United Democracy Project, an outside political group backed by the controversial American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is spending more than $2 million on ads supporting U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. 

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A pro-Mike Rogers political operative tried to celebrate the Republican U.S. Senate candidate’s birthday with an AI-doctored image that made him look like a juiced-up macho fantasy. 

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Fired Fox 2 Detroit anchor Taryn Asher is suing the television station in federal court, alleging she was retaliated against and forced out after complaining that male colleagues were treated more favorably.

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Two southwest Michigan residents have filed what their attorneys are calling the first class-action lawsuit in the country over noise from a data center, alleging a Dowagiac facility has created a constant nuisance that has disrupted daily life and hurt property values.

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Rebecca Fackler was in pain, not feeling well, and crying out for help from inside Michigan’s only women’s prison, but no one came to help until it was too late, according to a woman incarcerated near her.

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The Michigan Republican is defending a swing district that Democrats have heavily targeted in 2026.

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For weeks, Shaquillia DeShields says she tried to get help for her daughter inside Michigan’s only women’s prison.

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Former NFL player J Douglas Hollie is running for mayor of Highland Park with an ambitious plan to revive the struggling city where he grew up. 

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A Northville strip club operator tied to several metro Detroit adult entertainment clubs has been charged with a hate crime after prosecutors said he harassed two men with vulgar remarks about Islam at Somerset Mall and threatened them with violence.

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Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit has renamed its June 13 animal and music festival after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Coachella’s lawyers, but the legal threat has prompted a wave of support for the Dearborn shelter.

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A Dearborn animal shelter raising money for homeless dogs and cats has been forced to rename its upcoming “Pawchella” fundraiser after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from the company behind Coachella, one of the world’s most famous music festivals.

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CNN has picked up Metro Times’s reporting on retired Detroit homicide Detective Barbara Simon, bringing national attention to a scandal that has led to multiple exonerations, millions of dollars in settlements, and mounting calls for a full review of the cases she handled.

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Detroit City Councilwoman Mary Waters is making another run for Congress, setting up a rematch with U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar in a Democratic primary that has put a spotlight on Israel’s war with Gaza.

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The fallout from Detroit’s toxic demolition dirt scandal continues to grow months after former Mayor Mike Duggan left office, with the city now testing more than 650 sites and spending millions more to measure the scope of a crisis that was announced during the final days of his administration.

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Nine state lawmakers and a coalition of human rights groups, pastors, and local elected leaders are calling on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to release a woman inmate who is seriously sick from mold exposure before she dies.

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Detroit’s top bus safety officer has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city and his mayoral-appointed boss, alleging he was suspended and fired for reporting misconduct by senior officials and cooperating with an Inspector General investigation. 

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This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The Trump administration announced plans to put Michigan officials in charge of a $1.15 billion Chicago-area river barrier designed to keep invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes. In a statement posted Thursday on X, Assistant Secretary of […]

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The city of Detroit fired its chief bus safety officer Wednesday after he blew the whistle on a top Department of Transportation official for allegedly showing up drunk at a transit center, berating employees, assaulting a security guard, and driving off in a city-issued car.  

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Civil rights advocates and health care workers warned Tuesday that growing fears of immigration enforcement are keeping patients from seeking medical care. 

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