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A 6-year-old Macomb County boy has died from respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, amid a surge of infections among Michigan children, Oakland County's chief medical examiner said Wednesday.
"The child was diagnosed in the hospital and survived in the hospital for several hours, I believe, with severe respiratory distress," said Dr. Ljubisa J. Dragovic, the medical examiner. "He had an RSV infection because it was documented and tested positive in the hospital."
The boy is among hundreds of Michigan children who have needed hospital care amid a wave of cases of RSV, which causes the most serious illness in babies, people with compromised immune systems and elderly people.
RSV is not an illness that must be reported to public health agencies, so the statewide tally of cases and deaths is unknown.
However, Lynn Sutfin, a spokesperson for the state Department of Health and Human Services told the Free Press: "Over the past three weeks there has been a sustained increase in pediatric emergency room visits, largely due to respiratory illness.
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Macomb County boy, 6, dies of RSV amid surge of infections
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Nearly two years after demonstrating outside the state Capitol with a gun slung over his shoulder, a member of the so-called Boogaloo Boys was arrested by an FBI Terrorism Task Force in Plymouth this week and criminally charged — though the federal charges have nothing to do with anti-government rhetoric.
"He's been presumed innocent and we will wait for further proceedings" before commenting further, Teagan's court-appointed attorney, Benton Martin, said to the Free Press on Wednesday.
According to court records, on July 17, Teagan signed an ATF form for the purchase of a Glock 34 9mm handgun and denied being a drug user, answering "no" to a question about whether he used any drugs or controlled substances. That was a lie, the FBI maintains, noting the use or possession of marijuana remains illegal under federal law, regardless of whether it has been legalized in various states.
Meanwhile, the FBI said in a criminal complaint filed Monday that agents had enough evidence to charge Aron McKillips, of Sandusky, Ohio, with illegal possession of a machine gun and the interstate communication of threats. It said McKillips is a member of the Boogaloo Boys and is believed to be in a militia group called the Sons of Liberty.
The FBI contends that McKillips provided other members of the Boogaloo Boys equipment to convert rifles into machine guns, on a trip to Lansing in April 2021. “I literally handed out machine guns in Michigan,” McKillips said in a recording, the complaint states.
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Here's why the FBI arrested a Boogaloo Boy in metro Detroit
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If the Detroit Tigers want him, they'll have to get him again on the open market.
Left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin plans to decline his 2023 player option, worth $6.5 million plus a $500,000 signing bonus, and become a free agent this offseason, according to a source with knowledge to the situation. The Tigers could re-sign Chafin, who is seeking a multi-year contract, but there are other areas of the roster to fix ahead of next season.
Official option decisions aren't due until five days after the conclusion of the World Series. Second baseman Jonathan Schoop has an opt-out clause and intends to return to the Tigers for the final season of his contract in 2023.
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In 2022, Chafin dominated in his role as a high-leverage reliever.
The 32-year-old posted a 2.83 ERA with 19 walks and 67 strikeouts over 57⅓ innings in 64 outings this season. He earned the favor and trust of manager A.J. Hinch while proving himself as a viable option in nearly every situation. Opponents hit .085 with one home run and a 60.4% swing-and-miss rate against his slider.
His 0.9 fWAR ranked second — behind Joe Jiménez (1.4 fWAR) — among pitchers in the Tigers' bullpen.
"There's no point in jumping to any conclusions with this," Chafin said Oct. 4, one day before the season ended. "I've got plenty of time before a decision has to be made one way or the other. Right now, I'm just going to focus on this last series, get home, unwind a little bit, get some information together and try to make the best decision we can."
Chafin, set to be a free agent for the third consecutive offseason, is one of the most durable and proven relievers on the market, working more than 70 games in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. His combined 4.9 fWAR ranks 19th among 114 relievers with at least 200 innings since 2017.
The Tigers — operating under former general manager Al Avila — shopped Chafin at the 2022 trade deadline in early August, but they didn't receive offers that lined up with their asking price. The Tigers believed Chafin would accept his player option if not traded, and meanwhile, opposing teams wouldn't budge from their two-month rental offers.
Chafin, however, was previously traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Chicago Cubs in August 2020, then from the Cubs to the Oakland Athletics in July 2021. After the 2021 season, the Athletics and Chafin had to decide on a $5.25 million mutual option. He initially received the mutual option from the Cubs as part of a one-year, $2.25 million contract.
The Athletics accepted their half of the option, but Chafin declined and entered free agency.
He signed with the Tigers in March 2022 and earned $5.5 million (plus a $500,000 signing bonus) this season.
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Detroit Tigers' Andrew Chafin intends to decline 2023 player option
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In the first four minutes of the game, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored nine points and grabbed four rebounds — three on the offensive end.
From the opening tip, the Detroit Pistons struggled to match the Milwaukee Bucks’ size. And Antetokounmpo was clearly on a mission.
After nearly allowing the Pistons to come back from a 16-point deficit on Monday, the Bucks weren’t in the mood to toy around on Wednesday. They defeated the Pistons in Milwaukee, 116-91, behind a 32-point, 12-rebound, five-steal effort from Antetokounmpo. Jrue Holiday, who buried the Pistons with a late 3 on Monday, also had a strong night with 26 points.
Cade Cunningham, who entered Wednesday averaging 27.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.5 assists in his last four games, struggled against Milwaukee’s aggressive, hounding defense and finished with 10 points, six rebounds and four assists on 5-for-13 shooting. Saddiq Bey led Detroit with 22 points, and Isaiah Stewart had a double-double for the third night in a row with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
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The Bucks dominated Detroit in the second half, shooting 53.7% overall and 8-for-17 from 3 after making just 2 of 21 3-point attempts (9.5%) in the first half. The Pistons entered halftime trailing by nine. The deficit ballooned to as many as 33 points in the fourth quarter, as Detroit’s defensive issues finally caught up to them and the Bucks began making shots they should’ve hit in the first half.
Pistons play sloppy, struggle against Milwaukee’s size
A 3-pointer from Isaiah Stewart cut Detroit’s deficit to six with eight seconds remaining in the second quarter. Holiday hit a 3 as the clock expired to extend Milwaukee’s lead to 56-47 at halftime. The score was closer than one might expect from watching the game, as the Pistons had been thoroughly outplayed.
At halftime, the Bucks had an 12-1 offensive rebounding advantage, and 22-2 lead in second chance points. They had also scored 16 points off of 13 Pistons turnovers. Detroit certainly missed Jalen Duren, who missed his second consecutive game with a left ankle sprain, and Marvin Bagley III, who is still recovering from an MCL sprain.
Stewart had a strong individual effort, but the Pistons as a whole simply lacked the size and effort needed to compete with Milwaukee. Combine that with the Bucks’ 12 first-half steals and Cunningham’s off night, and the Pistons were lucky to not be down 20 after two quarters.
The Bucks accordingly ran away with the game once they began hitting shots. And they made a point to shut down Cunningham, who was often met with multiple defenders on drives and had more difficulty getting to his midrange jumper, a main thrust behind his four-game offensive surge. Milwaukee is one of the best defensive teams in the NBA, with Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez prowling the paint and Holiday, Jevon Carter and other skilled wing defenders harassing opposing players along the perimeter. Cunningham overcame it on Monday, but Milwaukee adjusted.
No one else on Detroit's roster was able to pick up the offensive slack. Bogdanovic scored all 14 of his points in the first half, going 0-for-5 in the second half. Bey, who shot 5-for-12 overall but 9-for-10 at the free-throw line, was the Pistons' only player to crack the 20-point threshold. Ivey struggled to find a rhythm, finishing with seven points on 3-for-11 shooting.
The Pistons committed a season-high 21 turnovers and grabbed a season-low 35 rebounds, including a measly two on the offensive end after grabbing at least 10 in each of their previous eight games. Their 91 points are also a season-low.
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Detroit Pistons dominated by Giannis in 116-91 loss to Bucks
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Melissa Beyrand is on a mission to convince more young folks — particularly girls — to consider careers in science, tech, engineering, arts and mathematics, or STEAM.
It’s not only about improving the long-term career prospects of young Michiganders but it would also help a state that is creating jobs but faces a growing mismatch of talent needs.
Beyrand, 22, of Milford, has a rather unique platform from which to talk up STEAM professions: She was named Miss Michigan on June 18 and she's traveling across the region visiting schools, Girl Scout troops, community organizations and others as part of her official duties.
Inspiring young people to consider STEAM careers is the social impact initiative she chose as a contestant. She'll take the initiative national if she is successful in her next competition, the Miss America contest on Dec. 15 in Uncasville, Connecticut.
“It’s a real problem. We don’t have enough people to fill these jobs,” Beyrand told me. “I’m working to raise awareness for young kids. It’s often a long road with lots of schooling. We need to get kids excited about it.”
Beyrand, a graduate student in biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan (she finished her undergraduate degree there this past May) knows a thing or two about being inspired as a young person. Her mom, Dr. Marie Delewsky, is a foot doctor and Beyrand watched her excel in a field where there weren’t many women practicing at the time.
A family friend, who was a plastic surgeon, allowed Beyrand to shadow him when she was in high school — which gave her the idea to pursue a similar career path.
Beyrand hopes to become a craniofacial reconstruction surgeon, “focusing on people who have facial differences due to tumors, congenital defects, burns, and are in need of plastic surgery,” she said.
Race to supply techies, scientists and mathematicians
Indeed, businesses and schools are adjusting to the ever-changing talent needs specifically as it relates to STEAM and the need for more young people trained in these areas.
"As the importance of having STEAM skills in business has greatly increased in recent years, so has the need for students to be prepared to have thriving STEAM careers and be leaders in this field," said Brad Killaly, associate dean for full-time MBA programs at Michigan's Ross School of Business.
"Top MBA programs like Michigan Ross constantly evolve their curriculum to not only reflect the latest in research and business practice, but also to reflect and respond to what our society needs from business. With tech- and data-literate business leaders in high demand across industries, MBA programs are extremely well-placed to serve this need."
Killaly added, "In recent years, leading MBA programs have added more curricular and co-curricular programming in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and data and business analytics.
Michigan Ross also recently launched a STEM-certified Specialization in Management Science, Design Thinking and Innovation and Data and Business Analytics concentrations, and "initiatives like our Fintech Initiative and Business+Tech initiative. These offerings seek to equip students with the skills, knowledge, and hands-on, real-world learning experience in STEAM-related topics, along with connecting them to the leaders in this growing field."
"The future is headed toward electrification and digitalization," said Glenn Stevens Jr., executive director of MICHAuto and vice president, Automotive and Mobility Initiatives, Detroit Regional Chamber. "To remain relevant and competitive in the global economy, it is imperative that Michigan create a strong workforce with the high-tech knowledge and skills to keep pace."
He added: "New jobs are being created every day and the opportunity is ours to foster and find the high-tech talent to fill them. If we don’t, that economic potential will go elsewhere. MICHauto and the Detroit Regional Chamber are keenly aware of this challenge and focused on ensuring that students and new professionals are aware of, and have access to, the opportunities education and careers in STEAM fields present."
Scholarships for women
Beyrand grew up watching the Miss America contest on television and told me she has learned so much more about it since getting involved.
“It’s a scholarship program for young women,” she said. “They put much focus on the interview portion and talent competition. These are things I am very comfortable with.”
She got interested in competing when her mom suggested it after Beyrand graduated from high school "to earn some scholarship money,” she said, explaining how expensive her schooling would be with medical school and graduate programs needed to prepare her for a STEAM career.
Beyrand had just graduated from Detroit Country Day but was not able to participate in her local Miss Oakland County competition.
Years later, Beyrand said she saw an ad on Facebook for the same pageant. With different circumstances, and the encouragement of two co-workers (both former Miss Michigans — Stacey Heisler, 1993, and Heather Kendrick, 2017), Beyrand decided to go for it. The women are part of Nuclassica, a group of violinists who perform at area weddings, corporate events and fundraisers.
Beyrand entered Miss Oakland County in August 2021 and earned the chance to compete for Miss Michigan, where she received $11,250 in scholarship money for the win.
A win as Miss America comes with $50,000 in additional scholarship money. The Miss American organization, which celebrates its 101st anniversary this year, has awarded more than $5 million in cash scholarships and millions more in-kind contributions per year through national, state and local programs.
For the talent portion of the pageant, Beyrand, a classically trained violinist, played her violin while dancing.
Right now, she’s busy with her studies as she juggles performing duties of her title, working with Nuclassica and finding time for family and friends.
“I don’t have a typical week,” she said. “I deal with a time management battle most of the time.”
She been practicing her violin performance for the pageant and doing mock interviews as she prepares to leave Dec. 8 for Connecticut.
“I have a wardrobe sponsor, and sponsors for things like hair, nails and spray tan,” she said. “I’m also always looking for scholarships for girls for next year and beyond. It’s about giving back to the Miss Michigan Scholarship Program, who has given me so many incredible opportunities.”
She’s also been working with State Rep. Samantha Steckloff, D-Farmington Hills, a previous Miss Oakland County pageant winner. “We’re working on a bill to protect funding for the arts (in the state). We need to put more focus on arts, and the role of the arts in STEAM, which starts with protecting funding.”
I asked if she ever entertained the idea of participating in the Miss USA pageant.
“No, it’s a different system,” she said. “They are more focused on modeling and I am not. Miss America is about winning scholarships, professional development, and giving back to the community.”
“I’m also excited to break the stereotypes of beauty pageants,” she added. “Miss America is becoming much more modern. You are not judged on what you look like. There is no longer a swimsuit competition and have adapted the evening gown portion of competition to focus on on-stage interview rather than the gown.”
Did she relate to Sandra Bullock's "Miss Congeniality? Bullock plays an FBI agent who becomes a beauty pageant contestant to find out who is trying to destroy the pageant and realizes, after mocking the event, that the pageant brings needed scholarships and encourages sisterhood.
“It was one of my favorite movies growing up,” Beyrand said. "It also resonates with Miss America,” she added. “We’re like-minded women with big ideas who want to change the world and make it better.”
On the heels of her two wins, I asked how she feels about the upcoming competition.
”I actually have a bit more nerves,” she said. “When I started, I didn’t have any expectations, so I just focused on doing my best. Now, I’m representing the state of Michigan, so I want to make both myself and my state proud.”
Contact Carol Cain: 248-355-7126 or clcain@cbs.com. She is senior producer/host of “Michigan Matters,” which airs 8 am Sundays on CBS 62. See Mayor Mike Duggan, Mayor Bryan Barnett, Susy Avery, Carol Sue Hutchins, Natalie Hall and Officer Danielle Camille Woods on this Sunday’s show.
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Miss Michigan is also a U-M grad student pushing STEAM careers
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Almost all Benton Harbor residents' lead water lines have now been replaced, a major milestone in the effort to stem the community's chronic problems with elevated lead in its public water supply.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday announced that 99% of the city's water service lines have been inspected and replaced with new copper lines if lead or galvanized pipe was found. Nearly 4,500 water service lines have been replaced or verified as nonlead, and only 40 inspections remain in the community of 9,800 residents, 85% of whom are Black.
The announcement comes just over a year after more than 20 environmental groups and community leaders filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, seeking federal intervention into a lead-in-water crisis in Benton Harbor that they saw as languishing under state control.
More: Neglect, mismanagement, dangerous mistakes doomed Benton Harbor's waterMore:Judge dismisses Flint water crisis cases against ex-officials after Supreme Court ruling
'We are not willing to wait any longer'
Prior to the September 2021 emergency petition, Benton Harbor's lead levels had exceeded federal safe drinking water standards for three straight years.
"For at least three years, the people of Benton Harbor have been waiting for safe drinking water uncontaminated by dangerous lead. But we are not willing to wait any longer," the Rev. Edward Pinkney, president of the Benton Harbor Community Water Council, said at the time. "It's urgent that the EPA intervene to give this community access to water that won't harm our health, especially our children's health."
With the stinging legacy of the Flint water crisis still fresh in Michigan's consciousness, the public outcry in Benton Harbor spurred a major response by the state. Whitmer proposed an all-hands-on-deck approach with all levels of government and private partners to address the problem. Benton Harbor residents, since the fall of 2021, have received distributed bottled water. A redoubled effort was made to ensure residents had appropriate filtration systems on their taps. And the state vowed to replace all of the city's lead service lines by March 2023.
"Every Michigander deserves access to safe drinking water and (to) have confidence in the water coming out of their tap," Whitmer said in a statement Wednesday.
How lead creates health and developmental problems
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel urged Benton Harbor families to continue to use filters or bottled water for cooking, drinking, brushing teeth, rinsing foods and mixing powdered infant formula, until they have received a free home lead inspection from the agency "to ensure there are not additional sources of lead in their homes from paint or plumbing."
For more information on the free home lead inspection and abatement, go to michigan.gov/mileadsafe.
According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, no safe level of lead in children has been identified. Adverse effects from excessive exposure to the heavy metal include:
Damage to the brain and nervous system.
Slowed growth and development.
Learning and behavior problems.
Hearing and speech problems.
High lead exposure also has been tied to lower IQ, decreased ability to pay attention and underperformance in school.
The new copper water service lines, along with ongoing technical support to the city's drinking water plant, will improve the long-term reliability and safety of Benton Harbor's drinking water infrastructure, and help in "rebuilding people's trust and confidence in their water," said Liesl Clark, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
Pinkney, one of the first to sound the alarm in the fall of 2021, praised the vocal, urgent call to public action that compelled all levels of government to respond.
"Replacing Benton Harbor's thousands of lead water pipes in just one year, well ahead of schedule, was unthinkable last fall," he said. "I hope the persistence of Benton Harbor residents will inspire other communities fighting to make their tap water safe."
Communities throughout Michigan may have lead service lines in place from generations ago — and in many cases, the community isn't sure. Nine Michigan cities or townships reported elevated levels of lead in their drinking water, at or exceeding the 15 parts per billion federal action limit, in 2021.
"Even as we celebrate this milestone in Benton Harbor, we can't forget that the scourge of lead service lines remains in many communities in Michigan — including in Flint, where there are more than 1,000 homes whose pipes haven't been checked for lead and replaced if needed," said Cyndi Roper, a Michigan senior policy advocate with the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council's Safe Water Initiative. The environmental group was one of the co-filers of the emergency petition with EPA regarding Benton Harbor water in the fall of 2021.
In March, Whitmer and the GOP-led Legislature agreed on a $4.7 billion plan that included more than $1.7 billion specifically for replacing lead pipes, reducing contamination by dangerous PFAS chemicals and creating "healthy hydration" locations in schools and child care facilities. The legislative package included $45 million for Benton Harbor to help the city speed up the pipe replacement process.
Free Press staff writer Dave Boucher contributed to this report.
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A year after call to action, Benton Harbor's lead water pipes replaced
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"You ruined the start of my teenage years," the girl's letter begins. "What should have been a happy, fun, and carefreetime in my life, was turned into a living hell. You lied to me, you tricked me, you groomed me and you threatened me ... and asked me to do disgusting things. I learned about things I did not want to know and shouldn’t have had to at such a young age, if ever."
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Snapchatting child-torturing predator gets no mercy from judge
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The first weekend of November offers a number of unique experiences in and around Detroit, including an interactive circus event, a run celebrating Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a bourbon festival, a Japanese animation festival and Jewish storytelling.
Here is a list of things to do for the weekend of Nov. 4.
This annual cultural and literary celebration of more than 70 years will showcase a diverse group of authors, curate new Jewish writing and promote the global art of Jewish storytelling.
The in-person event with select virtual dates runs through Nov. 13 at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 6600 W. Maple in West Bloomfield. Go to jccdet.org/bf-lineup/ for a list of scheduled events.
This Black-owned circus offers a highly interactive, eclectic show for the whole family with a sampling of acts that include limbo dancers, horses, acrobatics, motorcross riders, stilt walkers, plenty of dancing, Xtreme Bikes, clowns and more under a heated big top tent.
Performers are from Africa, North America, Cuba, the Caribbean, Mongolia and other countries.
The show runs Nov. 4-Dec. 4 across from The Aretha at 2600 Atwater St. in Detroit. For showtimes and tickets, $27.50-$53, go to universoulcircus.com.
2022 Run of the Dead
This fundraiser for the Center of Music & Performing Arts Southwest offers 5K/10K run or walk options that will include routes through two historic cemeteries. The event will celebrate the holiday of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). In commemoration of the annual holiday that honors deceased relatives and loved ones, an ofrenda (altar) will be created and displayed by a local artist, and there will be vendors and entertainment.
The community is invited to participate by bringing family photos of their ancestors to add to the altar. Participants will celebrate by wearing traditional face-paint, flowers and attire.
Pre-race packet can be picked up 3-7 p.m. Nov. 3 and 4 at SDBA Headquarters, 7752 W. Vernor Highway in Detroit. No reservations are necessary.
7 a.m.-noon Saturday at Patton Park Recreation Center, 2301 Woodmere St. in Detroit.
Ypsi Bourbon Fest
This indoor festival will feature more than 100 whiskeys, along with beer, wine, non-alcoholic options, food trucks, live music, vendors and more.
There will be two sessions – 4-7 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. Saturday at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse, 100 Market Place in Ypsilanti. Tickets can be purchased at Ypsilantibourbonfest.com. Event proceeds benefit The Friends of the River.
This all-ages celebration of Japanese animation, videogames, popular culture and costuming will have interactive games, live competitions, celebrity guest panels, live musical performances and a marketplace for shopping anime merchandise, artwork, figures and other collectibles.
