No proof Grand Prix spent $13M on Belle Isle improvements since ’07
Grand Prix officials and the state won’t say how much of the claimed $13 million in improvements went solely or mainly to build and improve the race circuit on Belle Isle.
Columnist: Bernie Sanders’ stunning win in Michigan is ‘game-changer’ for progressives
Some progressive friends insisted that voting for someone you actually believed in must be wrong – because for so many, many years it has been futile. Not anymore.
Michigan delivers big upset to Bernie Sanders in Democratic primary
Bernie Sanders pulled off a major upset over Hillary Clinton.
Big names drop out of Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival over trans-exclusionary policy
“Orange is the New Black” star Lea DeLaria, poet Andrea Gibson and Canadian rockers Hunter Valentine are the latest to drop out of the female-born-only festival.
Will drug mule who turns 90 years old today be sentenced to prison?
State police found 104 kilograms of cocaine in Sharp’s pickup truck, leading to charges of possessing and distributing cocaine.
Sleeping Michigan man survives being dumped into garbage truck
As the 46-year-old man awoke from his slumber, he was about to be crushed by the garbage truck’s compactor.
New website offers objective news, views on marijuana in Michigan
More than a dozen writers will evaluate dispensaries, co-ops, caregivers and others who provide marijuana to patients, in addition to reporting on pot news.
State launches investigation into 17 animal shelters in Michigan for alleged violations
At least three of the shelters are in metro Detroit and involve privately and publicly run facilities.
Wanted: Medical marijuana critics to write for Motor City Muckraker
The reviewer would test new products, find the best smoke shops and make recommendations that are useful to the more than 115,000 registered marijuana patients.
Gov. Snyder: Lure 50,000 skilled immigrants to Detroit to reignite economy
The governor said immigrants would be required to live in Detroit in exchange for a work visa.