Detroit Free Press
Breaking news, analysis and chatter from Detroit and around Michigan. w/ @BrianManzullo, @lissa218, @twildt, @AEtmansHuschka and the @freep web team. On Guard.
Last synced from Twitter 821d ago
Mike Bloomberg holds 7-point lead on Trump in Michigan, poll shows
The president has shored up support among his Republican base but all the leading Democrats appear to be leading Trump in Michigan.
1
Detroit Free Press
🚨🚨 Michigan head-to-head polling numbers 🚨🚨
Joe Biden 50%
Donald Trump 44%
Bernie Sanders 50%
Trump 45%
Elizabeth Warren 48%
Trump 45%
Pete Buttigieg 47%
Trump 43%
Mike Bloomberg 49%
Trump 42%
3d
Michigan senator to female reporter: High school boys could 'have a lot of fun' with you
Sen. Peter Lucido made the comments while surrounded by a group of male high school students from De La Salle Collegiate in Warren.
18 ways Michigan could change its criminal justice process
Reforming Michigan's cash bail system, reducing driver’s license suspensions and downgrading some misdemeanors are among the recommendations.
Huge Michigan voter turnout could turn into national embarrassment
Election experts are predicting huge voter turnout this year, resulting in election results that could be delayed by a day or more
Detroit's RoboCop statue, a magnificent obsession for 9 years now, is nearly done
It's been a long journey for the RoboCop statue funded by a grassroots campaign, but now the monument to Detroit and pop culture is almost done.
About half of Detroit water shutoffs are still off
The water department believes that 10,145 shut off accounts serve occupied properties.
Hundreds of GM temp workers were just made permanent
"He said, 'As of tomorrow, you guys are full-time seniority employees.' There was a gasp. ... Some of us thought he misspoke. ... It was amazing."
Deported two years ago to Mexico, Jorge Garcia of metro Detroit returns to US
Jorge Garcia was deported on Jan. 15, 2018, and was stuck in Mexico for almost two years, separated from his family in Michigan.
Ex-Tiger Aubrey Huff to Lions OT Tyrell Crosby: You won't win any rings in Detroit
After Aubrey Huff joked about kidnapping Iranian women, Tyrell Crosby wrote on social media, 'For being a 2x world champion, you truly are a loser'
Photos show I-696 green ooze site may have been leaking since at least 2016
Liquid has been seeping from a I-696 retainer wall for several years in the same spot where a green ooze was discovered Dec. 20, Google maps show.
Undercover ICE recordings reveal how fake Farmington University duped students
Undercover agents made recordings of their interactions with students who had enrolled at a fake university in metro Detroit created by ICE.
How the Free Press pursued two big stories, and why
Reporters overcame a lot of obstacles to bring you the truth about Ford's transmission problems and Duggan's efforts to conceal a conflict of interest
He told police he was stabbed for being Jewish. Then his Apple Watch caught him in a lie.
A Jewish man claimed he was attacked in a synagogue parking lot because of his faith. Now he is charged with filing a false police report
Trapped residents rescued by boat as Detroit, suburbs hit hard by flooding
Dearborn Heights was among the worst hit metro Detroit communities as 3 inches of rain fell overnight, flooding homes and roadways.
Why student loan debt is ballooning for those 50 and up
On average, student loan borrowers in their 60s in the Detroit area owed $33,276 in 2017, up nearly 46% from 2010, according to a TransUnion analysis.
2 Michigan universities facing enrollment challenges know they have to make big changes
Western Michigan and Central Michigan universities seek to stem enrollment declines and rethink who they are.
Why President Trump's steel tariff didn't save US Steel workers from layoffs
Prices have collapsed in the steel market since the tariff took effect and there is now a supply glut.
Mysterious greenish-yellow liquid gushing from walls on I-696 identified
Right lanes will remain closed until Monday after hexavalent chromium oozed from the walls of the I-696 freeway in Madison Heights walls on Friday
Pittsburgh-area official to face 2nd trial in Detroit
A jury in November couldn't reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of Chelsa Wagner, the elected controller in Allegheny County.
Wakanda forever? Fictional 'Black Panther' nation removed from USDA's list of free trade partners
"Our relationship will always be strong #WakandaForever," the USDA joked in a tweet.