The convention runs non-stop, 24-hours a day from 8 p.m. Thursday through 6 p.m. Sunday at Huntington Place and the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center in Detroit. Register for one day or three-day passes at youmacon.com.
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Youmacon, bourbon fest, circus: 5 things to do in Detroit this weekend
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DTE Energy on Thursday unveiled its integrated resource plan, a roadmap for how it intends to generate power for its 2.3 million customers in southeast Michigan over the next 20 years. The plan calls for dramatically increased wind and solar energy generation built in Michigan; increased battery storage; quicker closure of its large, remaining coal-fired power plants; and meeting bigger carbon reduction goals sooner than its previous plan in 2017.
"Across the country and here in Michigan, the energy landscape is changing rapidly and fundamentally, as coal gives way to natural gas and renewables to power what we call the new modern grid," said DTE Energy chairman and chief executive officer Jerry Norcia.
Norcia called DTE's "CleanVision plan" a "20-year proposal to dramatically transform how we generate or produce clean energy for our 2.3 million customers − all the while investing in a modern grid that keeps energy reliable and affordable."
Through significantly increased use of wind and solar energy, transition to natural gas-fired power plants, improved efficiency and battery storage, DTE Energy officials intend to reduce carbon emissions by 85% by 2035, and by 90% in 2040. That's stepped up from the 80% by 2050 targets the utility set in 2017. The company now targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
According to NASA, the planet's average surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 19th century, a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and other human activities. Most of the warming occurred in the past 40 years.
"Distributed energy resources, we certainly welcome those onto our grid," he said. "They're being attached every day. (But) we're not, at this time, going to have any plans to build distributed energy resources ourselves — we're not going to install rooftop solar. But there are companies out there that are very active in our territory, and we welcome that."
The conversion of the Belle River plant is slated for completion by 2026.
DTE officials had earlier discussed the possibility of small, modular solar generation as part of its cleaner energy mix. But the utility's 20-year plan does not include new nuclear generation.
"Obviously Fermi (the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant in Monroe County), we view that as an excellent asset inside our fleet," Norcia said. "It's carbon-free and generates power 24-7."
The company has reduced the cost of its energy transformation efforts by $1.4 billion over its previous plan, Norcia said.
The submission of DTE's integrated power plan to the Michigan Public Service Commission opens an administrative law proceeding in which interested parties will have opportunities to intervene. Public comments on the plan will be submittable once the proceeding is under way. The process could take most of a year.
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DTE proposes huge increase in wind, solar; closing coal plants faster
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Wayne State athletic director Rob Fournier has been placed on administrative leave.
"The university is doing its due diligence on some information it has received," university spokesman Matt Lockwood said via email Thursday. "No conclusions have been made."
Emailed questions about the nature of his absence, whether Fournier is under any criminal investigation and when or if he may return were unanswered. Erika Wallace, the athletics department's chief of staff, will take over as AD in the interim.
Fournier, who has served in the role since 2000, has overseen 51 conference coach of the year winners and six national coach of the year winners, according to WSU's website. The Warriors have 41 regular-season conference titles, 17 conference tournament titles and 11 regional, super-regional or national titles during his tenure. He was named AD of the year for the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics' Central Region in 2008 as well.
"In 2019, Fournier initiated and negotiated a contract with the Detroit Pistons for a new 3,000-seat, $28.3 million basketball arena on the WSU campus, which will also be the home to the Pistons G-League squad," states Fournier's WSU bio. "The new facility opened in November of 2021."
Fournier previously served as legal counsel for the Mid-American Conference and wrote the contracts that created the Motor City Bowl. He earned a law degree, as well as his bachelor's and master's, from the University of Akron.
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Stellantis releases third-quarter earnings: 5 things to know
Stellantis, the company behind the Jeep, Ram, Chrysler and Dodge brands, wants you to know it had a solid third quarter in 2022.
The automaker reported that both revenues and vehicle shipments were up compared with the same period a year ago. The numbers don’t represent a full earnings picture. That will come when the automaker, which owns the Jeep, Ram, Dodge and Chrysler brands, releases its earnings for the second half of the year in a few months, but the results do provide a window into the company’s progress.
What did the numbers show?
Stellantis said it had revenues for the quarter of $41 billion (42 billion euros). That’s up 29% compared with the third quarter of 2021. Vehicle shipments globally hit 1.3 million units, up 13% compared with the same period a year ago. Shipments and net revenues were up in each of the company’s global regions. In North America, shipments were up 12% and net revenues were up 36% for the quarter, although the company lost a bit of market share in the United States.
In light of the economy, how's demand for new vehicles?
Richard Palmer, Stellantis’ chief financial officer, said during a webcast Thursday that demand for the company’s new vehicles remains very strong in North America, where vehicles are moving off of dealer lots fast, especially in the United States. North America, however, has also been hit more than elsewhere by semiconductor shortages, he said. But he noted that those supply chain challenges, paired with some logistical problems getting vehicles where they need to go, have somewhat concealed the true demand picture.
How’s the shift toward electrification going?
The company touted its increasing battery electric vehicle sales, which it said were up 41% year over year to 68,000 units. Stellantis’ low-emission vehicle sales were also up -- 21,000 units -- to 112,000 vehicles in the third quarter, according to a news release. At the Paris Motor Show last month, the company unveiled the Jeep Avenger, the brand’s first fully electric vehicle, which is headed to the European market early next year. That’s also when the company has said it will begin taking orders for two electric models coming to North America, the Jeep Recon and the Wagoneer S, which are slated for production in 2024. Ram Trucks also plans to show its electric pickup concept at CES in Las Vegas in January.
More:Exploding Takata air bags, 2 fatalities prompt warning for some Dodge, Chrysler drivers
Anything new on Maserati?
Well, the Italian luxury brand had a good quarter. Its shipments were up 14% and its net revenues increased 23%. Palmer was asked whether the brand could some day be a standalone company like Porsche. Palmer said that’s not a possibility right now, but he said that could change. Maserati could be an “interesting asset” that could stand in the market on its own because it’s got a strong brand, its own network and operates a very independent type of business within Stellantis, he said. For now, however, the focus is on building the brand through offerings such as the Grecale SUV introduced in June. Palmer said Maserati’s “boom and bust” cycle of past performance is a result largely of uneven product launches that have left gaps in its portfolio.
Did I hear correctly that Derek Jeter is now a pitchman for Jeep?
It’s true. The former Yankees shortstop Hall of Famer and his wife, Hannah, a fashion model, are appearing in a new multiyear ad campaign for the Jeep Grand Wagoneer, called “Eyes Wide Open.” The first spot aired last week during the start of this year’s World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros. The campaign’s theme highlights the embodiment of the American Dream, which Jeter, who lived in and played high school baseball in Kalamazoo, is said to represent.
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It's time: 65-foot Christmas tree arrives in downtown Detroit for holiday season
It may be 65 degrees and sunny, but Christmas time is here.
A 65-foot-tall, Michigan-grown Christmas tree arrived Thursday and is now standing in the middle of Campus Martius, ringing in the holiday season.
"I'm thrilled that we're all going to celebrate together on November 18, and we have quite the show in store," said David Cowan, chief public spaces officer for the Downtown Detroit Partnership. "So without further delay, I'm very proud to unveil this year's majestic 65-foot Norway Spruce from Lake City, Michigan...which is best coined the Christmas tree capital of the world."
The tree is barren right now, but it will be vibrantly lit up with 20,000 LED lights.
The Christmas tree lighting is a popular event for metro Detroiters and usually draws a crowd of more than 75,000 visitors. From 5 p.m. to midnight on Nov. 18, attendees will be able to count down the lighting, ride a horse-drawn carriage, shop at Cadillac Square and eat from a wide assortment of food trucks.
The Campus Martius ice rink will also open.
This year's performers will include Golden Globe winner Darren Criss, a University of Michigan alumni, and Mariah Bell, the 2022 U.S. national figure skating champion, on the ice.
Cowan said the tree lighting is one of his favorite events and he's "proud to preserve the cherished tradition that's free and open to all."
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Rocket Companies sees $96M profit as mortgage volume lags
Dan Gilbert's Rocket Companies managed $96 million in net income, or profit, in the third quarter as rising interest rates continue to inflict pain across the mortgage industry.
Rocket Companies, the publicly traded corporate parent of Rocket Mortgage, saw total revenue of $1.3 billion for the quarter, down only slightly from last quarter's $1.4 billion, yet a whopping 58% below its $3.1 billion in revenue (and $1.4 billion profit) in the third quarter last year.
Rocket, like other lenders, continues to experience a year-over-year plunge in mortgage origination volume, closing $114 billion in loans through the third quarter of this year, compared with $275 billion for the same nine-month period in 2021.
In the previous quarter, Rocket eked out a $60 million profit and announced new cost-cutting plans.
Rocket executives are scheduled for an earnings call with Wall Street analysts at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
“This period of change and reset in the mortgage industry creates significant opportunity for Rocket," Rocket CEO Jay Farner said in a news release. "The company operates from a position of strength, which is clear from our $8.8 billion of liquidity and differentiated competitive advantages in brand, technology, data insights, client experience and client engagement.”
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Rising mortgage rates have crushed mortgage refinancing activity, traditionally a major profit center for Rocket Mortgage, formerly known as Quicken Loans and the nation's top mortgage lender by volume. Higher rates have also put a damper on existing home sales, which have sagged for eight consecutive months this year, according to the National Association of Realtors.
The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage is 6.95% this week, according to government-backed Freddie Mac. That compares with just over 3% a year earlier. The last time mortgage rates were this high was 2002.
The downturn in the mortgage business has led to layoffs and downsizings across the country at traditional banks as well as "nonbank" lenders such as Rocket.
After enjoying record profits and boom years in 2020 and 2021, Rocket this year has been cutting expenses and headcount.
In April, it offered an unspecified number of voluntary buyouts to employees and did more buyouts in late summer. Rocket Companies is the largest employer in Detroit and had 26,000 total employees in the U.S. and Canada in 2021, according to its annual Securities and Exchange Commission report.
Troy-based Flagstar Bank earlier this year reduced its mortgage staff by 20%, or 420 people, and last month disclosed it had cut the staff an additional 7%. Flagstar recently reported that its volume of mortgage originations was down 45% in third quarter from a year ago.
Another nationally ranked local lender, Ann Arbor-based Home Point Financial Corp., recently said it would lay off 217 workers this month.
Pontiac-based United Wholesale Mortgage could give an update Friday morning on its staffing when it is due to report third quarter earnings.
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Former Michigan State basketball star Miles Bridges pleaded no contest to a felony domestic violence charge in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday and was sentenced to three years of probation, according to ESPN.
Bridges, 24, turned himself in to authorities in June and was arrested after a physical altercation with his wife. The woman later shared several photos of herself after the assault and wrote that the violence occurred in front of their children.
Two other felony charges of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death were dismissed.
According to the report, the victim was consulted about the plea deal and agreed to it.
Bridges pleaded not guilty to three felony domestic charges in July, just as his NBA free agency fate was likely about to be decided. He remains a restricted free agent with the Charlotte Hornets but has not been signed to a new contract for this season. The Hornets extended Bridges a $7.9 million qualifying offer though it reportedly expired last month.
Among the conditions of the deal, Bridges must complete 52 weeks of both domestic violence counseling and parenting classes and undergo weekly narcotics testing, with marijuana allowed only per doctor's orders. According to the report, Bridges must also adhere to a 10-year protective order; he and the victim maintain custody of their two children and any visiting or exchange of the children must be civil or done with a third party.
ESPN reports that once Bridges signs with a team, he is subject a suspension, fine or any other punish since he pleaded no contest.
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Miles Bridges pleads no contest to domestic violence; no jail time
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'Disbelief and shock': Deer runs through pet store
A lone deer wanted in on the action at Premier Pet Supply in Beverly Hills, crashing through the front door and sprinting through the aisles in a craze for three minutes before darting back outside.
At around 12:45 Tuesday, store owner Mike Palmer heard a ruckus from the back office and people yelling that there was a deer, but he thought it was a joke.
"I ran out there and saw the deer run literally two feet in front of me and it was really startling," Palmer said. "And honestly, it's one of those scenarios, I've been doing this for 30 years. I can pretty much handle any scenario situation that's happened...I had no idea how to handle that situation. It was absolutely crazy."
The deer seemed frazzled and scared, Palmer said, and it ran through the entire 10,000-square-foot store trying to find a way out. Although it ruined some dog food and knocked over some boxes, no one was injured and there was no serious damage done to the store.
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After a very long three minutes, the deer found the front of the store and tried to jump through the window. When that didn't work, a nearby customer used their cart to nudge it out the door, Palmer said. It ran across Southfield Rd, survived a close call with a car, and disappeared into a park.
"It was a scary situation because you don't know if he's gonna go in attack mode and defense mode, just to protect itself, which is expected, but we also wanted to just to safely corral it outside and didn't really know how to do that," Palmer said. It was as scared as we were"
Palmer noted they got lucky – usually customers will bring in their dogs, which could have made things worse, but none of the customers brought their pets.
"There was just disbelief and shock," Palmer said. "It seemed like 15 minutes but it happened in less than three minutes.
"But I mean, once it got out, we all laughed about it for a long time and everybody's still talking about it."
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On a night when the Detroit Red Wings celebrated their franchise at one of its best times, the current team had much to live up to.
The evening's events at Little Caesars Arena began with a ceremony honoring the 1997 Stanley Cup team. It was a joyful reminder of how good the Wings were 25 years ago, and a inspiration to the current team of where the franchise wants to be again.
One game at a time, and Thursday's against the Washington Capitals wasn't easy. Seeking to right themselves after a shellacking on the road, the Wings squeezed out a 3-1 victory, secured in the final minute with am empty-net goal from Dylan Larkin.
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Lucas Raymond scored on a power play and the Wings' penalty killers did their job four times, including with two minutes to go and the Capitals' net empty. Ville Husso was outstanding in net, keeping his teammates in the game through numerous Capitals surges. Husso had made 33 saves when Andrew Copp scored his first goal of the season, going to the net with about four minutes to play in regulation.
Mantha returns
Thursday marked the first time Anthony Mantha played at LCA since the April 12, 2021, trade in which general manager Steve Yzerman sent Mantha to Washington in exchange for Jakub Vrana, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2022 second-round pick. Both players were viewed as underachievers by their respective former clubs. Both missed significant time last season because of shoulder issues (Vrana, 56 games; Mantha, 45). Vrana is out indefinitely after being placed in the players assistance program Oct. 19, two games into the season. Entering Thursday, Mantha, 28, had 16 goals and 19 assists in 62 games in a Capitals uniform, a .56 points-per-game average. Vrana, 26, had 22 goals and 10 assists in 39 games with the Wings, a .82 average. As much as Vrana's absences have and continue to impact the Wings — he is arguably their most singularly effective offensive player — the key part of the trade remains the first-round pick Yzerman secured. That pick was used to trade up to select goaltender Sebastian Cossa, who is earmarked to be the team's goaltender of the future.
Ovechkin ties Howe
Wings defenseman Robert Hägg blocked an Alex Ovechkin shot during a power play, wincing in pain. Ovechkin succeeded at 7:11 of the second period, firing a shot from the left circle that whipped through traffic and into the far corner behind Husso. It was a special goal: No. 786 of Ovechkin's career, tying Gordie Howe for most with a single franchise. Ovechkin also scored a historic goal last season at Little Caesars Arena, when he broke the NHL record for power-play goals by scoring No. 275 with the man advantage on New Year's Eve.
Raymond makes good
Larkin drew a penalty on Lars Eller at 14:58 of the second period that put the Wings on a second power play. Dominik Kubalik sent the puck to the net, where Raymond was unable to stuff it behind Darcy Kuemper. The Wings maintained possession, and tried the play again: David Perron to Kubalik down along the goal line, Kubalik to Raymond at the net. This time Raymond was able to corral the puck and shoot it into the net, to make it 1-1 at 14:58. Larkin put the puck in Washington's net at a couple minutes later, but officials ruled no goal as Perron had been tied up with Kuemper.
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FEEL THE MADNESS:Kobe Bufkin's dunk contest steals the show for Michigan basketball
Game notes: The Wolverines have one sure thing — center Hunter Dickinson, back for a surprise third season in Ann Arbor after declining to jump to the NBA — and a lot of questions as their next four top scorers (Eli Brooks, DeVante Jones, Caleb Houston and Moussa Diabate) have all moved on.
Dickinson averaged 18.6 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.3 assits and 1.5 blocks last season in 32 games, and, once again, the offense will likely run through the unanimous preseason All-Big Ten first-teamer in the post. But who’ll be getting him the ball? U-M coach Juwan Howard will be relying on Princeton transfer Jaelin Llewellyn at the point; the Canadian (and Virginia high schooler) averaged 15.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists for the Tigers last season after not playing for nearly 18 months due to the Ivy League’s COVID-induced shutdown in 2020-21.
The other Wolverine to keep an eye on: freshman Jett Howard, son of Juwan and brother of U-M co-captain Jace. The four-star prospect was the top-ranked member of Michigan’s 2022 class, which ranked No. 1 in the Big Ten, and should be ready to step in as a contributor right away. "He has a strong frame, a solid motor on the defensive end, and can knock down down the open jumper with range," according to 247 Sports, which ranked him as No. 36 in his class nationally. "His versatility is mainly displayed in his ability to help out at the point guard position in a pinch. ... However, he will be more effective in a secondary supportive ball-handling role because of his efficiency as a three-point shooter while playing off the ball."
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Michigan basketball game score vs. Ferris State: Time, TV
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“I definitely want to get back out there, but it's got to be smart,” Akins said after practice Thursday, his first chance to get back on the court with his teammates. “I gotta go day by day and see how I'm feeling. So once I'm feeling 100%, then I'll know. But I've been feeling really good lately.”
The 6-foot-4, 190-pound combo guard from Farmington underwent surgery Sept. 10 for a stress reaction in his left foot. Akins said it was the first time he has spent time off with an injury, but he had been doing side work leading up to finally going through drills with the team Thursday.
“It's been great,” he said. “At first, I was on a scooter for two weeks and then I was in a boot. And then I was in shoes, but I wasn't running. So it's just like a constant progression. Right now, I feel like I'm feeling pretty good about where I'm at.”
More:Michigan State basketball's exhibition win over GVSU displays small margin of error
MSU coach Tom Izzo said he won’t push Akins’ recovery and plans for him to work out again Friday, Saturday and Sunday and assess if there is any pain and see how his body feels. That will determine whether Akins will try to play against Northern Arizona (7 p.m., BTN+) or if Izzo will hold him out and try to push his debut to next Friday’s in the Armed Forces Classic against No. 2 Gonzaga aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in San Diego.
“That was the most he's done,” Izzo said of Akins’ workout Thursday. “Now this week, he branches onto another stage. And then big thing is (Friday) morning. How does he feel and what does he do? But he was pretty good today. He moved good. He looks great, he's 10 pounds heavier. And (Akins) is a lot to lose, because I think he's still my best two-way player, offense and defense.”
Akins averaged 3.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.6 steals in 14.8 minutes a game last season. He shot 39.4% overall and 38% on 3-pointers, finishing a plus-20 thanks to quick feet and hands on defense.
“I just know that I'm progressing,” he said. “Monday is up in the air. I'm gonna practice this weekend. And that's really coach's decision on Monday.”
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Michigan State basketball: Jaden Akins 'up in the air' for opener
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The Powerball jackpot has become the largest in history after soaring to an estimated $1.6 billion Friday, according to the Michigan Lottery. The jackpot now holds records for the largest Powerball jackpot and largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The estimated cash value is $782 million.
It overtook the previous Powerball jackpot record of $1.586 billion set in 2016, which also held the record for the largest lottery jackpot in the U.S., according to the Powerball website.
The next Powerball drawing is Saturday and will be the 40th since the last win. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Despite no one winning the big prize yet, seven tickets purchased in Michigan have won a $1 million prize.
Aug. 23: Meijer gas station located at 8994 Shaver Road in Portage
Sept. 24: Otsego Party Store located at 629 South Farmer St. in Otsego
Oct. 19: Fast Freddie’s located at 2245 Main St. in Ubly
Oct. 26: Charaf Oil Inc. located at 7000 Greenfield Road in Dearborn
Oct. 29: New Buffalo Shell located at 18913 Laporte Road in New Buffalo
Oct. 29: Billy’s Liquor Depot II located at 27222 Grand River Ave. in Redford
Oct. 31: CVS Pharmacy, located at located at 626 West Front St. in Traverse City
Here's what you need to know before the next drawing.
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Colt Keith among 3 Detroit Tigers prospects in Arizona Fall League 2022 Fall Stars Game
PHOENIX — Detroit Tigers prospect Colt Keith will take the field Sunday afternoon at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, as a member of the American League team in the Arizona Fall League's 2022 Fall Stars Game.
Keith is arguably the best prospect in the Tigers' farm system.
The 21-year-old infielder is joined on the AL roster, revealed Friday afternoon, by two other Tigers prospects: right-handed reliever Tyler Mattison and left-handed starter Joey Wentz. The Fall Stars Game begins at 4 p.m. ET Sunday and will air on MLB Network.
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Wentz, who turned 25 in early October, will not participate in the Fall Stars Game. After a strong September in the big leagues, the Tigers sent Wentz to the Fall League to accumulate more innings. He finished his three-start showcase with 12 scoreless innings, four walks and 14 strikeouts.
The Tigers sent eight players to the Fall League, and among the group, the most notable prospect is Keith, a fifth-round pick out of high school in the 2020 draft. He blends plate discipline with an optimal swing path and hard contact.
