloping the former Clement Kern Gardens site.

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Two recent deaths at Michigan’s only women’s prison and the worsening health of a woman who says mold exposure is destroying her body are renewing calls for sweeping reforms at the troubled facility.

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This story is part one in a series examining the evolution and challenges facing Wayne State University’s Department of African American Studies, the product of a historic, student-driven movement. Compared to fellow students, Cherine Shaaban got off pretty light when her family learned she was among about 100 undergrads who’d taken over a Wayne State […]

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Karliana Yosdeylin Perdomo Gotopo is a 20-year-old Venezuelan student-athlete from metro Detroit who was detained by immigration enforcement agents.

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Ameera Hashwi rode through Dearborn’s Memorial Day Parade on Monday in a red convertible, smiling, waving to the crowd, and holding an American flag.

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Mike Duggan’s independent campaign for governor began as a bold experiment in post-partisan politics and ended Thursday with a thud.

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Left-wing candidate Abdul El-Sayed is now leading Michigan’s Democratic Party primary for U.S. Senate, according to a new poll.  It finds El-Sayed has emerged as the race’s clear frontrunner with 28% support, ahead of U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens at 18% and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow at 17%. El-Sayed, a former Detroit and Wayne County health […]

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A Michigan Court of Claims judge ruled that state policing regulators can keep secret the names and employment histories of current and former officers throughout the state, but Metro Times and Invisible Institute plan to appeal the decision. Judge Christopher P. Yates decided Friday that Michigan State Police can withhold the records under exemptions in […]

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The Democratic Party establishment’s attempt to cancel Abdul El-Sayed appears to have fallen flat.  More than 1,360 people packed Detroit’s Mumford High School on Sunday to hear the Michigan U.S. Senate candidate speak alongside U.S. House candidate Donavan McKinney. The event was helmed by Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders, who endorsed both candidates, and billed as […]

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Two metro Detroit families have filed federal lawsuits accusing cops in Detroit and Warren of storming into their homes without warrants, beating or assaulting residents who had not committed crimes, and then pursuing criminal charges that were later dismissed.

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