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Eastpointe agrees to unique settlement after ex-mayor’s public meeting outburst
After Mayor Monique Owens refused to let residents criticize her during a meeting, the city will create a “First Amendment Day,” among other things
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Eastpointe, Monique Owens, mayor, First Amendment, free speech, city council, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, lawsuit
Blind Detroiters tell paratransit service horror stories to Dept. of Justice
The meeting was called after City Council canceled its contract with Trandev, citing shoddy service. The DOJ is investigating possible civil rights violations.
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Transportation, Detroit, Transdev, Mayor Mike Duggan, City Council, blind, disabilities, Department of Justice
Detroit City Council sets up reparations task force
The body is charged with helping to determine how to address what many Detroiters said is a legacy of governmental systemic racism
By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Detroit, reparations, City Council, Black Lives Matter
New Detroit ordinance allows food trucks in neighborhoods
Tags: food trucks, Detroit, City Council, Raquel Castañeda-Lopez
Detroit voters overwhelmingly pass reparations proposal, but fail proposal that could fund it
By Alex Washington
Tags: Proposal R, Proposal S, Detroit, Elections, City Council, Reparations
Here are the candidates running in Detroit’s highly competitive City Council race
By Metro Times editorial staff
Tags: Metro Detroit, Detroit, 2021, primary election, City Council, candidates, Cover Story
Ann Arbor councilman now says he’s sorry for homophobic slur on social media
Tags: Ann Arbor, City Council, Jeff Hayner, Social media, Facebook, homophobia, gay slur, media, journalists
Ann Arbor council member admonished for homophobic slur on social media
Tags: Ann Arbor, City Council, Jeff Hayner, homophobia, slur, Facebook, social media, Hunter S. Thompson
Hazel Park introduces human rights ordinance to protect LGBTQ residents from discrimination
Tags: LGBTQ, Hazel Park, City Council, ordinance, human rights, gay rights, Luke Londo, Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
Far-right Proud Boys member sits on city council of predominately Hispanic town in Michigan
Tags: News Hits, Racism, Proud Boys, Hispanics, Fennville, western Michigan, city council, Southern Poverty Law Center
Detroit City Councilman James Tate explains why the city banned marijuana sales (for now)
By Larry Gabriel
Tags: One Hitters, James Tate, Detroit, city council, marijuana, cannabis
Racist city council candidate in Michigan withdraws from race amid backlash
Tags: News Hits, Mary Cramer, Racism, City Council, Marysvile
City council candidate says keep Michigan town ‘a white community’
Tags: Marysville, racism, St. Clair County, city council, politics, race
Detroit City Council votes to keep Spirit Plaza open in a last-minute reversal
By Maryam Jayyousi
Tags: News Hits, Spirit Plaza, Detroit, Spirit of Detroit, City Council, Detroit
Detroit City Council approves cutting parking ticket fines in half for Detroit residents
By Jessica Tituskin
Tags: News Hits, city council, parking tickets, parking fines, discount, Detroit residents
Lawsuit: Detroit councilmember demanded $15,000 from constituent for favor
By Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, City Council, Gabe Leland, extortion
Detroit's youngest councilmember sees her star rise
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, City Council, Mary Sheffield, affordable housing, public subsidies, Dan Gilbert, community benefits
Woodward Avenue street plaza to stay open despite traffic concerns
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, city council, Maurice Cox, Planning and development, Dan Gilbert, Quicken Loans, walkability, urban planning
Marijuana activist pictured handcuffed on cover of Metro Times now running for office
Tags: News Hits, Andrew Cissell, marijuana rights, activist, Oak Park, City council, Oakland County, Democrat, solar energy, renewable energy, economic growth, small businesses
Detroit spends over half-a-million dollars on an ambiguous HR consultant because why not
By Allie Gross
Tags: News Hits, king, hill, duggan, orr, kill me, money, city council
Corewell Health restores gender-affirming care after public backlash
The Dirty Show celebrates 25th anniversary with some of its greatest hits
Hamtramck mayor sticks with Trump despite proposal to displace Palestinians from Gaza