Through 16 games for the Salt River Rafters, Keith is batting .314 with a .456 on-base percentage, one home run, 15 walks and 14 strikeouts. On Thursday, he finished 0-for-5 with four strikeouts.
More:Detroit Tigers' Spencer Torkelson has massive offseason ahead: 'I would stay with this guy'
Keith spent the entire 2022 campaign in High-A West Michigan, but his regular season ended in June when he injured his shoulder diving back to first base on a pickoff attempt. He spent four months rehabbing at the Tigers' spring training facility in Lakeland, Florida.
For the Whitecaps, Keith hit .301 with nine homers, 22 walks and 42 strikeouts in 48 games.
The Tigers drafted Mattison in the fourth round of the 2021 draft from Bryant University. The 23-year-old reliever received his first taste of professional baseball in 2022, appearing in three games in the Florida Complex League and 24 games in Low-A Lakeland.
Mattison registered 12.7 strikeouts per nine innings with the Flying Tigers, which spanned 32⅔ innings. He throws a four-seam fastball, changeup, cutter and slider.
In the Fall League, Mattison has a 3.48 ERA with eight walks and 16 strikeouts over 10⅓ innings in nine appearances out of the bullpen. On Wednesday, he allowed four runs (three earned runs) and tossed 36 pitches.
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Tigers' Colt Keith, Tyler Mattison honored in Arizona Fall League
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Detroit-born restaurant critic and philanthropist Gael Greene dies at 88
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Gael Greene, an illustrious restaurant critic, best-selling author and philanthropist recognized for her humanitarian efforts, died Tuesday.
Greene earned her stardom as New York Magazine's first restaurant critic, a position she held for more than 30 years. She didn’t set out to embark on a career in food writing. Initially a freelance writer and reporter at the New York Post, it was her inimitable voice and poetic writing that drew Clay Felker to Greene. It’s what inspired the magazine's founding editor to tap her as one of its original editorial staffers.
As the magazine’s restaurant critic and columnist, Greene brought a fresh perspective to food reporting. She elevated the tone of the traditional criticism and looked beyond the plate, taking readers into the dining room through detailed descriptions of fellow diners and waitstaff that personify the restaurant at hand. Through sultry metaphors, she added sex appeal to her dining experiences, a style that would later inspire her moniker as the Insatiable Critic, and a New York column and independent blog of the same name.
Greene was somewhat of a Carrie Bradshaw decades before Candace Bushnell penned The New York Observer column that would inspire the HBO hit series “Sex and the City.” Through her 2006 memoir, “Insatiable: Tales From a Life of Delicious Excess,” she became as known for her rendezvous with larger-than-life celebrities and star chefs as she was for her restaurant criticism itself. There were earlier books, too, including, "Bite: A New York Restaurant Strategy for Hedonists, Masochists, Selective Penny Pinchers and the Upwardly Mobile" (Norton, 1971); New York Times best sellers "Blue Skies, No Candy" (William Morrow and Co., 1976) and "Doctor Love" (St. Martin’s Press, 1982); and "Delicious Sex, A Gourmet Guide for Women and the Men Who Want to Love Them Better" (Prentice Hall, 1986).
But well before her national acclaim and even before she took NYC by storm, Greene’s rise to stardom began in the Detroit area.
Born in Detroit, Greene was educated in the Detroit Public Schools system and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Michigan. Greene’s earliest work was published in Michigan, including articles for the Detroit Free Press.
Greene’s Midwestern sensibilities showed in her philanthropic efforts. As co-founder of Citymeals on Wheels alongside renowned culinary expert James Beard, Greene called on notable industry pals to donate funds to homebound elderly New Yorkers on weekends and holidays, which was outside the operating hours of Meals on Wheels.
“Our modest funds bought Christmas dinner for several thousand elderly neighbors who would otherwise have gone without,” she wrote in a blog on insatiable-critic.com. “Throughout the city — in Harlem and Chinatown, in Bay Ridge, on Staten Island, on the Upper East Side, centers opened their doors to cook the meals we’d bought often with volunteers.”
Since its founding, the organization has delivered more than 65 million meals to food-insecure elderly.
“Gael could not live with the idea that a city of such abundance and extraordinary food could not feed its oldest and most frail,” Citymeals on Wheels founding Executive Director Marcia Stein wrote in a statement. “For four decades, she used her celebrity, creativity, and genius to make sure there would always be a nutritious meal at the door for them, every day of the year.”
In 1992, Greene was recognized as Humanitarian of the Year by the James Beard Foundation.
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“Forty years ago Gael’s commitment to the homebound elderly inspired me,” Citymeals on Wheels board co-president wrote in a statement. “It still does and it always will. May she rest in peace.”
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Mat Ishbia is back on the NFL prowl.
The former Michigan State basketball player turned billionaire businessman is considering a bid to purchase the Washington Commanders.
"The NFL is a great league and Washington is one of the elite franchises," Ishbia said Friday in a statement. "I am interested in exploring this opportunity further in the very near future."
The United Wholesale Mortgage chairman and CEO and MSU donor attempted to buy the Denver Broncos earlier this year. The franchise was sold this summer for $4.65 billion to a group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton.
Forbes lists the 42-year-old Ishbia's net worth at roughly $4.6 billion. United Wholesale Mortgage was the nation's No. 1 mortgage lender by volume in the third quarter of this year.
Ishbia's company, headquartered in Pontiac, has sponsorship deals with MSU, and he has donated millions to the university, including helping to pay for football coach Mel Tucker's 10-year, $95 million contract signed a year ago. United Wholesale Mortgage, founded by Ishbia's father in 1986, last year pledged $500 monthly payments to the 133 scholarship and walk-on men's basketball and football players for the duration of their time as MSU athletes.
Ishbia may have to compete for the Commanders with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, according to the Washington Post, whose bid might include music icon Jay Z.
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Detroit native and media mogul Byron Allen, 61, is also "preparing a bid" for the Commanders, and would be the NFL's first Black owner. He also missed out on the Broncos sale.
The Commanders are owned by Dan Snyder and wife, Tanya, and Forbes estimates the franchise value at $5.6 billion. The Commanders said Wednesday that Daniel Snyder hired an investment bank to “consider potential transactions” for his franchise, though the team did not specify whether the Snyder's are considering the sale of the whole franchise or a minority share.
Snyder, who two weeks ago said he would never sell, has been engulfed in controversy, and is currently under investigation from Congress for the workplace culture created during his ownership, and by the NFL for a second time for a sexual misconduct allegation. Washington was previously fined $10 million from a prior investigation.
The Commanders are also being inspected by the attorneys general in Virginia and Washington, D.C. for financial improprieties.
Snyder purchased the team in 1999 for $800 million.
The franchise won three Super Bowls under head coach Joe Gibbs (1982, 1987, 1991), but has not won a playoff game since 2005, when Mark Brunell was quarterback.
The Washington Post was first to report Ishbia's interest in the Commanders.
Free Press business reporter J.C. Reindl contributed to this report.
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Metro Detroit residents and visitors can travel back in time to the land of the pharaohs with the Immersive King Tut exhibition, which opened Friday at Lighthouse ArtSpace Detroit, 311 E. Grand River Ave.
The event marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of famed Egyptian ruler Tutankhamun’s tomb by archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922. The boy king reigned circa 1332 – 1323 B.C., starting at about age 9. His brief time on the throne drove the creation of some of world history’s most important artworks and is considered by many to be the pinnacle of ancient Egypt’s culture.
Carter’s discovery of his tomb was revolutionary in what it revealed about Tutankhamun’s society and how it advanced the process of archaeological discovery, sparking a global fascination with ancient Egypt. Over 5,000 artifacts, removed from the pharaoh’s tomb, remain preserved in Egypt’s national collection.
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“Since the discovery of his tomb a century ago, Tutankhamun – or King Tut – has transfixed the world,” said Corey Ross, producer of Immersive King Tut. “Over the past one hundred years, the magnificent artifacts from his tomb have drawn millions of visitors eager to see the grandeur and splendor of Egypt’s most famous leader. This captivating experience will use sight and sound to transport visitors more than 3,000 years into the past in a groundbreaking way that only Lighthouse Immersive can.”
Toronto-based Lighthouse Immersive has drawn thousands of visitors to its downtown Detroit space over the last year with exhibits like Immersive Van Gogh and Immersive Klimt. For Immersive King Tut, they teamed with United Exhibits Group, the International Foundation of Fine and Decorative Arts and the Egyptian Council for Tourism Affairs.
Visual projections with music and narration tell the story of the Amduat, an historic Egyptian funerary text that was depicted on the tombs of pharaohs, believed to be the world’s oldest known illustrated story.
The new exhibit is presented with the assistance of the Egyptian Council for Tourism Affairs.
“Immersive King Tut highlights one of the most important elements of ancient Egyptian civilization, which is the journey of the deceased during the 12 hours of the night undertaken by the most famous kings of ancient Egypt, Tutankhamun” said Dr. Hazem Attiatalla, Egyptian Council for Tourism Affairs.
The exhibition is currently on display through Jan. 2, 2023.
“With this program, for the first time, we’re moving beyond the men and women who have created some of the world’s most prized treasures into a world where the world’s most prized treasures were created to honor one man,” said Svetlana Dvoretsky, producer of Immersive King Tut.
Tickets start at $29.99 and are available at immersive-kingtut.com.
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The Dakota defense held Romeo (8-3) to 14 total yards and no first downs on six possessions in the first half, and the Bulldogs finished the night with a total offense of 107 yards.
“It’s playoffs, man — intensity is all the way up” said Lorenzo Alfred, who intercepted two Romeo passes and tipped another (then picked off by teammate Calvin Watson). "We are expected to do this and we can’t make mistakes once the playoffs come along. It’s a different level of intensity. A lot is expected of our defense, and we perform when it comes to the game because of how hard our intensity is. We played a lot of cover-four, and it just worked great. We just follow the plan every week.”
“We played very well against an extremely disciplined, well-coached offense,” Dakota coach Greg Baur said. “We had to match that discipline and physicality. For the most part, I think we did that. We knew it was going to be a dogfight, it always is with them.”
Dakota’s offense wasn't exactly unstoppable, either, with 94 first-half yards, but at least the Cougars did dent the scoreboard in the second quarter with a 38-yard field goal from Domenic Celestini and a 49-yard touchdown pass from Ethan Hamby to Owen Colpaert. On the second play of a drive after receiving Romeo’s third punt of the night, Colpaert sprung loose on a cross pattern, got a step on his defender, caught Hamby’s pass in stride and covered the remaining 25 yards with the ball in his hands.
“Ethan came back and put it on the rope, made a great throw and I just made a play, and that was it,” Colpaert said. “Ethan puts them on the spot almost every time, and I’m going to come up with a play. I think we played with more confidence and we knew what we had to do. You see what the defense did.”
Romeo’s first sustained drive came right after halftime, as the Bulldogs gained 45 yards in seven plays, helped by a 22-yard pass completion from Jayden Roberson to Jake Watson. But Romeo turned the ball over on downs at the Dakota 20, as the Cougar defense stopped Watson short after he caught the ball on a fourth-and-2.
Dakota added another touchdown to make it 17-0 on Joe Cacevic’s 1-yard plunge with a minute left in the third quarter. Cacevic set himself up with a 38-yard off-tackle run on the previous play, zigging and zagging through the Romeo secondary before being brought down just short of the goal line.
Romeo couldn’t respond, as Roberson threw into double coverage and Lorenzo Alfred picked off his second pass of the night, giving Dakota a short field from the Bulldog 32.
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But that Dakota drive only gained 9 yards, and all of that was negated by a 6-yard quarterback sack on fourth down plus a personal foul on the Cougars, which put the ball in play for Romeo at the 44. The drive seemed to stall at the Dakota 48, but a pass interference call on a fourth-and-16 gave Romeo another chance. Roberson took a deep shot, looking toward Watson at the goal line, but the ball landed just beyond Watson’s outstretched arms.
Romeo had another shot at the erasing the zero from the scoreboard, but Calvin Watson intercepted a pass tipped by Alfred at the 4-yard-line with 2:46 to play.
Dakota will host a Division 1 regional next Friday against the winner of Saturday’s Detroit Cass Tech-Southfield A&T district final. Both of those teams sport high-powered offenses, as evidenced by Southfield’s wild 56-54 victory over Cass in the season’s opening week.
Baur said his defense will need to be on point, regardless of the opponent.
“We’re going to have to study film and get ready, because it’s going to be an ultra-talented team,” he said. “I like where we’re at defensively, we play hard. They may have a little bit more talent than we do, but we’ll have a good game plan and we’ll see what happens.”
“As long as we read our keys and make our plays each week,” Alfred said, “we’re going to do the same to every single offense.”
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Creator of Olde English D earrings dies of cancer at age 45
Creator of Olde English D earring dead after fighting Cancer twice, at age 45.
It was a cloudy Tuesday morning on the first day of November 2022. The sunshine had not risen just yet, but the skies above were awake and beginning to call one of their own back home.
Yolanda Nichelle Curry, moaned slightly that morning while lying in her living room on her hospice bed. She received one dosage of the liquid morphine medication she was prescribed to keep her comfortable, while at home waiting to die.
It calmed her pain just enough, her mother, Peggy Curry, said. Enough for Curry to breath her last breaths a little over one hour later, shortly before sunrise.
“I told her, 'Go toward the light and don’t look back,'” her mom told the Detroit Free Press. “'Put down your shield, you have fought the good fight' were my final words to her.”
Curry, 45, a Detroit artist known for her one letter word, an Olde English D, signature earrings, took her final breath one day after the month reserved for Breast Cancer awareness. Once a survivor after a 2016 diagnosis, the cancer resurfaced in August 2021. But this time was different from the first, her mother said, and much more aggressive.
“In the end, it was in her bone marrow. It was in her liver. It was in her spine. It was in her pelvic (area). It was in her lungs. It was in her brain. It was everywhere,” Peggy Curry said.
Curry had even been wearing an eye patch over her right eye because of the lesion that had developed behind her eye that was causing her to have double vision.
“I could see a digression since this last diagnosis, but nowhere near was I prepared for this” her mother said.
To the Detroit community and on the ears of those around the world from which Curry's D earrings hung, she was an artist, a creator, an innovator. But to Peggy Curry, Curry was a gift. Her gift from God, she said.
“No mother wants to bury their child. No mother!” Peggy Curry, a mother of four, said. “But I know that she was a gift to me. … Not for as long as I would have liked, but in that short time she gave me so much.”
Among the gifts Peggy Curry says her daughter gave her were two grandchildren, 15-year-old Michaela Jenkins and 11-year-old Miguel Jenkins.“They were her pride and joy” Peggy Curry said of Curry's love for her children.
According to her mom, Yolanda — or Yo, as Peggy Curry often referred to her second born — even with all she was facing every day, including swallowing the “pharmacy of drugs” she was prescribed, still was a loving mom.
Prior to the 2022-23 school year, Curry’s mother said her daughter still was homeschooling her son, Miguel.
Peggy Curry said her daughter was determined her children wouldn’t miss a beat because she was sick.
She drove for as long as she could, taking the kids places. Once she wasn’t able to drive anymore, her mother says, she became her daughter's “instant uber driver.”
“She was still helping with homework. There was no time for a pity party,” Peggy Curry said.
Peggy Curry said before Curry, a U-M graduate, had fallen ill, she and her daughter often traveled as a family. But once the cancer returned last summer — combined with the pandemic — traveling took a backseat.
In August of this year, one year after she was diagnosed with cancer for the second time, Curry took her last vacation with her mother and family.
“We took a trip to (Washington) D.C. with the kids and her sister,” Peggy Curry said.
Admittedly, Peggy Curry said she felt a bit selfish about asking her daughter to go to D.C., and she says she told her daughter up until they boarded the plane that if she wanted to stay home that’s what they would do.
“The worst scenario, I told her, is that we would just lose money, and what’s money, you know?” Peggy Curry says.
Nevertheless, Curry boarded the plane to Washington after being pushed to the gate in a wheelchair.
“By this point it (the cancer) was everywhere,” Peggy Curry said. “But she hung in there."
Curry used her wheeled walker to get around on the trip, the same as she would do back home in Detroit. The tourist group stopped at the Spy Museum, restaurants, The Wharf and other spots they wanted to see while visiting the nation's capital, making frequent rest stops for Curry along the way.
On the last day of the trip, Curry’s health began taking a toll. She was tired, her mom said, for most of that day, but she still gave her family one last memory in D.C. when she put on her bathing suit and got in the pool and jacuzzi with them.
“I just wanted to create those memories that we did, not even thinking that the end was near,” Peggy Curry said.
The family returned home, and according to Peggy Curry, everything just happened really fast after that.
On Oct. 17, Curry was taken to the hospital by ambulance. She stayed there until that Saturday when she was released to hospice care and remained until her death. Her dad, two brothers, younger sister and close family friends all came to be with Curry in those final days. Her mom says she laughed and talked as much as she could, taking little bites of food with one friend as they reminisced about the old days.
When she spent her final time with her children, her son, Miguel, wanted to spend time with his mother along with the other family members. But her daughter, Michaela, requested some alone time with her mom.
“We gave her that,” Peggy Curry said. “I had been talking to them all along ... and I told them that I wasn’t a doctor, but we don't know how much time your mom has.
“So I said every time, every time you enter the house, every time you exit the house you always come in, wash your hands, and then you greet your mom. Give her a hug and kiss and tell her how your day went. Don't ever say nothing happened. Actually tell her something that happened and have that discussion with her.”
Peggy Curry says she wanted to make sure that everyone, especially Curry's children, could just reassure her “that we know that she loves us and that we love her.”
On Curry's final days leading up to her passing, her mother said she knew the end was coming.
“That Saturday before she died, I looked at her and I saw ... I saw the change” her mother said.
She says Curry stopped eating and drinking fluids. Curry frequently began to sweat in between her brows due to her pain. And on Saturday going forward, Curry would sleep most of the day.
“I knew she was trying to transition,” her mother said through tears.
Remembering 'Yogi'
Shanise Tucker met Curry over a decade ago through a mutual friend, she said. The connection was instant and the two remained close up until her death.
“She was more than my friend,” Tucker said. “She was my sister, my prayer partner, my adventure pal, my inspiration and now my angel.”
On social media, Tucker shared a video reel of her and Curry, or "Yogi" as many of her friends called her. The video flipped through many different photos of the two hanging out and enjoying life, along with some of their other friends. The song "Golden Time of Day" by Maze featuring Frankie Beverly played in the background with a heartfelt tribute penned under the video.
Tucker, 47, says she has been by Curry’s side since the first diagnosis.
“I remember the call,” she said. “I remember we sat by my pool and talked about what steps she was going to take.”
On the day Curry died, many of her other friends all found themselves at the Detroit River unplanned. Her friend Jessica Moore said that when she got the news that her friend had died, she needed to go somewhere to meditate and pray. To her surprise, she said, over a dozen other women by way of Espy Thomas, 41 — known as Etta FLYY in the arts community — and her group, Where do Black women go to grieve, were already en route to the river for their routine group therapy session. And so, they all were able to support each other in their grief.
“It was just really beautiful,” Moore, 50, said. “We didn't know that was happening in the group, but it did and it was gorgeous.”
“I think she did go through the normal 'Why me?' in the beginning,” Peggy Curry said. “She was healthy. She ate healthy. She wasn’t vegan, but she ate organic. She didn't eat red meat. She didn't eat pork. She rode her bike. She walked and she exercised.”
Her mom said she told her daughter from the very beginning that God told her that “he had her in his arms.”
“He's carried her the whole way through," Peggy Curry said. “And now he's taken her home.”
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Tudor Dixon kneeled in the front row of a Catholic church in Rochester Hills, her eyes closed and hands clasped together in prayer. Seated next to the Republican nominee for governor was former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii as other worshippers lined up to receive Communion at St. Paul Albanian Catholic Church, which serves a growing Albanian American community in metro Detroit.
"We're fighting with prayer," Dixon said after the Oct. 30 service led by the Rev. Mark Kalaj, an Albanian immigrant who had delivered a sermon that expressed support for conservative principles.
Dixon thanked Kalaj for his story of faith and fleeing a repressive government and then spoke of her own beliefs, describing a "prayer warrior" who supported her at a debate last week with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
"Honestly, I can't tell you, the blessings that we have experienced on this campaign have been so amazing," she said after Sunday Mass. "And even going into the debate, we had one of our best prayer warriors in the room before with me. And going into that debate, I knew (the outcome of the debate) was not in my power, any way whatsoever. When I walked out, I looked at a woman who was with me and I said, 'It's because we have so many people praying for us that we are able to get our message out in the way that we have.' ... This is about our families. This is about protecting our children. This is about educating our kids. This is about bringing our communities back to a place of safety and filled with love."
The scene reflected how religion and politics have often intermingled this year on the campaign trail in Michigan. Candidates in both parties were eager to gain the endorsements of prominent clergy and often visited houses of worship to drum up support in Protestant, Catholic, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu communities, among other groups. The race comes at a time of national debate about the role faith should play in politics, with some raising questions about what they say is a rising Christian nationalism that threatens religious minorities. Others say such fears are overblown and unfairly attack Republicans.
Dixon, an evangelical Christian, and Gabbard, a former Democrat and the first Hindu to serve in Congress, campaigning together at a Catholic church led by immigrants illustrates their diversity, Republicans said.
