Your Friday morning briefing: Mayor Fouts was asked under oath if he was the offensive voice behind recordings first published by Motor City Muckraker. The Heidelberg Project has new plans. Detroit police get into the towing business. And gubernatorial candidate Bill Schuette gets the cold shoulder from some fellow Republicans.
Your Thursday morning briefing: More than half of Detroit’s public schools now have dangerous levels of lead and copper. Schuette endorsement causes backlash. Legalized pot won’t protect your job.
Your Wednesday morning briefing: Warren Mayor Fouts wants emergency declared over traffic snarls; a Michigan man charged with a misdemeanor is jailed on a whopping $2 million bond; and the founder of the Michigan Opera Theatre dies.
Your Tuesday morning briefing: Former Congressman Dingell has a heart attack; new firefighting policy is a “public safety nightmare;” state considers legalizing home-delivered marijuana; and nonprofit embarks on affordable housing project in Detroit.
Your Monday morning briefing: GOP candidate John James suggests women aren’t born to be leaders; University of Michigan study counters opponents arguments that it’s a worthless government handout; and owners of the Crown Plaza pull the plug on a new tower in downtown Detroit.
New you’re waking up to: How the stabbing death of a classmate in Warren could have been prevented; judge orders halts the closure of nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries across the state; and “White Boy Rick” debuts amid criticism.
Your morning news: Detroit Councilman Leland is target of federal subpoena; Detroit once again is America’s poorest city; and Michelle Obama is headed to Detroit.
What you need to know today: How Detroit schools plan to fix elevated levels of lead and copper; ICE plans to deport a deaf Nigerian immigrant living in Detroit; and the universities of Michigan and Harvard team up to tackle poverty and the opioid crisis in the Motor City.
Ford gets more than $200 million in corporate welfare to renovate the train station, while Democrat Gretchen Whitmer holds a comfortable lead in Michigan gubernatorial race.
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