Wayne County, Michigan, leaders want the Secretary of State to intervene after there was chaos while counting absentee ballots on primary election night. The Detroit News reported: Recorded ballot counts in 72% of Detroit’s absentee voting precincts didn’t match the number of ballots cast, spurring officials in Michigan’s largest county to ask the state to…
The Detroit News reported Monday that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) husband exploited her position to urge a dock company to put his boat in the water before Memorial Day weekend, despite strict coronavirus guidelines. The paper reported: The owner of a Northern Michigan dock company says Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s husband wanted his boat placed in…
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said today on Wolf Blitzer’s CNN show that the city of Detroit is on track to be the first city to deploy Abbott Labs’ five-minute COVID-19 test. The mayor said the test would be available for first responders. The goal, he said, was to test those first responders who are self-isolating…
The North American International Auto Show, which was scheduled for June in Detroit, has been canceled as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread and the city prepares to repurpose the TCF Center into a temporary field hospital. NAIAS is held each year in the TCF Center, formerly known as the Cobo Center. Organizers said they…
For decades, the Detroit Lions were a sure thing. Descriptions of the team were certain to range between “awful,” “garbage,” and “completely incompetent.” This year, however, those words are shifting into unfamiliar territory. Phrases like “hmmm,” “interesting,” and “are they actually good?” surround the Motown team. With a win over the Kansas City Chiefs and…