"So many people are afraid with the cancel culture and the consequences of actually speaking the truth," Gabbard, a former Democrat who recently began campaigning with Republicans, told Kalaj, praising his sermon. "We find the courage in the word of God. We find the courage within our own hearts."
Campaigning in churches is a bipartisan tradition. On the same Sunday when Dixon was in a church, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, campaigned in three large Detroit churches with predominantly Black congregations: Greater Grace Temple, Second Ebenezer Church and Triumph Church. Benson thanked on Twitter each pastor "for welcoming us and joining in our call to vote for democracy!"
Also on that Sunday, Dixon, Republican attorney general nominee Matthew DePerno, and Republican secretary of state nominee Kristina Karamo spoke at a rally in Dearborn that was held in part to gain the support of the city's Muslim population, some of which has expressed concern about Democratic support for certain books in public schools that conservatives say are sexually explicit.
In addition, Bloomfield Hills Baptist Church in Bloomfield Township held a rally the same Sunday with other evangelical churches against Proposal 3, a statewide ballot measure that would protect abortion rights in Michigan.
A few days earlier, on Oct. 27, Whitmer came to Dearborn to speak at the annual banquet of the Arab American Political Action Committee, posing for a photo with two prominent Islamic leaders on either side of her, Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini of the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights and Imam Mohammad Elahi of the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights. Whitmer has also frequented a number of different churches during the campaign, including large congregations such as St. John Armenian Orthodox Church in Southfield, Triumph Church in Detroit, and in Liberty Temple Baptist Church in Detroit, where she spoke to clerics in June about racism and threats to democracy at a meeting of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity. In July, she received the endorsement of Church of God in Christ (COGIC) leaders in Michigan and leaders with some other Black denominations.
“Governor Whitmer is focused on continuing Michigan’s historic progress and Michiganders of all different faiths and communities are essential to that movement," Whitmer spokeswoman Maeve Coyle told the Free Press. "The governor has partnered with faith organizations and community groups to bring people together from Monroe to Marquette and regularly worships with Michiganders of all denominations."
There are about 470 religious leaders in Michigan who have endorsed Whitmer, representing a wide variety of faiths and denominations, according to a list from the campaign. They include mainline Protestant, evangelical Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Shia Muslim, Sunni Muslim, Jewish, and Hindu clergy, and represent a diverse group of races and ethnicities. Over the past month, Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Gilchrist have attended more than 45 worship services across the state. And they hosted a statewide clergy breakfast with about 350 faith leaders. Some conservatives have attacked Whitmer for shutting down churches in 2020 during the pandemic, but that claim is not accurate as she gave exemptions to all churches and other houses of worship when issuing stay-at-home orders.
"Governor Whitmer is proud to be endorsed by hundreds of religious leaders from across the state and will continue working to build a Michigan where every person can thrive," Coyle said.
Dixon, who belongs to an evangelical church, has also been active in reaching out to faith communities. She has been more outspoken in talking about her faith publicly.
Dixon is a member of Forest Park Covenant Church in Norton Shores, which is part of the Evangelical Covenant Church denomination, founded in the late 19th century by immigrants from Sweden who broke off from the dominant Lutheran Church. The group says on its website it's a multiethnic denomination that supports immigrants. Whitmer is also a Christian, according to the National Journal, a Washington research group. It's unclear what denomination or church she may belong to; her office did not answer a question about her specific faith, but did answer other questions, providing information and a statement. Dixon's campaign did not respond to questions from the Free Press about religion and her campaign.
Speaking last week at St. Clair United Methodist Church in St. Clair, Dixon criticized Whitmer for using words like "hell" in her remarks and campaign messages. Whitmer often says she will fight like hell to protection abortion rights.
"I hear her on multiple occasions say she’s fighting like hell," Dixon said at the rally, reported the Times Herald. "All of these terrible words. Well, we’re fighting with prayer, and that means we don’t need as much money as them because we have a lot more power behind us."
Dixon also said religious beliefs have "a lot do to with how we view the world” and that conservatives “need to get Christians out” to vote.
Dixon has expressed support for Muslim protesters in Dearborn, and wished the Muslim community a blessed Ramadan in an April tweet, but has drawn criticism from leaders such as Elahi for attacking Islamic headscarves in a 2018 interview, calling them "oppressive garments. ... This is not empowering."
AG Nessel fears 'big threat' to non-Christians
In September, Attorney General Dana Nessel spoke at an Indian American cultural event in Livonia celebrating Diwali and Navratri, two holidays celebrated in the fall by Hindus and other groups. In remarks posted on Facebook that have drawn criticism from some Republicans, Nessel said that non-Christians face threats from the GOP.
"Let me talk about ... a big threat to us here in this room and here in America," Nessel said. "And those are people who are running for public office that believe ... America is a Christian nation, and that we only have room for people who are Christians in this nation."
Some Republicans criticized Nessel's remarks, saying they were inappropriate for a cultural event and ruined the mood of the festive occasion.
"We witnessed AG Dana drop a Debbie Downer Bomb center stage," wrote Ken Crider, a Republican State Senate candidate for the 6th District in parts of Detroit, Farmington Hills, Redford and Livonia. "This event was an upbeat, fun family event and AG Dana made a statement, after we were given an opportunity to speak, insinuating that there are people who only want Christians to live in the United States. ... Republicans are fighting to preserve the Constitution, and we believe that America's strength and beauty is derived from its acceptance of peoples from around the world combined with their faiths and cultures."
Karamo said "Nessel is attempting to spread fear of Christians."
Nessel's campaign office did not reply to questions about her remarks, nor to other questions about religion and her campaign. Nessel, who is the first Jewish person to be Michigan Attorney General, has spoken previously about how her Jewish background informs her work.
“The values that we learned at my temple had a lot to do with empathy and compassion for all people, caring about people who were different and who had been ostracized in society in a lot of ways, much in the way that the Jewish community historically has,” Nessel told the Times of Israel in 2019 about her Jewish upbringing. “I’m the granddaughter of immigrants who fled World War II and fled the Holocaust and who were penniless and spoke no English and had no marketable skills, but they were allowed to come to this country, and just a few generations later, their granddaughter is the top lawyer in a state of 10 million people."
Nessel has visited Dearborn several times in recent weeks, drawing derogatory attacks from some of the protesters in Dearborn who oppose LGBTQ books.
"Let's get this drag queen out of office," shouted Hassan Aoun, of Dearborn, about Nessel at the Oct. 30 Dearborn rally as DePerno addressed the crowd.
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DePerno also has spoken about faith communities at times, talking often to Arab Americans in Dearborn in recent weeks and joining protesters at a Dearborn Public Schools board meeting on Oct. 13 that drew 1,000 people, most of them opposed to the controversial books. If elected, DePerno may be the first Michigan Attorney General of Arab descent, saying Sunday that he is part Syrian. At the rally, Muslim and Christian speakers accused liberals of trying to divide their communities. Conservative Christians have played an active role in Dearborn in fomenting protests against LGBTQ-oriented books.
"Whether you are a Catholic, a Christian, a Muslim, a Chaldean, I stand with every single one of you," DePerno said in Dearborn at a campaign rally. "In the early 1900s, my family were immigrants. They came to Michigan, because it provided opportunity. They came to Detroit, half my family from Italy, the other half of my family from Syria. So don't tell me that I don't stand with the Dearborn community."
DePerno's campaign did not respond to questions about religion and his campaign.
Karamo responds to 'yoga is Satanic' remarks
In recent months, Karamo has drawn attention for remarks she made a couple of years ago on podcasts, in which she railed against paganism, yoga, African religions, some Hindu gods and goddesses, Blacks Lives Matter, Beyoncé, Jay Z, and Cardi B, calling them Satanic.
With a master of arts in Christian apologetics from Biola University's Talbot School of Theology, Karamo describes herself as a Christian apologist on her LinkedIn page. On her podcasts, Karamo suggests paganism and non-Christian beliefs are responsible for cultural decadence.
In an interview with the Free Press last month in Dearborn, Karamo said her remarks should be understood in their full context, and that she doesn't hate any group.
Benson's office did not respond to questions for this article.
"It was taken out of context," Karamo said of her earlier comments. "I'm a Christian apologist. And one of the things we do is we discuss our objections to other religious beliefs. So that was not meant to disparage anybody. ... I have friends who are Muslim, who are Buddhists, who are Hindu, they don't agree with my Christian faith ... I'm OK with the fact that they don't agree with my religious beliefs. So I have nothing negative about any person. People have a right to practice their religious beliefs. And we also have a right to disagree with each other's religious beliefs. And that's just something that's naturally going to come in a pluralistic society."
She posted a tweet last month wishing a happy Diwali and attended a Hindu event this summer in Novi with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness that involves pulling a chariot known as Ratha Yatra. She recalls speaking with a man who said a Hindu sacred text changed his life.
"A couple of months ago, I went to a chariot festival, which was a Hindu festival in Novi," Karamo said. "And I talked to a man who was really sharing with me how the Bhagavad Gita changed his life, and wanted me to come to one of his temples, and I appreciate him doing that. Because in that moment, I've talked to somebody who cared enough about me to share their faith, even though he knew I did not agree. And I said to him, 'Well, I'm a Christian, so I have a different perspective.' But I have so appreciated that he cared enough about me to share his faith with me, because he thought that it would benefit my life, the way it has benefited him. And I think that in America, we need to be OK with disagreeing with each other on religious matters, while still being friends and neighbors."
The Times Herald contributed to this report.
Contact Niraj Warikoo: nwarikoo@freepress.com or Twitter @nwarikoo
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Religion, politics intermingle on campaign trail in Michigan
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PHOENIX — The Detroit Tigers targeted 100 innings for Joey Wentz.
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Wentz, who totaled 98 innings, takes positive momentum into the offseason and spring training. He finished his big-league season strong with newfound command, affirmed his strengths in the Fall League and should be in the mix to earn a spot in the starting rotation on the 2023 Opening Day roster.
Not to be forgotten, Wentz had a 1.73 ERA over five starts in September and October. He received two spot starts in May — the first, his MLB debut at Comerica Park — but a shoulder injury forced him to Lakeland, Florida, for rehabilitation. He didn't return to the Tigers until Sept. 9, but from that point forward, he shoved.
Opponents in the majors hit .154 with a 38.9% swing-and-miss rate against the cutter.
This offseason, Wentz is stationed near Kansas City in Prairie Village, Kansas. And for the first time in a long time, he can focus on fine-tuning his pitches and mechanics rather than strictly monitoring his health. He underwent Tommy John surgery in March 2020 and pitched 72 innings in the minor leagues in 2021.
Catcher Dillon Dingler, the No. 38 overall pick in the 2020 draft, played four games in the Fall League before lower-body soreness forced his exit. He traveled to Lakeland — where the Tigers determined the injury wasn't significant — and began his offseason work.
Dingler is the Tigers' No. 10 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline. The 24-year-old went 4-for-8 with two RBIs, two walks and two strikeouts in his four games for the Rafters.
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"Right now, I'm at a very good spot," Dingler said July 7, after being named to the 2022 All-Star Futures Game. "I feel like doing the least is also providing me with enough power to still have good numbers. It's always the less is more talk. You don't have to generate the power because it will come."
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Michiganders seeking to spend part of their winter in warmer in sunnier climes, now have another low-cost option to get there — and back.
Frontier Airlines, which bills itself as an "ultra-low fare" carrier and claims to offer the lowest fares in the industry, announced Saturday that it is now offering nonstop flights from Detroit to Phoenix and Tampa, Florida, for as low as $69 each way.
The added flights come just weeks ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Wayne County Airport Authority CEO Chad Newton noted that as the airline industry is recovering from the pandemic, and praised the new travel options, adding that Detroit Metro is "pleased to see Frontier expanding service." He also said, as if with a wink, that flyers from Arizona and Florida could, of course, also visit Detroit.
"Tampa and Phoenix are among the most popular vacation destinations in America," Daniel Shurz, senior vice president of commercial for Denver-based Frontier Airlines, said, adding that the carrier is "excited to add these popular destinations to our expanding roster of flights at DTW."
Airlines hemorrhaged $168 billion in economic losses in 2020, the height of travel limitations as an effort to blunt the spread of the deadly coronavirus, according to a McKinsey report from earlier this year, but it went on to note that the airline industry had deeper and longer-term health problems.
Airlines have been criticized for taking more than $50 billion in subsidies during the pandemic to bailout the industry, but despite the support they have failed to prepare for a recovery, struggling with delayed and canceled flights that have left fliers stranded and frustrated.
Low-cost, no-frills airlines have cut prices by offering direct flights, ticket-less travel, flying all the same aircraft — in the case of Frontier, Airbus A320s — and by charging for extras, such as drink service and even checked and carry-on baggage.
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Frontier flies to 120 destinations in the U.S., Caribbean, Mexico and Central America, according to its website.
Earlier this year, Frontier and Spirit, another low-cost carrier, announced they would merge in a $6.6 billion deal that could create the US' 5th largest airline, but called off the deal because, according to news reports, Spirit lacked the shareholder support.
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Frontier Airlines adds direct flights from Detroit to Phoenix, Tampa
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COMSTOCK PARK — Rochester Adams was only able to muster a middle-of-the-pack finish this year in the Oakland Activities Association Red conference — but on Saturday, the Highlanders grabbed the Division 1 state championship in a 2-0 win over No. 3-ranked Rockford, which came in undefeated.
Junior Jackson Craft came up with the first goal, in the first half, before senior Matthew Vostriakov (on a Craft assist) added an insurance goal with 4:12 remaining to seal the championship. The program’s last state title was in 1999.
“The ball came up on my right and I saw it and cut in and shot it,” Vostriakov said. “I know we could take the one goal and be fine, but this was a nice cushion.”
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Only moments before Vostriakov’s goal, Rockford had a great chance to tie the game when Adam Flanders beat the Adams defense and had a wide-open shot from about 20 yards, but junior goalie John Coon made the save.
“Yes, that was a close one,” Vostriakov said. “John made a great save. John got the better of (the matchup).”
Adams coach Josh Hickey said he really wasn’t nervous about the attempt, and that he was very comfortable with the one-score lead most of the game.
“Our goalie’s been great all year,” he said. “I knew he’d get a touch on it. And your heart is pounding because you want to get a win, but I wasn’t nervous at all about it. I knew he’d get it covered.
“In a state final, you’re ecstatic with any goals, especially against a good team like Rockford. We just had to hold onto it, and after Matthew got that last one, that really was huge.”
Coon appeared focused the entire game. He had three saves.
“All I was thinking was, just keep it out of the net,” he said. “I didn’t know what the score was at that time, but the whole game was just keep it out of the net, keep it at zero and let the rest of my team do the work first.
“I think we were underrated all season, and never really got the respect we deserved. It just came down to we won every single game in the tournament, and we did that with heart and effort, and I think we just really turned it up in the tournament.”
Hickey credited league play for the end result.
“It’s hard to put into words for it to make sense, but our league is so tough,” he said. “It was just a matter of inches in most of those games. And we only lost one game all year (to Troy). We tied Clarkston, Berkley, Adams. Those were dogfights with great teams that could have gone either way. That’s how it happens. It’s crazy.”
Adams finished 17-1-6 and advanced through the tournament by avenging its only loss, to Troy. Rockford was 22-1-1.
“We didn’t really play to our potential, in some ways,” Rockford coach Tim Boelman said. “We worked hard but there were times we just didn’t find the people that have really done everything for us all season. Just didn’t play as well as we wanted to. Today we just didn’t show up.
“Adams played a really good game. All credit to them. They’ve got some really good players, they worked us over and worked us really hard. We didn’t do what we should have done today.”
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Michigan soccer: Rochester Adams takes first title since 1999
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Related:Stephen Colbert doubted existence of man Tudor Dixon cited in debate — but he's real
"Well, it turns out the Detroit Free Press talked to this guy and he's real," Colbert said on The Late Show. "So I'd like to issue a rare correction. This very real person deserves an apology, because he says, 'To claim that I'm not here, I don't exist. I'm not human. That's absolute ignorance.' So I would like to apologize. It is a terrible thing for someone deny your very existence, just ask trans people. So therefore, I Stephen Colbert, acknowledge that you exist and ask that you forgive me."
"Nobody said anything about that," Othman said. "We know they do exist, we respect their values. We're actually not even talking about them. We just talked about specific books."
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Othman spoke this week on News Nation with Chris Cuomo, Fox News, Newsmax, and was featured in conservative media outlets such as the Daily Wire, Daily Mail, The Blaze and Breitbart, among others. Some conservative writers also criticized the comedian.
"There's nothing more important than standing for our kids," Dixon told the crowd in Clinton Township while introducing Othman to the stage, a video on Facebook shows. "We have someone special with us. I just want to bring this person up quickly because you may have heard that I recently told, a story about a father who was concerned about the stuff that was in schools. And Stephen Colbert said, What a joke, this guy doesn't exist. Well, Khalil Othman wants to come up here and show you that he does exist."
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Stephen Colbert delivers sarcastic apology to Dearborn's Khalil Othman
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LOS ANGELES — Eminem’s musical journey started in hungry desperation at an obscure studio on 8 Mile Road. Saturday night, it led him into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
The Detroit rapper, notching one of the most triumphant moments of his career, was enshrined during a star-filled ceremony at the Microsoft Theater. He became the 20th Detroit artist inducted in the Rock Hall’s 36-year history.
“I realize right now what an honor it is right now for me to be up here tonight, and what a privilege it is to do the music I love — music that basically saved my life,” he said.
Eminem was inducted by his longtime collaborator Dr. Dre, who saluted him as an against-the-odds-white rapper who went on to become the best-selling artist in hip-hop history.
Eminem’s induction moment included a medley of hit material that included guest spots from Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler (“Sing for the Moment”) and an acoustic guitar-wielding Ed Sheeran, who supplied Dido’s vocal parts on “Stan.” At Eminem’s side was longtime hype man Denaun Porter; behind was DJ Alchemist.
His segment came late in a nearly six-hour show that also honored new inductees Duran Duran, Pat Benatar, Carly Simon, Lionel Richie, the Eurythmics and Dolly Parton. Eminem was honored in front of an audience that included his daughter Hailie, manager Paul Rosenberg, producers Jeff and Mark Bass and other Michiganders crucial to his career.
Check back here for a full rundown of the night.
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Eminem inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
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A man is dead after being hit by a vehicle early Sunday morning, while walking across the Lodge Freeway, Michigan State Police said.
At approximately 1:38 a.m., a man was struck by a vehicle traveling southbound on M-10 near W. Grand Blvd. His body was split in half, authorities said.
Brandon Allen, 50, a witness at the scene, said he saw the man walking in the left lane before the incident.
“I was driving up the Lodge and I said ‘What is this dude doing?,” Allen said. “He was walking and he continued to the middle lane and the car just hit him.”
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Authorities said the vehicle involved in the fatal crash has been confiscated.
No identity on the victim has been determined.
“The body went up like 15 feet in the air,” Allen said. “It was a scene from 'American Horror' story.”
An investigation is still ongoing. Anyone with information regarding this incident are asked to call Michigan State Police South Post at 734-287-5000
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Man fatally struck by car on the Lodge Freeway in Detroit early Sunday
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The Detroit Tigers have added to their MLB coaching staff.
Iowa pitching coach Robin Lund has been hired as the assistant pitching coach, sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Free Press. He will play a key role in the sports science and biomechanics aspects of the pitching department.
The Tigers have not confirmed Lund's hire.
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The Tigers now have three pitching coaches, with Lund joining pitching coach Chris Fetter and assistant pitching coach Juan Nieves. Nieves remains a member of the Tigers, but it's unclear if his role or title will change moving forward.
"The goal is to enhance the coaching staff," Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Oct. 7. "Some of that's with different voices, but also some of that may be in different roles. It's not like you have to do it the same exact way that you've always done it."
Lund has passions for baseball, science and data.
"I'm a scientist that coaches pitchers," Lund told Hawk Central's Chad Leistikow in May 2022. "I don't know if it's innovation."
The 50-year-old comes to the Tigers with three college degrees: bachelor's in education from Whitworth College in 1995, master's in exercise science from Eastern Washington in 1997 and doctoral in exercise science from the University of Idaho in 2002.
He was an associate professor in Northern Iowa's department of kinesiology from 2002-18 before becoming a volunteer hitting coach for the softball team during the 2018 season.
In December 2018, Iowa hired Lund as the baseball program's hitting coach. After his first season, he switched roles and became the full-time pitching coach. In 2022, Iowa's pitching staff ranked second nationally in hits per nine innings (6.9), third in strikeouts per nine innings (11.2) and fourth in ERA (3.72).
Iowa right-hander Adam Mazur won Big Ten Pitcher of the Year in 2022 and was drafted No. 53 overall by the San Diego Padres, primarily thanks to Lund's application of biomechanics. Seven Iowa pitchers joined MLB organizations in the past two seasons.
Mazur transferred from South Dakota State, where he had a 5.43 ERA over 12 starts in 2021. When Mazur joined Iowa, Lund utilized motion sensors and high-speed video to track his every move when throwing his fastball. From there, Lund created personalized pitching plans for each pitcher.
Under Lund's instructions, Mazur moved from the left side of the mound to the right side. He then began pitching effectively in the strike zone and getting swings and misses on his fastball, which topped out at 99 mph. He also added a curveball to complement his fastball, slider and changeup.
A new fastball profile helped Mazur post a 3.07 ERA with 30 walks and 98 strikeouts over 93⅔ innings in 15 starts last season.
D1Baseball's Kendall Rogers first reported Lund's hire.
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Detroit Tigers hire Robin Lund as assistant pitching coach
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The fourth-seeded Wolverines took an early lead 12:04 in on a goal by Kate McLaughlin, who redirected a hard shot from Katie Anderson down through the legs of Wildcats goalie Annabel Skubisz. Michigan dominated play in the first two quarters with nine shots (five on goal), compared to just two shots for Northwestern (none on goal).
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The Big Ten title is the eighth for the Wolverines (breaking a tie with Penn State for the most in the conference); they’re set to find out their first-round opponent late Sunday, with the NCAA tournament beginning Thursday. Michigan was the No. 3 national seed last season before losing in the regional finals to Harvard; Ann Arbor hosted the national semifinals and final. This year, the 18-team field will be aiming for Storrs, Connecticut, as UConn will host the national semifinals and final on Nov. 18-20.
Michigan, which is ranked No. 6 nationally, heads into the tournament at 14-5, buoyed by three straight wins (3-0 over No. 9 Iowa, 2-1 over No. 3 Penn State and 2-1 over Northwestern) over top-10 teams, all in the Big Ten tourney. The Wolverines are looking for their first NCAA title since 2001, though they finished as runners-up in the 2020 tournament, losing to North Carolina, 4-3, in overtime. Michigan won the COVID-delayed 2020 Big Ten tournament in April 2021, beating Ohio State 4-0, then lost to Rutgers, 1-0, in last season's Big Ten final.
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Michigan locks up NCAA field hockey tournament berth with Big Ten win
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Five weeks after media day, the Detroit Pistons are finally nearing full health.
Jalen Duren (left ankle sprain), Marvin Bagley III (right MCL sprain) and Alec Burks (left navicular fracture) all practiced on Sunday, marking the first time this season the Pistons had a full roster at a practice. It was the first time Burks practiced this season, and was Bagley’s first full practice since he suffered his injury during the first quarter of their preseason game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Oct. 11.
It means Dwane Casey will soon be able to go back to two-big man lineups, which he was forced to abandon after the the first three preseason games due to injuries. The Pistons want Isaiah Stewart to thrive alongside another center. It’s why he has embraced the 3-point shot this season. We’ve seen sprinkles of Stewart and Duren together on the floor through 10 regular season games, but it likely won’t become a staple of Casey’s rotation until Bagley is available.
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This past week highlighted the importance of playing two big men together. In three consecutive games, the Pistons faced the Milwaukee Bucks’ tandem of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez twice, and then played the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Jarrett Allen-Evan Mobley pairing. Detroit has had no choice but to play small thus far.
“Getting all of our guys back, our bigs back and healthy will help us with that,” Casey said after practice on Sunday. “You’ll have some flexibility — you can play big, you can play small. But most definitely you can match up with big lineups that we’re seeing.”
The Bucks outrebounded the Pistons, 52-35, in Wednesday's 25-point loss, and 50-43 in Monday two-point defeat. The Cavaliers recorded 13 blocks on Friday and also won the rebounding battle, 47-34, en route to a 24-point setback. Stewart has rebounded well this season, but he hasn’t gotten enough help from his teammates. Duren and Bagley should remedy the rebounding issues (Detroit is 21st in the NBA, averaging 42.5 rebounds per game).
Though he's only eighth on the team in total minutes played, Duren is second in offensive rebounds with 22, behind Stewart’s 30. Duren and Bagley will give the Pistons two strong rebounders and lob threats, and will balance out a rotation that’s had obvious deficiencies so far.
What remains to be seen is the extent that Duren and Bagley can thrive together, given neither player is great at spacing the floor. Stewart has yet to command much attention from opposing defenses when taking outside shots, but he is 10-for-38 through 10 games. Bagley has never taken 3-pointers with high volume, though he has the green light to do so this season. In two preseason games, Bagley only took three 3-pointers. Stewart took 18 in four preseason games.
At the very least, the Pistons can probably bank on the Stewart-Duren frontcourt combination working to some extent. They’ve thrived in very limited minutes so far, outscoring teams by eight points per 100 possessions in the 25 possessions they’ve shared the floor. Defensively, Stewart can handle more mobile big men while Duren mans the paint. The two often work out together after practices. On Sunday, they completed post-up drills with player development coaches Rashard Lewis and Drew Jones.
“Tonight would’ve been a great night to be out there playing with another big against their big lineup, so I feel like the future is bright for us for the talented bigs we’ve got in Duren, Bagley,” Stewart said Friday night. “When I see other teams play big lineups, I get excited about what we have here in Detroit.”
It’ll pose a rotation challenge for Casey, who wants to avoid tinkering with his starting lineup from game-to-game. Rather than starting Stewart and Duren, it’s more likely that Casey will rotate Duren and Bagley into games earlier against teams with superior size. Once Burks returns, it’ll give the NBA’s worst bench unit thus far a needed lift.
“As far as rotations, we may have to make them quicker according to who we’re playing,” Casey said. “We have to figure out who that starting five is, the next rotation because we’re struggling with our second unit scoring.”
Pistons will tip off at 7:30 Monday as NBA encourages voting
The Detroit Pistons' home games at Little Caesars Arena typically tip off at 7 p.m. They won't tip off until 7:30 on Monday, Nov. 7 when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder, due to the NBA's loaded Election Day Eve schedule.
The NBA didn't schedule any games on Tuesday, Nov. 8 to encourage fans to participate in midterm elections. As a result, all 30 NBA teams will play on Monday for the first time in league history. Each game will tip off 15 minutes apart and will stream for free on the NBA App. The Pistons' 7:30 p.m. tip-off will be sandwiched between the Houston Rockets and Orlando Magic (7:15 p.m.) and the New Orleans Pelicans and Indiana Pacers (7:45 p.m.).
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Detroit Pistons getting healthier, should usher in two-big lineups
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Childhood friends found market in U.S. for crafts to support South African artisans
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Ten years ago, childhood friends Becky Riess and Kris Engle were in a transition in their lives and careers. Riess had just left her job of 27 years in sales and marketingat Kimberly Clark. Engle, an entrepreneur, had just moved with her husband from India to South Africa.
They both wanted their next ventures to make a difference far beyond their own lives.
Their business, Thumbprint Artifacts, sells products made by artisans in South Africa. Many of the products are home decor items such as candles and crafts that are handmade by the artisans.
“I was at a point in life that I wanted to do something that would not only be fulfilling on a personal level, but also have a positive impact on others,” said Engle, who lives in South Africa. “Fortunately, my lifelong friend Becky was at the same point in life.”
As a member of the Fair Trade Federation, Thumbprint Artifacts primarily purchases its products directly from artisans, who set their own prices. This “positively impacts employment security and assists to build sustainable and profitable businesses,” the company's website says. About 90% of the artisans are single mothers.
Ronnie Daniels is one of these artisans. She works for Kapula Candles, one of the companies in South Africa that Thumbprint Artifacts represents in the U.S. Kapula Candles' products are typically bestsellers at Thumbprint Artifacts. Daniels has been with Kapula for 21 years.
“I was just a normal person with no background, no experience, no degree from school and two daughters to support,” Daniels told Engle, who shared Daniels' quotes and experiences with the Free Press.
Before being hired by Kapula Candles, Daniels had just given birth to her second daughter and needed a job. The last person to hand in her resume, Daniels did not expect to get a call back. However, people who interviewed her for the job at Kapula had also worked with her during a previous job at the local grocery store. Soon, Daniels was hired as a candle painter for Kapula.
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Daniels is now a supervisor of 26 candle painters at Kapula. She says her job has been life-changing.
Thumbprint Artifacts has played a significant role in this. Tourism accounts for much of the revenue at Kapula. With the onset of the pandemic, tourism in South Africa came to a halt, meaning sales at Kapula became largely dependent on Thumbprint Artifacts’ distribution in the U.S.
“During COVID, we kept asking, ‘how can we help these artisans?’ So we kept selling,” Riess said. “We actually had a record year in 2020.”
The business, located in Detroit along the border of Corktown and Mexicantown, continues to grow. Reiss said Thumbprint Artifacts also achieved record in revenue in 2021. She expects revenue to increase 75% this year.
Since 2012, the business Riess and Engle envisioned would be a "small gifting site has grown to work with a nearly a half dozen vendors, more than 180 artisans and sells to more than 500 retailers, including 50 museums. In their quest to find a fulfillment center that would move the business out of Riess' home in 2015, the partners learned there were few options in the region that would work for Thumbprint. In 2018, the partners opened their own fulfillment center and started a separate business that offers gift assembly and shipping to other companies.
But Riess says she measures her company's success by the difference they're making for artisans in South Africa.
“Not only do people like the products, they like the story behind the products,” Riess said. “It really is engaging to customers to hear how the products were made, where they were made, who they were impacting with the purchase, and all of that.”
While they have connections in other countries, Thumbprint Artifacts’ focuses on helping artisans in South Africa, a country with about a 34% unemployment rate, according to Statistics South Africa, a government agency that keeps track of demographic data.
South Africa is “one of the most unequal countries in the world,” according to the World Bank. Although the apartheid formally came to an end in 1994, inequality has remained high. The richest 10% of the population holds about 80% of the country’s wealth.
While she was aware of these issues, Engle, who grew up in Okemos, said she was drawn to South Africa because of its beauty and diversity. Engle noted the country's array of cultures and official languages.
The artisans at Kapula take great pride in their work. Daniels says that her work means "everything to her, and that it has given her an opportunity that people in her community “can only dream about.”
Daniels asks that whenever someone lights a Kapula candle, that they light it for all of the workers at Kapula.
"Not only those artisans who paint the candles, but for those who make the candles, pack the candles, clean the workshop ... They are all grateful for the impact it makes on their lives," Daniels said through Engle.
Daniels said: "Each candle is special because each artisan is special."
Ruby Go, a senior at Washtenaw Technical Middle College, was a Detroit Free Press Summer Apprentice
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Every Michigander knows, and hates, that feeling you get when you wake up and realize something is poised to happen and you forgot all about it.
But don't let that stop you from voting Tuesday! If you follow a few simple steps, and act soon, there's still time to cast a ballot.
Here's what you do:
OK, I know I want to vote. What do I do now?
In order to vote in Michigan, you need to be registered in the state. You can check whether you're registered at the Michigan Voter Information Center website.
(Sigh) I am!
Amazing! That means there are fewer steps you need to take to ensure your voice is heard this year. You can skip ahead to the remaining tips below.
(Gulp) I am not!
Don't give up, there's still time! In Michigan, you can register through 8 p.m. on Election Day. Here's what you need to do:
Make sure you're eligible. If you're a U.S. citizen, 18 years old by Election Day, have lived in your current Michigan residence for at least 30 days and are not currently serving a prison sentence, you're eligible to vote.
Collect key documents. You'll need to prove to your local clerk you are who you say you are. That means you'll need documents that include your name and address. Best to bring a government-issued photo ID if you have one, along with a utility bill, current bank statement or recent pay stub.
Go to your clerk. At this point, the only way to register is by going to your clerk's office. Refer back to that handy dandy state website to make sure you visit the right spot!
OK, I'm registered. Now what?
You're gonna vote in person at your local polling place. Again, you can find that site on the state's election website, or by calling your local clerk. The state website also has a copy of the ballot that you'll see in the polling booth. Never a bad idea to give it a read before heading out, to make sure you have a little time to research candidates, proposed constitutional amendments, millages and other issues important to your community.
When can I vote on Election Day?
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. You can register to vote at any point during that time frame on Election Day, but, obviously, if you do so earlier it eliminates any scramble to get your ballot cast. Any ballot not received by the clerk by the time polls close does not count!
What happens when I arrive at the polls?
Once you make it to your polling place, an election worker will likely ask to see your photo ID. If you have it with you, great! If you don't, you're still able to vote as long as you sign an affidavit promising you are who you say you are. You'll likely need to sign a separate paper once you're there, again affirming your identity. At that point, the election worker will give you your ballot and direct you to a voting booth.
Cast your ballot! Make sure to clearly indicate which candidate you're choosing. If you vote straight ticket (either for all Republicans or all Democrats) but you still want to vote on constitutional amendments or nonpartisan races, you will still need to cast individual votes in those contests.
Once you've done that, follow the election worker's instructions to ensure they get your completed ballot. Then grab one of those nifty "I voted" stickers and feel proud you've participated in democracy!
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Michigan election 2022: Your last-minute guide to voting
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Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell meets with the media on Monday.
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On Sunday, the Lions picked up win No. 2 on the season with a 15-9 victory over the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Coming up next for Detroit is another NFC North rival, the Chicago Bears. The Lions will look to get their first road win of the season in Chicago (1 p.m., Fox)
Follow along as Campbell closes the chapter on the Packers game, and previews Sunday's game with the Bears.
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Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell news conference: Live updates
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A setback for motorists — and Democrats — who, last week, were finally able to cheer average regular unleaded gas prices in Michigan below $4 a gallon, suddenly saw them jump 27 cents Monday to $4.23, a result of tighter supply and fluctuating oil prices, according to AAA.
In metro Detroit, the average price was less, $4.20 per gallon, but the increase was even more, 32 cents a gallon.
"Michigan motorists are seeing much higher prices at the pump compared to this time last week," said Adrienne Woodland, spokeswoman for the motor club. "If supply remains tight alongside rising crude oil prices, gas prices could continue to increase."
The most expensive gas prices: Saginaw at $4.27 a gallon; Benton Harbor, $4.27 and Grand Rapids, $4.26.
In addition to metro Detroit, the least expensive: Traverse City, $4.18 and Ann Arbor, $4.20.
“Just over half of the nation’s 50 states saw gasoline prices rise last week, pulling the national average back up for the time being due to big jumps in the Great Lakes and continued increases in New England and mid-Atlantic states,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which also tracks prices. “For now, the rise in the Great Lakes, brought on by tight supply, has already started to ease, and declines should start again."
So how does the price of gas relate to politics?
Surveys indicate the economy and inflation are among the top election issues as voters go to the polls Election Day. For many, how much they pay at the gas pump tends to be a key measure of how they feel overall about financial issues.
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After reaching a summer peak, gas prices declined for nearly 100 consecutive days.
So in late September, under the headline, "Is it the gas prices, stupid? A simpler explanation for a Democratic turnaround," the New York Times reported: There’s a longstanding relationship between economic performance and the president’s standing. As James Carville once said: It’s the economy, stupid.
A month later, the Times noted the price of gas "wields real power over how Americans think," adding "gas prices go up, and fear that the country is on the wrong track often does, too. Gas prices go down, and so does unhappiness with the president."
A 2016 study also showed a link between gas prices and presidential approval ratings.
Historically, presidential approval ratings tend to indicate of how many seats will be lost during a midterm election. President Joe Biden, who is well aware of this trend, has tried to put his economic record in the best light in speeches and social media.
Sunday, news outlets reported that some Twitter users took issue with a comment from @POTUS, the president's handle, touting "the most common gas price" in America at $3.19. While true, users noted that could appear misleading because it was not the same as the average price at the pump, which according to AAA is $3.80.
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In Michigan, gas prices spike, surging past $4 a gallon — again
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The U.S. Supreme Court dismissed an appeal Monday stemming from a Republican lawsuit challenging Michigan’s newly drawn congressional districts. The high court’s order effectively upholds a lower court’s decision allowing the midterm election to proceed under the new maps.
A group of Michigan Republicans alleged in a lawsuit filed in late January that the new districts contained unjustifiably large population differences.
A federal three-judge panel — all nominees of former President George W. Bush, a Republican — issued a unanimous opinion rejecting the allegation in April. And in its Monday order, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed Republicans' appeal as moot.
Michigan's inaugural independent, citizens-led redistricting commission weighed input from communities across the state while drawing the new lines. The group was required to draw maps that would not provide a disproportionate advantage to any political party.
More:Michigan congressional districts upheld by three-judge panel in face of GOP challenge
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Those who brought the lawsuit included state Rep. Beau LaFave, R-Iron Mountain, operatives who work for the conservative Michigan Freedom Fund, former state Rep. Joseph Graves, R-Linden and GOP party officials. The group wanted the court to suspend the use of the commission’s congressional map in the 2022 elections.
The population differences among the districts were necessary to keep intact "communities of interest" — places united by shared economic, historical and cultural interests — identified by the commission, the panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit concluded. Before issuing that ruling, the panel previously dismissed a claim in the lawsuit that counties and municipalities constitute "communities of interest" that the Michigan Constitution required the redistricting commission to reflect in the new district lines.
Backed by two Democratic, four independent and two Republican members, the new congressional map appears poised to significantly reduce the GOP advantage baked into the current districts, according to measures of partisan fairness used by the commission.
Slow population growth in Michigan relative to other states in the country means the state will go from 14 to 13 congressional districts. Four congressional races in Michigan are considered competitive.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
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US Supreme Court dismisses appeal in Michigan redistricting lawsuit
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The city's release, issued Thursday ,did not say who made the error or who conducted the translation for the ballots. City spokesman Bilal Baydoun did not respond to emails asking who made the error on the ballots.
Darany said his office conducted "a thorough and accurate accounting of Arabic absentee ballots," determining 34 Arabic absentee ballots were sent out and out of those, 11 were completed and returned to the clerk's office as of Thursday night. There are 23 outstanding Arabic absentee ballots not yet returned, Darany said.
In contrast to other states, Michigan does not have many municipalities offering non-English language ballots. The U.S. government has certain guidelines that need to be met before such ballots can be used. The move to have Arabic-language ballots initially received pushback from Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett and others. Dearborn is 47% Arab-American, the highest percentage among cities in the U.S., according to census data.
Earlier this year, Dearborn City Council approved three resolutions calling for Arabic-language ballots. Councilman Mustapha Hammoud initially introduced the resolution. At the time, Darany had expressed concern about getting it done in time for elections in 2022, saying it would require time and manpower the city may not have. Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett also intially expressed concern about the ballots, questioning whether there was a legal basis to have them. She later supported the ballots.
More:Push for non-English language ballots in Michigan finds obstacles, challenges
It's unclear if the city found additional voters affected since Thursday. Darany did not respond to an email from the Free Press asking for updated numbers.
Earlier this year, the city of Dearborn had a contract with Global Interpreting Services of Clinton Township to translate for Arabic-language ballots in the August primary. But Global did not have a contract for the November election and was not involved in the latest translations, Global President Dawn Flanigan told the Free Press Sunday.
The city earlier this year had a three-member committee to review Global's translation of the ballots consisting of Kassem Doghman, Ali Ajami, and Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab American News, said officials. It's unclear if the language access commission that Darany blames for the error on the November ballot is the same committee for the August primary. Siblani did not return an email seeking comment.
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"Moving forward, all Dearborn election officials have been instructed to provide voters a written statement explaining the error on the Arabic ballots, in accordance with guidance from the State of Michigan Election Bureau," Darany said in the city's statement. "This statement will be provided only to those who elect to use an Arabic ballot, whether in early or absentee voting or on Election Day. It is important to note that the Arabic ballots have been tested in accordance with election protocols, and the ballots can accurately register up to 2 selections in the affected section."
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Arabic-language ballots in Dearborn have error, City Clerk says
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In a blistering opinion issued the day before the midterm election, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny Monday rejected a request from Kristina Karamo — the Republican vying to serve as Michigan's next chief elections officer — to expand election observers' access in Detroit's absentee ballot counting room and subject Detroit voters and election officials to a different set of rules than the rest of the state.
The lawsuit, which Kenny dismissed in his order Monday, initially asked the court to halt the count of tens of thousands of absentee ballots cast by Detroit voters for the Nov. 8 election. But in a brief filed Friday, lawyers representing Karamo and other plaintiffs in the case modified the request, asking the court to prohibit voters from requesting absentee ballots by mail or online with presenting identification for all future elections until Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson established rules instructing election administrators how to verify voter signatures. Benson attempted to do so before the election Tuesday, but a GOP-led legislative committee punted on the matter, delaying action until after the election.
"Over an eight-hour evidentiary hearing, no evidence of election law violations for the November 8, 2022 election was produced," Kenny wrote in his opinion. He took issue with changes to the requested relief, writing that in "the 48 hours between November 2nd and November 4th, Plaintiffs' relief requests changed three times." He said that requiring Detroit voters to pick up an absentee ballot in person is a clear violation of the Michigan Constitution, which gives the right to registered voters in the state to request absentee ballots by mail.
Kenny blasted the preliminary injunction originally sought to mandate Detroit voters request ballots in person.
"The preliminary injunction would serve to disenfranchise tens of thousands of eligible voters in the city of Detroit," Kenny wrote. "Additionally, the city of Detroit would be the only community in Michigan to suffer such an adverse impact. Such harm to the citizens of the city of Detroit, and by extension the citizens of the state of Michigan, is not only unprecedented, it is intolerable."
"The idea that the Court would single out one community in the state to be treated adversely when Plaintiffs have provided no evidence in support of their allegation simply cannot be allowed to occur," Kenny wrote. He wrote that there is no basis to provide the relief sought for future elections.
Other plaintiffs in the lawsuit brought by Karamo include poll challengers who have observed the vote count in Detroit in previous elections now leading trainings for election monitors and an organization that has touted its legal effort to decertify the 2020 election.
Kenny characterized his experience presiding over a week of hearings in the case as unprecedented after the lawyers representing Karamo and the other plaintiffs denied that their lawsuit would disenfranchise military voters or require Detroit voters to request absentee ballots in person as their complaint stated.
"As a judge for 26 years, this is the first time I have ever had a circumstance where the party instigating a lawsuit when asked by the judge, 'what's the relief you're asking for?' I don't get an answer," Kenny said at the end of oral arguments Friday.
In a new request for relief filed Friday, Karamo's lawsuit also argued that poll challengers empowered to contest the eligibility of voters to cast a ballot should have the authority to oversee election workers who verify voter signatures on absentee ballot applications. It asked Kenny to order Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey to create a public record of how Detroit election workers verified signatures of the city's voters, provide a livestream of the camera surveillance of drop boxes in the city for future elections and grant challengers access to a platform in the Detroit absentee counting room housing the computers that collect election results.
Winfrey filed a motion for sanctions Friday asking the court to require those who brought the lawsuit to pay more than $11,600 to cover the city's legal fees.
During oral arguments in the case, Detroit corporation counsel Conrad Mallett characterizes the lawsuit as an attack on Winfrey and Detroit voters. "I am just stunningly surprised and disappointed we are where we are. Plaintiffs based on conjecture, innuendo and half-baked conspiracy theories stormed into this court alleging wrongdoing," he said. Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel and the Michigan Democratic Party filed motions to submit briefs in support of a legal filing from Winfrey opposing plaintiffs' request for court invention ahead of the election.
Detroit voters, political leaders and the Detroit Branch NAACP said that Karamo's last-minute legal bid − filed less than two weeks before the midterm − was an attempt to disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters in the nation's largest majority-Black city. "The delay is unjustified," Kenny wrote.
During oral arguments, Alexandria Taylor, an attorney representing Karamo and others in the case, said the lawsuit "has nothing to with race" and said identity politics has worked "deceive Detroiters and mask deep-rooted corruption."
"We filed this lawsuit to shed light in a dark place. A place that has been enshrouded by a veil of secrecy," she said.
"Despite Plaintiffs' arguments to 'shed light on a dark place', they have failed dramatically," he wrote.
Kenny noted during oral arguments Friday tensions over the lawsuit. "I do think that certainly the issue of commenting about racism... has certainly evoked Ms. Taylor's response. I do think when you throw the word corruption around that that evokes strong feelings as well," Kenny said.
Kenny issued the opinion after lawyers involved in Karamo's lawsuit sought to disqualify him from presiding over the case and assign a visiting judge outside of Wayne County to hear the matter. The lawyers withdrew their motion for disqualification when they learned that as chief judge, Kenny presides over all election-related cases and that his name does not appear on the midterm ballot.
Election officials recommend voters who have requested and received their absentee ballots complete and return them as soon as possible in person at their local clerk's office or a drop box to avoid postal delays. Clerks must receive absentee ballots by 8 p.m. Tuesday for them to count. Those eligible can register to vote and cast a ballot until 8 p.m. on Nov. 8 Election Day. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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Judge rejects Kristina Karamo suit targeting Detroit absentee voters
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Starting Monday, Detroit-style Deep Dish pizza will be $8.99 across the country. It's available as a large, 8-piece for delivery, Pizza Portal pickup, and from 4-8 p.m. as Hot-N-Ready with pre-ordering.
The new campaign, "Authentics of Detroit," is a nod to the Motor City and features Little Caesars Deep Dish pizza in a setting that's a takeoff of TV shows that determine what something is and if it's authentic and valuable. Filmed at Detroit's Fox Theater, the ad depicts a person having his find (a Little Caesars Deep Dish pizza) examined by an expert about the authenticity of the pizza and what it's all about. The ad highlights the person determining its value citing the classic markings of Detroit-style pizza: the shape, the thickness, and the cheese.
“The Detroit-Style Deep Dish is one of our favorite menu items because it’s part of our history,” Greg Hamilton, Little Caesars chief marketing officer said in a news release. “Detroit-style pizza has become increasingly popular in the last few years."
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Detroit-style pizza, known for its thick crust and square or rectangle shape with lacey caramelized cheese edges and sauce spooned on top, has been well-known in Detroit for decades by longtime favorites such Buddy's and Cloverleaf.
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Little Caesars to offer Detroit-Style Deep Dish pizza for $8.99
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Jim Harbaugh tried not to make the comparison, but he just couldn't help himself.
Michigan football's coach was asked about running back Blake Corum's Heisman Trophy chances, given his stellar nine games so far, and Harbaugh did something he normally doesn't like to do.
"I had a great running back at Stanford, Toby Gerhart, who finished second (in the Heisman race), and Blake has meant even more to this 2022 team than Toby did," he said. "There I go, making a comparison, which I should never do. Two great players, it’s like trying to compare — I always try to stay away from that.
"But Blake, except for some of the pro backs, probably the only exception would be Frank Gore, that I was able to coach, Blake is the best running back I’ve coached. He means that much, he’s having that kind of a season."
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Corum has been the engine for the Wolverines (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten), stacking up as perhaps not just the best running back, but the best player, in the country.
The junior is tied with Pittsburgh's Israel Abanikanda for the most rushing touchdowns (16) and points (102) of any player in the nation. He is fourth in the country in rushing yards (1,187) despite having 36 fewer carries than the No. 3 running back (Marshall's Khalan Laborn) and 58 fewer than the No. 1 running back (Illinois' Chase Brown).
"He’s having definitely an MVP season for us here at Michigan," Harrbaugh said. "It would be hard to imagine he wouldn’t be — ah, the way he’s going, win the Heisman Trophy. There have been quite a few backs who have won the Heisman Trophy and I’d bet my truck that Blake Corum is on pace or ahead of many of those running backs that have won it."
Harbaugh's truck is safe for now: Compare Corum's rushing numbers — 199 carries, 1,187 yards, 5.97 yards per carry, 16 rushing touchdowns — to those through nine games for the previous three running backs to win the award.
Derrick Henry in 2015: 218 carries, 1,254 yards, 5.75 yards per carry and 18 touchdowns.
Mark Ingram, 2009: 175 carries, 1,148 yards, 6.56 yards per carry and eight touchdowns.
Reggie Bush, 2005: 123 carries, 1,022 yards, 8.3 yards per carry and 11 touchdowns.
But beyond his physical skills, which have him tied for the national lead in first downs (77), tied for second in rushes of 20 yards or more (13) and sixth in total yards from scrimmage (1,224), Corum stands out for his mental game, just as Harbaugh said Gore did.
"Both students of the game, both at the highest level when it comes to that," he said. "You can’t get anything by Blake Corum, he is so focused at all times, he’s like a chess payer who can think several moves ahead.
"He knows what our blocking scheme is, he knows what the defense is, he knows what the blitzes are, not only who he has but who others have. Very similar to Frank Gore in that regard, two outstanding students of the game, who know the game and have tremendous feel for the game."
Donovan Edwards has had multiple 100-yard rushing games, leading some to say it's the line, not the back. Starting right guard Zak Zinter lauded his offensive line on Monday and said while he felt last year's unit was good, he believes this year's is "great."
It helps, he said, that they get to block for someone as talented as Corum.
"Blake is super special, awesome back to be able to block for," Zinter said. "You guys see it on film, what he does is something a lot of people can't do. I think he's got a good shot of winning the Heisman, and I think he should be right there in the running for it."
Plenty of love for Donovan Edwards
For all the love for Corum, Edwards, his running mate, doesn't go unnoticed. The sophomore is playing the role Corum played last year in tande, with Hassan Haskins — clearly explosive, with plenty of potential, but not "the guy" just yet.
Against Rutgers on Saturday, Edwards ran 15 times for 109 yards and caught a team-high three passes for 52 yards and a touchdown. It was the second time in three games in which he topped 100 yards on the ground.
"Tremendous playmaker and every option is open when Donovan is in the game," Harbaugh said. "Whether it's handing the ball off to him, he's a really good blocker, runs good routes, catches the ball really well, really good after the catch.
"I think a defense is always going to have to keep in mind anything is available when he's out there."
Harbaugh pointed out that Edwards is still growing and refining his game, though it's already "at a really high level right now." Harbaugh still sees room for growth and isn't sure where that will stop.
Edwards has 68 carries for 458 yards and four touchdowns this season and his 6.7 yards per carry is the best on the team. He has been productive as a receiver, too, with 14 catches for 179 yards and two touchdowns. Over the Wolvereins' past three games, his seven catches and 111 receiving yards are second on the team, behind only receiver Ronnie Bell.
"It's awesome being able to have both of those guys in the backfield," Zinter said. "Not just having one who's taking all the beating all the time. Having two backs who are really reliable, super explosive, you know it's special and I think it's a huge advantage for us."
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Blake Corum's Heisman Trophy hype continues to grow
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Instead, December’s committee ballot features eight players — Albert Belle, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Dale Murphy, Rafael Palmeiro, and Curt Schilling — who mostly starred after Whitaker’s prime was through. A candidate needs 75% to be elected and anyone who does will be inducted July 23, along with anyone chosen in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote, to be announced Jan. 24. The Hall restructured the veterans committee process last April for the third time in 12 years. There will be a contemporary-era committee vote for managers, executives and umpires in December 2023 and a classic baseball-era vote in December 2024.
At the time of the reworking of the process, it was thought that Whitaker had a shot at being included on this December’s ballot. Whitaker played his entire career with the Tigers, debuting in 1977 and retiring after the 1995 season with a .276 batting average, 244 home runs and 1,084 RBIs over 2,390 games. He was the 1978 American League Rookie of the Year in 1978 and made five straight AL All-Star squads (1983-87) with four Silver Slugger awards (best hitter at his position) and three Gold Gloves (best fielder). Whitaker’s best season was likely 1983, when he hit .320 with 12 homers, 40 doubles and drove in 72 runs to finish eighth in AL MVP voting.
Whitaker produced 75.1 wins above replacement, according to Baseball Reference, tied with Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench for 82nd in MLB history. The Hall of Fame features 340 members, including 268 former MLB players. Of those 268, 20 were primarily second basemen, and Whitaker's WAR total sits seventh among theirs, behind only Charlie Gehringer (84.8), Rod Carew (81.2), Joe Morgan (100.4), Nap Lajoie (106.9), Eddie Collins (124.4) and Rogers Hornsby (127.3).
The ballot was determined by the BBWAA’s 11-person historical overview committee: Bob Elliott (Canadian Baseball Network), Jim Henneman (formerly Baltimore Sun), Steve Hirdt (Stats Perform), Rick Hummel (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), David O’Brien (The Athletic), Jack O’Connell (BBWAA), Jim Reeves (formerly Fort Worth Star-Telegram), Tracy Ringolsby (InsideTheSeams.com), Glenn Schwarz (formerly San Francisco Chronicle), Susan Slusser (San Francisco Chronicle) and Mark Whicker (Los Angeles News Group).
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Tigers' Lou Whitaker snubbed by Baseball Hall of Fame vet ballot
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Tyrone Winfrey Sr., described by colleagues as "a lifelong advocate, leader, and liaison for Detroit's children," died Saturday after battling cancer, the Detroit Public Schools Community District announced Monday.
"Mr. Winfrey always served with students first, he loved all of the students in Detroit and he worked to ensure they had the best possible experiences and opportunities to prepare them for success; he was an extraordinary colleague and a true friend for many," the district wrote in a statement.
Winfrey served as executive director of community outreach for the district. Before that, Winfrey held the roles of president and vice president of the Detroit Public School Board from 2006 to 2011 and held various roles at the state-run Education Achievement Authority of Michigan from 2011 to 2017, the district said
"From making personal donations, supporting families in need, supporting athletics, working to place students in higher education, building relationships, and to most recently asking all DPS/DPSCD alumni to Come Home to support our children in this district, Tyrone had a heart of gold," the district said.
Winfrey also worked for years in admissions and outreach at both the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, helping many Detroit students get into college.
And 2017, Winfrey launched Le TourDetroit, a local bus tour company that exposed many to city landmarks and historical sites, the district said.
"If you have ever had the privilege and honor to get a daylong guided tour with Mr. Winfrey in his Cadillac, consider yourself lucky," the district wrote.
"He loved the city, he loved his family and his extended family — Detroit's children. He would pray fervently for their safety and, with that same strength, he would fight for their rights in and out of the classroom. He would often say, 'For the children, repeat your name, we just gotta do it. Let's make it happen, y'all.'"
In a recent promotional video for the district's alumni weekend in May, Winfrey repeatedly spoke of his love for the city and for the district.
"I just cannot say enough about what this district has meant to me and my family," he said. "This is my home. I love this city, I love this district."
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According to Winfrey's LinkedIn page, he had been involved with youth development since 1985. The district described Winfrey as a lifelong learner and leader, "a legend," and a "solder of student education."
Winfrey graduated from Class Technical High School in 1977. He earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Wyoming and then a master's degree in education at Wayne State University.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan called Winfrey a "tireless advocate" of education for Detroit children.
"Many attribute their success at the University of Michigan to Tyrone and his strong passion for equal access to higher education. He will be greatly missed, but his legacy will live on in the lives of those he helped to build a brighter future," Duggan said in a statement.
Wayne County Sheriff Raphael Washington posted a solemn message to Facebook about his friend's death over the weekend.
"My dear friend has gotten his wings. Tyrone Winfrey Sr, his soul now rests with Jesus," Washington wrote. "Earth has no sorrow that Heaven can not Heal."
District officials said during his battle with cancer, Winfrey sought to keep his colleagues positive and focused, with conviction in voice, even as it grew weak.
"He said we must do what's right for children. Hearing this, we all have a part to play, to ensure Tyrone's legacy lives on by our intentionality and unapologetic focus on the children and ensuring they have the best future possible under our watch," the district said.
Winfrey is survived by his wife, Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, three children and grandchildren.
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Detroit educator Tyrone Winfrey Sr. dies at age 63
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Hopes for Michigan State women’s soccer’s first NCAA tournament win since 2008 received a good omen Monday with the release of the 64-team field — the Spartans’ first-round opponent is Milwaukee, which also lost to MSU in the first round in 2008.
The Spartans couldn’t complete the sweep of the regular season and Big Ten tournament titles — MSU lost, 3-2, to Penn State on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio — but there’s a new goal on the horizon: The College Cup, aka the final four of the NCAA tournament, set for Cary, North Carolina, on Dec 3-5.
The Spartans’ road to North Carolina begins Friday as the No. 3 seed in the Notre Dame region hosting the Horizon League champs at 6 p.m. at DeMartin Stadium in East Lansing. The winner will face Friday’s winner between UTSA and 5-seed TCU in the second round.
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MSU went 16-2-3 during the regular season and Big Ten tourney play, losing only to Arkansas (a 3-seed in the Florida State region) in early September and Penn State, a 2-seed in the UCLA region. The 16 wins set a program record, as did the nine wins in conference play.
The Spartans are led by Lauren DeBeau (Utica Eisenhower), who had 10 goals in 19 games, including a sharp shot from the top of the penalty box Sunday to even the score against the Nittany Lions in the 75th minute. Camryn Evans and Jordyn Wickes are second on the roster with seven goals apiece. MSU’s defense was elite, with goalie Lauren Kozal allowing nine goals and stopping 58 shots on goal over 20 games.
MSU will face a Milwaukee team (12-3-3) that hasn’t lost since Sept. 15. The Panthers’ losses came against Wake Forest (also an NCAA tournament team), Wisconsin and Wright State. The Panthers outscored foes, 37-14, this season, led by Hailey Johnson and Kayla Rollins (Ann Arbor Pioneer), who had eight goals apiece. This is the fifth straight NCAA appearance for Milwaukee, and the Panthers have won first-round matchups in each of the past two tournaments. They have never advanced to the round of 16.
This is the fifth NCAA tournament appearance for the Spartans, who last made the NCAAs in 2009, when they lost, 1-0, to Santa Clara in overtime in the first round. After their 2008 win over Milwaukee, the Spartans lost to Notre Dame, 1-0. This year, they’ll need two wins to earn a rematch with the Fighting Irish. The Spartans have never won multiple games in the NCAAs, also losing in the second round in 2005 and in the first round in 2002.
In addition to MSU and PSU, three other Big Ten schools made the 64-team field: Northwestern, a 4-seed in the UCLA region; Rutgers, a 5-seed in the Alabama region; and Ohio State, a 6-seed in the Florida State region.
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Michigan State women's soccer opens 2022 NCAA tournament vs. Milwaukee
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At times strong rebounding. At times precision outside shooting. Mixing and matching lineups. A return of Jaden Akins. Contributions from freshmen.
All of which led to a 73-55 season-opening win over Northern Arizona on Monday night at Breslin Center.
Senior forward Joey Hauser led the Spartans with 18 points and 10 rebounds after getting just two double-doubles last season. Until late garbage time, MSU coach Tom Izzo went 10 deep, with each of those players scoring and his bench outscoring the Lumberjacks, 31-5. MSU also had a 36-14 edge in paint scoring.
"I think our bench is a very underrated bench," said sophomore Pierre Brooks, who scored a career-high 14 points in reserve and hit four 3-pointers along with Hauser. "I think we have one of the best benches in the country. And I feel that when we get guys like me, we get guys like Jaden coing off the bench, or it can be anybody, Jaxon, we can we can provide scoring off the bench. We can provide good defense off the bench. I think our bench is is one of those like to look out for, for sure."
“I think part of the good rebounding was the pretty good defense,” Izzo said. “That leads to good rebound or at least good rebound opportunities.”
“That was good. Especially the first five minutes, we were really moving the ball around well,” Hauser said. “Malik had a couple open shots early, Tyson had a couple of open ones, I got my first couple of shots there in the first six minutes or whatever. … It kind of got stagnant after that.”
Hauser looked for his shot often and crashed the glass for 10 points and five rebounds, while Sissoko attacked the boards for six rebounds. The Spartans were 5-for-12 from 3-point range, with Hauser and Brooks each hitting two.
“It's still gonna take a couple of weeks,” Izzo said. “You don't take off eight weeks and come back, and that's why I wanted to get him a few more minutes, because with some big games coming up, it's not like we get any rest or any time to work. … So that was an important 16 minutes. And the best part was the practices, that were an hour and a half and he did most of them, he's had absolutely no problem. So I'm really proud of him and happy for him.”
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Michigan State basketball gets help from almost everyone in 73-55 win
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"Something that was a big emphasis for me was coming out strong," Dickinson said after the game. "I'm glad I was able to do that, my teammates put me in great positions, they were unselfish, they gave me the ball in the right spots so I appreciate them for helping me out."
"Trust," said coach Juwan Howard of what flipped the game during that run. "We had some good defensive stops, then went down on the other end and made some really good plays. The reason why I say 'trust' is, they were unselfish plays.
"When you have a group that continuously keeps feeding life into one another on the court and a group that's sitting on the bench waiting to get in and they're so positive and encouraging, you can have runs like that."
3-pointer struggles not quite solved
One of the main additions was Baker, who transferred in from Duke, and he delivered. After missing a 3 from the top of the key on his first attempt, he buried his next two long attempts: one from the right corner and the next from the left.
The freshman started slow and had a few defensive lapses, resulting in some time on the bench. After some discussions with his father, he went back in and soon pulled off his favorite play of the game; when he was in transition and kicked the ball out to his older brother Jace on the wing; he buried the 3-pointer.
"His feet wasn't really set, so I was like 'I don't know if this will go in,' " he joked. "But when it did, we were super happy; we talked about it at halftime."
It was a full-circle moment for Juwan and his wife. Jenine, too.
"It's one of those moments when you have a special time in your life," Juwan said. "Talked about the only college they'd go to would be Michigan, teaching them the fight song. Michigan and Ohio State are playing in football in a rivalry game and we'd dress up all the kids, the wife and the dog in Michigan maize and blue.
"Now to see it all come to fruition. ... In front of our great crowd cheering them on, it's really a blessing."
The youngest Howard later hit a 3-pointer just before the clock expired in the first half; which seemed to spark him. He opened the second period with a long 3 off a drive-and-kick from Jaelin Llewellyn, but his best sequence came with less than five minutes to go.
He hit a 3-pointer on one end and came up with a swat on the other. Then after a rebound, he took the ball up-court, drove into traffic and finished a contested layup. He buried a long 3-pointer on the next possession, raising three fingers in the air on the way back down the court after capping off an 8-0 run and turning the Wolverines' 12-point lead into a 20-point margin.
"With the spacing we have on the floor, Jett is going to be a recipient of (Dickinson's passing)," Juwan Howard said. "T-Will, Kobe, Joey, I mean the list goes on. Jett was one of the guys who got some good looks because (Dickinson) was doubled, but also Jett made some plays himself too."
"It's the first game," Juwan said. "I have no worries in any of our guys."
Llewllyn didn't shoot well, going just 1-for-5, but he had three assists. That included two early in the second half which led to slam dunks — one on a backcut from Jett Howard, the other to Dickinson, who went up and over a smaller defender.
Michigan got a bit sloppy after that energizing layup. The team went six minutes without scoring and Purdue-Fort Wayne went on a 12-0 run during that span cut its deficit to 12. That caused Howard to put his starters back into the game and Jett Howard went on his run. Jace, Michigan's third co-captain, had four points, and freshman Tarris Reed Jr. played 11 minutes and had one point and one rebound.
Michigan was out-rebounded, 44-38, but Howard said he was most pleased with his team's defense, holding the Mastodons to 29.6% shooting from the floor and 23.7% from behind the arc.
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Michigan basketball, Hunter Dickinson dominate in season-opener, 75-56
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Minnesota 61, Western Michigan 60: New head coach Dwayne Stephens, who spent much of the past two decades as Tom Izzo’s top assistant at MSU, didn’t get a win in his Broncos debut, but he did get a strong defensive effort as WMU held the Golden Gophers to just 26 points in the second half. Lamar Norman Jr. led the Broncos with 15 points, Markeese Hastings had seven points and 10 rebounds and freshman Seth Hubbard came off the bench to hit three 3-pointers en route to 13 points. Hubbard also had five steals as WMU outscored Minnesota 10-2 in the final 95 seconds in Minneapolis. The Golden Gophers had a vast advantage in free throws, attempting 23 to the Broncos’ four. But Minnesota made just nine of their freebies (39.1%) while WMU made all four — two by Hubbard and two by fellow reserve Tafari Simms.
Horizon men
Oakland 92, Defiance 27: The Golden Grizzlies’ new-look roster, featuring transfers Lorne Bowman II (Wisconsin), Keaton Hervey (Missouri State) and Rocket Watts (Mississippi State, Michigan State), wasted little time romping over the Yellow Jackets, a Division III school from Ohio. OU scored the first 15 points in 6:48 and led 18-1 halfway through the first half en route to a 43-14 lead at the intermission. The Golden Grizzlies didn’t let up in the second half, either, opening with a 21-7 run over the first 6:37 coming out of the break.
Hervey led OU with 19 points; he hit all seven of his shots from the field, including three 3-pointers, and added two free throws on two attempts. Watts, the Old Redford Academy alumnus who averaged 4.4 points at Mississippi State last season, topped that average on his first two shots, hitting a 3 two minutes in and a layup about a minute later. He finished with 15 points on 6-for-10 shooting and added a team-high four assists and two rebounds. Bowman came off the bench to add five points, though he attempted 10 shots from the field. He hit two, including one 3-pointer on four attempts.
The returning Golden Grizzlies were pretty good, too: Blake Lampman, in his fourth season at OU, also had a solid night, though he wasn’t as sharp from 3-point range; the Haslett alumnus had 13 points on 4-for-8 shooting, including 2-for-6 from 3-point range, and added three steals. Trey Townsend, in his third season at OU, had 12 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals.
The Golden Grizzlies accomplished all their domination without possibly their best player: Jalen Moore, who averaged 15.5 points, 7.6 assists and 4.3 rebounds a game last season and was the only OU player named to the preseason All-Horizon League squad, did not play.
The difficulty level for OU will jump quickly this weekend; on Friday, the Golden Grizzlies host Bowling Green (7 p.m.) and at 3 p.m. Sunday, they’ll get a visit from Oklahoma State. OU took down OSU last season in Stillwater, Oklahoma, 56-55.
Michigan State 86, Delaware State 37: Gabby Elliott, the former Miss Basketball who transferred from Clemson to MSU in the offseason, looked right at home as the Detroit Edison product had 14 points (on 5-for-8 shooting), six rebounds and two assists to lead the Spartans. Senior Moira Joiner added 13 points off the bench and fellow reserve Stephanie Visscher, a transfer from Stephen F. Austin, had 12 points and six rebounds. Next up, the Spartans host Western Michigan at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Eastern Michigan 71, Lindenwood 56: Irekpitan Ozzy-Momodu ignited the Eagles’ season with 18 points (on 7-for-10 shooting), 11 rebounds, two blocks and a steal before fouling out against the Lions in Ypsilanti. Lachelle Austin added 16 points (on 6-for-14 shooting) and seven rebounds for EMU (1-0). The Eagles took control with a second quarter in which they held the Lions to just eight points while scoring 17 themselves. Senior Emily Benzschawel came off the bench to hit three 3-pointers en route to 14 points for Lindenwood, which is in its first season as a Division I school. Next up for EMU, the Eagles will visit SIU-Edwardsville at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Valparaiso 71, Central Michigan 64: The Beacons opened the second half with an 11-4 run over the first 3:28 to take control against the Chippewas. Sydney Harris took 25 of CMU’s 76 shots, making eight en route to a team-high 18 points, though she shot 2-for-16 from 3-point range. Anika Weekes had a double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds) and Taylor Anderson added 13 points and nine rebounds off the bench. Next up, the Chips visit Oakland at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Loyola Chicago 60, Western Michigan 51: The Broncos managed just 16 points in the first half and trailed by 15 at the intermission. Taylor Williams was 10-for-15 shooting and had 21 points, seven rebounds and two steals, and Lauren Ross added 16 points and two steals for WMU, which next faces Michigan State in East Lansing at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Horizon women
North Dakota 70, Detroit Mercy 61: Emma Trawally Porta made a layup to give the Titans a 5-3 lead 64 seconds into Monday’s game in Grand Forks, North Dakota; it was the last point for UDM for 3:34 as the Fighting Hawks built a 14-5 lead. Trawally Porta finished with nine points and 11 rebounds, Irene Murua had 17 rebounds and freshman Amaya Burch led the Titans with 15 points. Next up for UDM, a visit to Xavier in Cincinnati at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Oakland 74, Akron 67: Kennedie Montue, who averaged 6.4 points in 7.9 minutes as a freshman for the Golden Grizzlies, led visiting OU with 21 points thanks to five 3-pointers on nine tries. Montue also had five rebounds and Breanne Beatty chipped in 11 points, seven rebounds and three assists for the Golden Grizzlies. Next up, OU hosts Central Michigan at 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Emoni Bates sits for EMU; Oakland men romp vs. WSU: State roundup
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It was a tale of two halves for the Detroit Pistons on Monday.
Thankfully, their second half was the better one and enabled a comeback win at Little Caesars Arena.
The Pistons used a 29-8 third quarter run to overcome a 15-point halftime deficit and defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 112-103, to snap a three-game losing streak. Saddiq Bey led Detroit with 25 points, Cade Cunningham tallied a double-double with 21 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists and Jaden Ivey (15 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, three blocks and two steals) and Isaiah Stewart (11 points, 12 rebounds) also had double-doubles.
Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander paced all players with 33 points, seven rebounds and five assists.
The Pistons outscored the Thunder, 64-40, shot 48.9% overall and 6-for-14 from 3 in the second half. The first half was a different story; Detroit shot 35.4% overall and 3-for-19 from 3 before halftime. They also locked down defensively, holding the Thunder to 34% in the second half, and took care of the ball by committing just four turnovers in the second half after coughing it up 12 times in the first.
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Despite slow start, Ivey finds way to make impact
The scouting report on Ivey was evident from the moment he stepped on an NBA floor — he likes to get to the basket, and the best way to slow him down is to encourage him to shoot.
Ivey took the bait against the Thunder, frequently. They were happy to leave him open from 3, and he missed his first five attempts before getting his first one to fall with 3:33 to play until halftime. He’s a much better slasher than shooter, as he entered Monday hitting 31.6% of his outside attempts. His struggles from 3 led to an inefficient first half, as he tallied eight points on 3-for-12 shooting.
The second half was much better. He scored seven points (3-for-3 overall shooting) and grabbed four rebounds in the third for a 15-point, 11-rebound night with six assists, two blocks and two steals through three quarters. Ivey’s shooting is a work in progress, but he has been able to find ways to impact the game even when his shots aren’t falling.
Speaking of rookies, Jalen Duren returned after missing the last two games with a sprained left ankle. In 21 minutes, he had seven points, four rebounds and three blocks.
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Third quarter brings Pistons back to life
It was a horrific first half for the Pistons. It might’ve been a simple case of shots not falling, but they also committed some of their sloppiest turnovers of the season. They just couldn’t find any organization on offense.
In the first two quarters, the Pistons shot 17-for-48 overall, 3-for-19 from 3 and turned the ball over 12 times. Cunningham, Bogdanovic and Ivey were a combined 6-for-28. Many of the turnovers were puzzling. Ivey missed a pass to Cunningham at the top of the key, leading to a backcourt violation. Cunningham coughed the ball up four times in the first quarter, and threw the ball directly into the hands of Thunder defenders on several occasions. Many of their 12 turnovers could’ve been avoided.
The Thunder entered halftime with a 63-48 lead. Detroit was due for some positive regression after missing several wide-open shots in the first half. The third quarter brought that, and more. Detroit used a 29-8 run to take control of the game, leading the Thunder, 77-71, with 5:04 remaining in the quarter after a pair of free throws from Cunningham. The Pistons made 6 of 11 3-point attempts in the third after making just three the entire first half. Cunningham scored 12 points in the period, after entering halftime with just four.
Oklahoma City rallied toward the end of the third to take an 85-84 lead at the conclusion of the period, but Detroit opened the fourth with a 10-2 run to retake control of the game for good.
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Detroit police and election leaders say they’re doing all they can to ensure that the absentee ballot-counting process at Huntington Place goes smoothly Tuesday and is not a repeat of the chaos that erupted in November 2020, a precursor to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
In that presidential election year, misinformation spread quickly on social media, drawing large crowds to the convention center — then called the TCF Center. Protesters tried to halt absentee-ballot counting, making false claims that the votes were not legitimate.
Hordes of people swarmed outside the counting room, chanting “Stop the count!” as they pounded on the glass windows.
Chris Thomas, an adviser to Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, said Tuesday's election ought to be a vastly different experience.
“Our operations are better than ever,” he said. “We learned a lot from 2020 and we ran two elections in 2021 plus the primary this year in August. We're prepared … and we're ready to get these things counted as quickly and as accurately as possible.”
For starters, the ballot-counting room will not be on the ground floor of the convention center, as it was in 2020.
“The area where the Central Counting Board activity took place in 2020 was unusual because the main floor of the venue was still set up to be a field hospital” to care for overflow patients during the coronavirus pandemic, said Matt Friedman, a spokesperson for the nonpartisan Detroit Votes voter information campaign.
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“The pictures and images that endure from 2020 were in large part a function of having to use space at the venue that is not typically used to count ballots during an election,” he said. “Observers who were not a part of the count operation could see through the windows and draw their own conclusions about what they thought was happening inside the operation and spread messages all over the world. And that was an unusual moment in the history of Detroit elections.”
This year, the count returns to exhibit Hall A on the main floor.
“There are no windows where anyone from the outside will be able to peer through and attempt to disrupt the count operation,” he said.
What is the security plan?
Huntington Place will be a weapon-free zone, said Deputy Detroit Police Chief Franklin Hayes, with medical detectors and security screening for all who enter.
“The department has been meeting for a series of months … with the Department of Elections as well as internal and external stakeholders in developing a plan which we hope we don't have to use. We are prepared to ensure that the will of the people through their vote not be disrupted … in any way.”
Detroit Police Department officers will be both inside and outside of the convention center, working with Huntington Place security as well as contractors hired by the elections department to provide additional security.
“Chief (James) White has indicated his commitment to ensuring that we have a safe, proper election that is unimpacted by any bad actors or anyone not wanting to see the will of the people be done,” Hayes said.
More:Challenge to Michigan's new congressional districts dismissed by US Supreme Court
Will poll challengers be managed differently this year?
Yes. In 2020, there was some contention about how many poll challengers from each party could be allowed in the ballot-counting room at any given time. Many were kicked out when limits were exceeded.
Challengers roamed the floor two years ago, sometimes swarming election workers, trying to disrupt the count. People who hadn't undergone poll challenger training were called to the convention center by members of their political party to protest and try to intervene.
This year, the Detroit Department of Elections will allow 158 challengers from each party/organization into the room. They will be assigned to specific stations, and are expected to remain at those assigned locations, which include:
One challenger at each counting board table, adjudication station and duplication station.
Four challengers may be assigned per party to the tabulators
Four managers per party or organization may oversee their challengers.
They must sign in and out of the room and be credentialed by a political party or organization.
"Challengers have been far better trained," Thomas said. "We've got different procedures, checking challengers in specific locations ... to avoid the roaming around that we had in 2020, when large groups of challengers could coalesce and kind of just group around one precinct.
"It's really more traffic control that we're taking care of and we're ready to enforce that."
How long will it take to complete the count of absentee ballots in Detroit?
About 1,200 city election workers will be on duty Tuesday and Wednesday at Huntington Place. They will begin counting absentee ballots starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, the same time polls open, Thomas said. At that time, election workers will be sequestered inside the counting room and must remain there until polls close at 8 p.m.
They will continue working through the night until every vote is counted, Thomas said, which could take until about noon Wednesday.
"We may get it done before that," he said.
That's much faster than it took to count all the absentee ballots in 2020. That's because it's not a presidential election year, when there's usually a higher voter turnout, Friedman said. Additionally, election workers were able to begin preprocessing the ballots Sunday and Monday.
"That preprocessing will allow the ... clerk's office to have about three-quarters of the absentee ballots counted by 10 o'clock on election night," Friedman said. "That is good, very different ... than two years ago, when absentee ballots were still being counted well past the daylight hours on Wednesday."
What matters most, Friedman said, is that every vote counts.
"Detroit voters have options and they all count the same," he said. "It's up to you, the voter, to decide how you want to vote. That is a right provided to you by the Michigan Constitution as amended in 2019.
"An in-person vote on Election Day counts the same as a mailed-in absentee vote, which counts the same as an absentee vote put in a drop box, which counts the same as an absentee vote completed at a satellite voting center."
What about Kristina Karamo's lawsuit challenging Detroit absentee ballots?
It's been dismissed.
Karamo, the Republican candidate running for Michigan Secretary of State in Tuesday's election, sued in October in Wayne County Circuit Court, initially aiming to stop the count of Detroit absentee ballots that were not requested by voters in person.
Later, attorneys representing Karamo modified the lawsuit, asking the court to expand access for election observers in the absentee ballot-counting room at Huntington Center, to grant poll challengers the authority to oversee election workers who verify voter signatures and to order Winfrey, the city clerk, to create a public record of the signature verification process along with a livestream of ballot dropbox surveillance for future elections.
Wayne County Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny said Karamo's efforts "would create the potential harm of disenfranchising tens of thousands of Detroiters" in Tuesday's election. "This is unacceptable and cannot be permitted."
Is there any additional oversight of the voting process in Detroit this year?
The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday it will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws during Tuesday’s election in 64 jurisdictions nationally, including the city of Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Pontiac and Southfield.
The department’s aim is to protect the right to vote, prohibit voter intimidation and voter suppression based on race, color, national origin or religion as well as ensuring access to voting for people enlisted in the military or living overseas and people with disabilities.
Free Press staff writer Clara Hendrickson contributed to this report.
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How Detroit is securing 2022 ballot count at Huntington Place
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It's Election Day! In Michigan and across the U.S., voters will head to the polls to weigh in on key races for governor, Congress and control of state legislatures.
If you're an eligible Michigan resident, it's not too late to register to vote and cast a ballot today. If you still have an absentee ballot, don't put it in the mail. Return it as soon as possible in person to your local clerk's office or a secure ballot drop box. You must do so by 8 p.m. If you miss the deadline, your vote will not count.
And if you're planning to vote in person, don't forget to check your polling location before you head out!
The Free Press has compiled some information to help ensure this Election Day is a smooth one for you. Happy voting!
Yes. In Michigan, you're eligible to vote if:
You're a U.S. citizen
You're at least 18 years old today
You've lived in your city or township for at least 30 days
You are not currently serving a sentence in jail or prison
In Michigan, you can register to vote on Election Day. Just head on over to your local clerk's office. You can look up the address using the Michigan Voter Information Center at https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us and clicking "Where are my clerk's offices?"
When you register, you'll have to provide a document with your name and current address to prove where you live. You can bring a hard copy of your proof of residency or show a digital copy of acceptable documents, including:
If you haven't returned your absentee ballot, don't put it in the mail.
It's too late to put your absentee ballot in the mail. Instead, you'll want to deliver that absentee ballot in person to your local clerk's office or via a ballot drop box by 8 p.m. If you miss that deadline, your vote won't count.
You can find your local clerk's office and drop box locations using the Michigan Voter Information Center at https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us and clicking "Where are my clerk's offices?" and "Where are my ballot drop boxes?"
Don't forget to sign the back of your absentee ballot return envelope!
What time do polling places open in Michigan?
Polls in Michigan are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you're in line by 8 p.m., you will be allowed to vote!
Where is my polling place in Michigan?
It's a good idea to confirm where you're going to vote. You can find the address for your polling location using the Michigan Voter Information Center at https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us and clicking "Where is my polling place?"
You'll be asked to show a photo ID, but you can still vote if you don't have one.
When you get to your polling location, you'll be asked to show a photo ID. Acceptable forms of photo ID include:
A Michigan driver's license or Michigan personal ID card
A current driver's license or personal ID card issued by another state
A current federal or state government-issued photo ID
A current U.S. passport; a current student ID with photo from a high school or an accredited institution of higher education
A current military ID card with photo
A current tribal ID with photo
But if you don't have a photo ID or you forgot to bring yours to the polls, you can still vote if you sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury confirming your identity.
What is on my ballot in Michigan?
It's a good idea to research the candidates and issues you'll be voting on before casting your ballot. The Free Press has compiled a nifty voter guide with information on candidates and proposals on the ballot with additional information for voters in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties. You can even mark your preferences and email yourself your selections.
Yes, you can use a Sharpie to fill out your ballot. No, you can't take a ballot selfie.
Michigan's Secretary of State's Office notes that using a Sharpie permanent marker to fill out a ballot "will not invalidate or cancel a ballot or vote."
While you can snag a pic of your ballot in the voting booth, you can't take a selfie with your ballot! You can share a picture of your ballot once you are at least 100 feet from the entrance of a polling place. Michigan election officials have been encouraged to set up "selfie stations" at polling locations outside the voting area, so if there's one in your polling place, feel free to grab a pic sporting your "I voted" sticker.
Who to contact if you experience any issues at the polls
If you experience any issues while voting, contact the Election Protection hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683).
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Election Day 2022 in Michigan: Your guide to voting
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Lawrence Norden and Derek Tisler
The slow pace of counting mail ballots in states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin was a key source of election disinformation in 2020. The delays provided President Trump and his allies with a pretext to claim that the election was being stolen from them as mail ballots, which overwhelmingly went for Biden, were counted and added to vote totals. “We were winning everything, and all of a sudden it was just called off,” Trump complained. “This is a fraud on the American public.”
Far from being a fraud, a conspiracy, or even an accident, the slow count of mail ballots is a deliberate choice that lawmakers in key battleground states have made — and with disastrous consequences for public trust in elections. By building these delays into the system, lawmakers give oxygen to false claims of “ballot dumps” and other nonsense that has been used to sow distrust and has led to threats and violence against election workers. We will hear the same false claims after the 2022 election — in which mail ballots again appear to be tilting Democratic — and in every subsequent election until state legislatures fix the process.
More:Whitmer signs election law changes including ballot preprocessing
State law prescribes the timing of the vote-counting process. Most states allow election workers to remove ballots from their envelopes and confirm the voter’s eligibility before Election Day, sometimes weeks in advance as the ballots arrive at processing centers. Nearly half of states — including Florida, Ohio, and Texas — allow election officials to scan ballots into tabulators ahead of Election Day so that these ballots can be counted immediately and included in results on election night. (No state allows results to be released before then.)
The process is drastically different in a minority of states, including key election battlegrounds such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In those states, election workers are, with few exceptions, prohibited from opening mail ballots before Election Day. Election officials in these states have begged their state legislatures for increased flexibility over the past few years and have been repeatedly rebuffed, including by many legislators who criticized slow counting in 2020 or backed claims that the vote count showed evidence of fraud. Only in Michigan did some cities successfully convince their legislature to allow any processing before Election Day. But even in those rare cases, the time permitted is far less than election officials asked for (just two days before Election Day), and the change came too late for many cities to implement it by the 2022 election. As a result of these legislative failures, state officials in each of these three states are warning voters that counting may go on for at least a day or two after polls close.
As in 2020, the media has done an excellent job of explaining that results won’t be final on election night, and voters should be prepared for counts to change in the following days. But as long as there are election deniers running for office, delays in counting ballots will be used to seed conspiracy theories and spread lies about the trustworthiness of the election process. Indeed, a top reason given by voters who doubt the outcome of the 2020 election is that the results seemed to change after election night. (“When I went to bed, Trump was so in the lead, and then (I got) up and he’s not in the lead. I mean, that’s crazy,” one Georgia voter recalled.)
Political leaders in these battleground states know that the whole country will be watching them once again in 2022. Given this, and how clearly election officials have expressed their need for more time to process and scan ballots, the lack of legislative action in several states appears likely to facilitate more chaos and disinformation as election workers try to do their jobs, in turn spurring more threats and attacks on these workers.
To be sure, in particularly close elections, it may take days or even weeks before a winner can be declared, regardless of when a state begins to process mail ballots. And accuracy should always be prioritized above speed. But if, as expected, there are more false claims of rigged elections and more threats of violence because of delays caused by election officials being forced to wait until Election Day to process mail ballots, much of the blame should fall on the state legislators who failed to address a known source of conspiracy theories, not the election workers who labor tirelessly within their given authority to ensure a secure and accurate vote count.
Lawrence Norden is the senior director of the Elections and Government Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. Derek Tisler serves as counsel in the Brennan Center for Justice’s Democracy Program.
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Opinion: How state legislators have delayed absentee ballot count
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Powerball winning numbers finally revealed for $2 billion jackpot
The winning numbers for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $2.04 billion have finally been revealed after a delay Monday due to "security procedures." The jackpot was an estimated $1.9 billion before updated calculations were released Tuesday morning.
The winning numbers from the Monday, November 7 drawing are 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56. The Powerball was 10. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.
More:Powerball is at $1 billion! But if you win it, higher interest rates will cost you millions
What happened to the Powerball drawing last night?
The Powerball drawing was delayed Monday after one participating lottery needed additional time to process its sales and play data, according to a Powerball release.
"Powerball has stringent security requirements to protect the integrity of the game and remains committed to holding a drawing that gives all players a fair chance to win," according to the release.
The next Powerball drawing is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9. Drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
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Powerball winning numbers revealed after drawing delay for $2B jackpot
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Alcamo's — the beloved neighborhood market in Dearborn which used the simple tagline "Italian Specialties Since 1952" — announced Tuesday it is closing after more than a half-century.
The market, which is slated to close for good on Thanksgiving, has been a slice of the Old Country, a place where you could go to get gourmet and imported foods for special occasions you'd never forget, but also stop at when you had a hankering for a good sandwich.
It is where many metro Detroiters bought their favorite fresh cheeses, Castelvetrano olive oil and award-winning, mouth-watering Italian subs. Even the market's name was a reminder of the bel paese, beautiful country. Alcamo is the fourth-largest town in Trapani, Sicily.
"We have served this community for almost 60 yrs" the shop posted on Facebook, adding that it "will miss everyone dearly — the wonderful friends we have made, the amazing customers and family who have shared our lives with through the year."
Former Free Press Restaurant Critic Sylvia Rector called Alcamo's subs an "absolute treasure" and in 2013 included it in a list of her favorites, telling readers to "forget about places that use paper-thin mystery meats, cheap cheeses and flimsy bread."
Eater Detroit, a news site that focuses on dining and dining trends, noted under the headline, "Where to Dine and Drink in Dearborn," the market at 4423 Schaefer specialized in imported Italian products such as "olive oils, wine, fresh sausage made on site, and, of course, pasta."
But, it added, "what really packs in the fans are the Italian subs. Pro tip: Ask for extra sauce."
In 2017, mlive.com again raved about that sauce — and the subs — when it declaring that after traveling 2,500 miles, making 62 stops and tasting 169 subs, Alcamo's Market served "Michigan's best sub sandwich." The subs, it said, were somewhat of a happy accident. It started making them for some of their Italian customers and "things just blew up."
Mlive described the subs as featuring "Genoa salami, capicolla, mortadella and cooked prosciutto ham on it, as well as provolone cheese, all on a locally baked bun. It then gets topped with fresh shredded lettuce, tomato and onion, and a good dousing of house-made sub sauce."
More:Highly anticipated Basan restaurant in Detroit's Eddystone building to open Nov. 15
More:12 Detroit-area pop-up restaurants to know
The owners said they were no longer taking phone orders, and by Tuesday, no one answered the line.
The reason for closing, their social media post said, was that the family decided it was time to retire, "after putting in 14 hour days for the many, many years." They said they wanted "to slow life down just a little, to have quality time together as a family."
And that's just the kind of explanation you'd expect from an Italian market.
The shop said it is offering a 20% discount on just about everything except its subs and "case pricing."
Kathleen Altenburgof Grosse Ile, a regular at the market, said she will miss the store. It is a place, she said, where "the personal attention" made her feel like family. The market, she added, was known for its bread that came from an Italian bakery in Canada.
She added: "It's sad."
But the moment, the market suggested, also is a celebratory occasion.
"IT'S BEEN ONE HELL OF A RUN OF PRIDE, AWARDS, & ACCOMPLISHMENTS," the announcement noted in all caps, along with a few photos taken over the years. Within hours of the posting, hundreds of folks commented, offering disbelief and congratulations. The post also included much gratitude. "THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!"
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Alcamo's in Dearborn, the market Italian foods and subs, is closing
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Michigan US House race results: Haley Stevens cruises to victory in 11th District
Michigan Democrats got their first congressional victory of the night shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when the race in the newly drawn 11th District in Oakland County was called by the Associated Press for U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Birmingham.
Stevens had been widely expected to defeat Republican Mark Ambrose in a newly constituted and more Democratic-leaning District. By 11 p.m., with nearly 60% of the expected vote in, Stevens — who defeated U.S. Rep. Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield Township, in a hard-fought primary in August — led 61%-39%.
It was still way too early, however, to say which party would ultimately come out on top in the balloting in the state's newly drawn 13 congressional districts.
It could be well into Wednesday before we know the outcome of the closest races, so come back to www.freep.com for updated information. But there are a few things we knew even before Stevens' win with virtual, if not absolute, certainty:
Michigan's getting at least three new U.S. House members, with no incumbent nominated in the state's 3rd District in west Michigan, 10th District based in Macomb County and 13th District covering half of Detroit and parts of western Wayne County and Downriver.
The state's also losing a seat in Congress, because of population growing faster in other parts of the country. Michigan's delegation is dropping from 14 seats now down to 13 at the beginning of the next Congress in January.
At least four current Michigan members of Congress are out at the end of this term, with U.S. Reps. Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield, and Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, opting not to run. U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Grand Rapids Township, and Levin lost in their respective primaries in August.
Detroit, with a larger percentage of Black citizens than any big city in the nation, is almost certain to lose Black representation in Congress for the first time since 1955. State Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Detroit, who is an Indian immigrant, was expected to win the overwhelmingly Democratic-leaning 13th District seat and join U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, a Palestinian American, who was up for reelection in another predominantly Democratic district as the city's two members of Congress.
At least five current Republican U.S. House members from Michigan — Reps. Jack Bergman, of Watersmeet; Bill Huizenga, of Holland Township; John Moolenaar, of Midland; Tim Walberg, of Tipton; and Lisa McClain, of Bruce Township — were widely expected to win reelection, as were three Democratic incumbents, Stevens, Tlaib and Rep. Debbie Dingell, of Ann Arbor.
In all cases, those presumptions — like that for Thanedar — are based on the makeup of the districts, as well as the members' name recognition in those areas.
Meanwhile, it was still too early to call the outcome in the state's four marquee U.S. House matchups that would determine whether Republicans or Democrats had the majority in the state delegation to Congress. Those contests were also being watched as part of a national battle for majority control of the U.S. House, with Republicans widely projected to take over in the next Congress.
Here's a quick look at those matchups and where they stand:
West Michigan: Gibbs vs. Scholten
In a year when Republicans were expected to do well in competitive seats nationally, this race offered a rare pickup opportunity for Democrats in this election. Gibbs worked for the Department of Housing and Urban Development under former President Donald Trump and, with his endorsement, eked out a primary win in August over the better-known Meijer, who had voted to impeach Trump for instigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Scholten, a Democratic lawyer who lost to Meijer in 2020, was considered to have a good shot at defeating Gibbs, given his lesser name recognition and a newly drawn district stretching from Grand Rapids to Muskegon that is marginally more Democratic-leaning. In a year when Republicans were expected to do better, however, it remained a race to keep tabs on. As of 11 p.m., with about 41% of the vote tallied, Scholten led 55%-42%.
Mid-Michigan: Barrett vs. Slotkin
In what could turn out to be the most expensive U.S. House race in the country, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Lansing, was campaigning for her third two-year term in the newly drawn 7th District against state Sen. Tom Barrett, a former Army helicopter pilot who made a name for himself championing conservative causes in the state Capitol. While the new district was considered marginally more Democratic-leaning than Slotkin's current district (which Trump won in 2020), in a Republican year, this race was considered a toss-up.
As such, it was possible there could be a lot of drama in how the balloting unfolds: Democrats are considered more likely than Republicans to vote early by absentee ballot — that could lead to circumstances around the country in races like these where Election Day voting, which is counted first, shows the GOP candidate ahead, only for that lead to disappear when absentee votes are tallied. Two years ago, Trump used that phenomenon to claim his loss to President Joe Biden was corrupt, even though those claims were baseless. As of 11 p.m., Barrett maintained a 56%-42% lead with 37% of the vote counted.
The Crook of the Thumb: Junge vs. Kildee
U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, hasn't had much trouble keeping his seat in Congress since taking over for his late uncle Dale in 2013. This year may be an exception. The newly drawn 8th Congressional District includes his home area around Flint, Bay City and Saginaw, but much of this old industrial territory has been trending somewhat more Republican in recent political cycles. The new district also adds Midland, which has traditionally been GOP-friendly.
Kildee was expected to hang on in a race against former Lansing TV anchor and Trump administration official Paul Junge, who lost a close race to Slotkin two years ago, especially given the late outside money that came in on Kildee's behalf. But if Kildee were shown to have troubles here, it could be an indication of Democratic vulnerability across the country. As of 11 p.m. Junge held a slim 49%-47% lead with 29% of the expected vote counted.
Metro Detroit: James vs. Marlinga
This newly drawn district based in southern Macomb County, with part of eastern Oakland County included, was left without an incumbent when both Stevens and Levin decided to run in the newly drawn (and more Democratic-leaning) 11th Congressional District on Oakland County. That left Republican businessman John James, who ran unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaigns in the last two election cycles, to take on Democratic former Judge Carl Marlinga.
Both are well-known and while James doesn't yet live in the district, he is a prodigious fundraiser running in an area that has been trending more Republican. In Marlinga, James faces someone who has been a face in Macomb County politics for decades, having been a longtime county prosecutor. James has been considered to have the edge and, if he wins, he could become metro Detroit's only Black member of Congress. But it could take time for this race to be called. As of 11 p.m., James led 57%-40% with about 11% of the expected vote tallied.
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Michigan US House race results: Haley Stevens cruises
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Whitmer leading Dixon in early returns in Michigan governor race
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer led Republican challenger Tudor Dixon, with well over half the votes counted, as her hard-fought battle for a second four-year term approached a finish point.
Whitmer, a Democratic attorney and former state lawmaker from East Lansing, was leading Dixon, a Norton Shores businesswoman and former TV commentator, 52% to 47%, with about 64% of the statewide vote counted in an unofficial tally at 12:50 p.m.
Fox News called the race for Whitmer late Tuesday night, and President Joe Biden called Whitmer to congratulate her, the White House press pool reported, but the Free Press relies on The Associated Press, which has not yet declared a winner, for election calls.
Whitmer, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and their families came on stage at the Democratic party at Motor City Casino in Detroit at about 1 a.m. and stopped just short of declaring victory in the governor race.
"We are waiting for some final numbers … but we are feeling damn good," Whitmer told the cheering crowd.
Dixon was not ready to concede.
"This race is going to be too close to call, despite what Fox (News) thinks," Dixon told a crowd of supporters near midnight at the JW Marriott Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids. Dixon said the campaign was staying up all night to watch remaining votes come in.
From a financial perspective, it was a mismatch. Whitmer's campaign raised many millions more than Dixon's did, and also had a significant edge in third-party spending on TV ads, much of it by entities connected to the Democratic Governors Association.
Those ads, which hit the airwaves early and never ceased, sought to define Dixon as too extreme on the central issue of abortion rights, highlighting Dixon's support of an abortion ban that makes no exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the pregnant person and her description of a 1931 Michigan statute that criminalizes most abortions — temporarily on hold due to a court order — as a "good law."
Dixon, who said the only abortions she would condone are ones to save the life — not the health — of the pregnant person, sought to downplay the significance of abortion in the governor's race. She argued that voters who support abortion rights could do so through the Proposal 3 constitutional amendment on Tuesday's ballot and still choose her over Whitmer.
More:Michigan's race for governor: How Whitmer, Dixon have managed art of the pivot
Dixon said Whitmer mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic. Her campaign focused on education, business policies and public safety. She highlighted poor and worsening test scores for K-12 students she said were kept out of classrooms too long and claimed Michigan teachers were indoctrinating students with liberal views while neglecting the basics of education and supporting some students' gender transitions while hiding that information from parents. Dixon promised fewer business regulations, a gradual phaseout of the personal income tax, and a $1 billion spending plan to recruit and retain police officers.
"I think it's time to take our state back," Dixon said to applause at a recent campaign event in Saginaw.
Pat Roberts, a Saginaw Township electronics technician who attended the rally, said abortion is a major reason he wants a Republican governor.
"She's pro-life," Roberts said of Dixon. It's energizing "to see somebody like that who knows that life begins in the womb, that God created that life, and that your taking that life is murder."
Whitmer, in addition to highlighting her role in protecting abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, touted her record over the last four years. Describing herself as a pragmatic problem solver who signed more than 800 bipartisan bills passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, she cited state support for child care and skills training, incentives to attract billions of dollars in new investments and thousands of jobs related to the manufacturing of electric vehicles, and record funding for K-12 education that also eliminated a historic funding gap between Michigan school districts.
"We've really made good progress in this state — we can't afford to go back," Whitmer told supporters at a recent event in Mount Pleasant.
Bob Frei, of Beaverton, a retired computer systems designer who attended the event, said Whitmer has shown she has the guts needed to lead the state.
"We have to make our own state the best there is, and then, if the rest want to catch up with us, they can," Frei said.
Whitmer came to national prominence during the pandemic as a critic of former President Donald Trump's approach to the crisis, becoming a frequent target of his attacks on the social media platform Twitter. Many celebrated her as "that woman from Michigan," playing off a Trump reference to her, but Whitmer's aggressive restrictions on businesses and schools early in the pandemic also earned her enemies and she was the target of a kidnapping plot that was headed off by federal and state authorities.
Rachel Vogel, 45, of Williamston, is an educator who came to the polls with her daughter Tuesday and was most concerned about the governor’s race and Proposal 3 to enshrine reproductive rights into the state constitution.
“We are hoping to continue with Governor Whitmer," Vogel said. "The decisions that were made throughout the pandemic and as an educator… I stand with her.”
Free Press staff writer Arpan Lobo and Politics Editor Emily Lawler contributed to this report.
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Tom Barrett, Elissa Slotkin battle down to wire for US House seat in mid-Michigan
In what was expected to be one of the most expensive U.S. House races in the country, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Lansing, held a slim edge Wednesday morning on state Sen. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, in a hard-fought race for a newly drawn mid-Michigan district.
With 93% of the vote tallied, Slotkin, who had trailed for most of the election night count, grabbed a 51%-47% lead on Barrett as she battled for a third two-year term in Congress, but the race was still too close to call. Come back to www.freep.com for more results.
For months, the two campaigns have been battling back and forth with endorsements and claims, even as tens of millions in support from outside groups poured into the race, inundating mid-Michigan voters in the Lansing-based district with TV advertising and mailers.
In an election where historical trends and high inflation were expected to give Republicans an edge in competitive U.S. House seats nationally, the race between Slotkin and Barrett in the newly drawn Michigan 7th District was considered a tossup by handicappers, making it a key race for GOP leaders hoping to regain control of the House and Democrats trying to keep their losses to a minimum.
But as results came in from across the country Tuesday night and Wednesday morning it appeared that while Republicans could still take control of the U.S. House, they hadn't fared as well as they had hoped in winning competitive districts like this one in many other states.
In Michigan's 3rd Congressional District, Republican nominee John Gibbs, who had been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, lost to Democratic nominee Hillary Scholten, giving Democrats a boost. A win by Slotkin against Barrett in the new 7th District would almost certainly give the party a majority, albeit a narrow one, in the state delegation in Congress.
Shortly before 2 a.m., Slotkin posted on Twitter that she expected that the race wouldn't be called right away but that she was hopeful. "While there’s still a lot of votes left to count, we’re feeling positive: we’ve been performing well all over the 7th District, and won the towns of Grand Ledge, DeWitt, Howell (by 13 votes!), and Brighton, all in Republican-leaning counties, and we’ve won Eaton County outright," she said.
Without question, the 7th District race was the toughest-fought among U.S. House races this election cycle as Barrett's supporters denied Slotkin's long-standing claims of independence, arguing she almost always votes with her party and its leaders. Slotkin's backers, on the other hand, blasted Barrett as out-of-step with the district and too conservative, opposing abortion in any instance where a pregnant person's life wasn't in danger and turning his back on incentives intended to help manufacturers move into or expand operations in Michigan.
As of Monday, the campaigns and their allies had poured at least $37.1 million into the race, with that total certain to increase once post-election campaign finance reports are filed.
Meanwhile, the race hasn't been just about money: Slotkin — a former intelligence and Defense Department official who worked for both Democratic and Republican presidential administrations — notably won the endorsement of Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, who has made a name for herself as her party's chief critic of former President Donald Trump and who was defeated in her primary this year by a Trump-endorsed Republican. Cheney came into the district last week to stump for Slotkin as well.
Barrett, a former Army helicopter pilot who has made a name for himself as a critic of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing, responded to the slight by criticizing Cheney and Slotkin, who serve together on the House Armed Services Committee, as warmongers, and bringing in the endorsement of former Vice President Mike Pence who campaigned for him last Friday.
While the race was a fractious one that looked to be close, that is nothing new for Slotkin, whose current district, the 8th, voted for Trump in 2020 while still backing her. If anything, her new district, by adding areas around Lansing, is marginally more Democratic-leaning, though whether that helps in a year when Republicans are expected to have the edge remains to be seen.
Slotkin, though, typically runs ahead of her party. The same can also be said of Barrett, who enjoyed widespread institutional support in his run — though he never received Trump's endorsement.
Mark Alan Horvath, 62, of Howell said Tuesday he was voting for Barrett, in part because economic conditions had gotten so bad he could no longer live on his retirement income and took a part-time job washing dishes. "I voted Tom Barrett big time," he said. "I’m not happy with Slotkin at all, I haven’t been happy with her the last couple years.
"I’m not a Joe Biden guy and she’s right in his back pocket," he added. "That’s how I feel.”
But other voters said they were sticking with Slotkin, including 45-year-old Rachel Vogel, an educator from Williamston, who said she had seen some of the negative advertising against Slotkin but it didn't sway her.
Xavier Davis, a 51-year-old East Lansing resident, said he supported Slotkin because she showed what he described as "general Democratic values of just respecting people. Just simply respecting people.
"Without that, it’s hopeless,” he said.
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Slotkin, Barrett battle in tossup US House race in Michigan
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The Associated Press called the race for Scholten just before 2 a.m. Wednesday morning. Unofficial results had Scholten receiving 52.9% of the vote compared to 43.9% for Gibbs, with 63.5% of the expected vote in. Scholten's victory is another notch for Democrats in what appears to be a strong night throughout Michigan.
Scholten, a former Department of Justice attorney, will be the first Democrat to represent the greater-Grand Rapids area since Gerald R. Ford was in the White House in the 70s. It’s been even longer since a woman has represented any part of Michigan’s western half — Ruth Thompson represented part of Muskegon in the 50s.
“We built this campaign the way I hope to build a new generation of representation here in west Michigan, not clutching desperately to squabbles of the past but focused on our shared future, together,” Scholten told supporters at a Grand Rapids watch party shortly after polls closed.
Scholten also ran for Congress in 2020, losing to current Rep. Peter Meijer, R-Grand Rapids Township, by about six percentage points in the previously drawn 3rd Congressional District. The new district is believed to be more favorable for Democrats, covering Grand Rapids, much of Kent County, the city of Muskegon and the northern half of Ottawa County.
Scholten lives in Grand Rapids with her husband and their two school-aged sons.
Gibbs, on Twitter, didn't concede after the Associated Press' call. It's unclear where Gibbs could catch up to Scholten, however.
"We believe this call is premature. There are plenty more votes outstanding and we expect the vote count to go well into Wednesday," Gibbs tweeted.
Gibbs gathered with supporters to watch election results trickle in at his campaign's headquarters in Wyoming, near Grand Rapids. The group gathered for prayer at the top of every hour after polls closed.
"We think with some of the precincts that are left, there's a good possibility we could do well, so we're going to keep watching it," Gibbs told a local FOX affiliate station around 12:30 a.m.
Gibbs was an appointed official at the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Dr. Ben Carson during the presidency of Donald Trump. Trump endorsed Gibbs, who ousted Meijer in a closely contested Republican primary in August. Meijer was a frequent target for Trump after being one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach the former president following the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.
“We're simply in crazy territory and the vast majority of people want to return to normal. It's not a partisan political issue,” Gibbs said Tuesday morning, shortly after casting his ballot at a Byron Township precinct. “Many independents and even many Democrats just simply want to return to a normal country where we have lower gas prices, energy independence and going to the grocery store doesn't break the bank.”
Gibbs dodged media questions on if he’d accept election results should he lose to Scholten, responding only that he was confident he’d be victorious. Gibbs previously said it was “mathematically impossible” for President Joe Biden to have defeated Trump in 2020, a claim that is false.
Before working at HUD, Gibbs spent seven years in Japan as a Christian missionary. He graduated from Stanford University and originally worked in tech, and was a part of the team that worked on the original iPhone, per his campaign.
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Scholten defeats Gibbs for Grand Rapids Congress seat
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Macomb County results: Mark Hackel heads toward 4th term as executive
Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel was leading to win a fourth, four-year term in office as the county's top elected official while the county Board of Commissioners appeared to be keeping its Republican majority, according to unofficial election results early Wednesday.
Hackel, 60, a Democrat from Macomb Township, was leading with 58% of the vote against Republican Nicholyn Brandenburg, a former county commissioner who is in her mid-70s, with 32% of 343 precincts reporting. Hackel was the former county sheriff, starting at the sheriff's office in 1981 as a dispatcher.
In November 2010, he was elected the county's first executive after voters in Macomb — Michigan's third most populous county — decided to have an executive form of government with a downsized Board of Commissioners.
No other countywide offices were up for grabs in Tuesday's general election in Macomb County, the home of the so-called Reagan Democrats and one of the counties closely watched in presidential elections.
Democrats held every countywide-elected seat prior to the 2016 election, when the county voted for former President Donald Trump and three new GOP countywide officials. Two of those GOP officeholders remain in office; the third was removed from office in 2018 when a judge determined she lied about her residency on paperwork she filed to run for the job.
In 2020, the Republican Party tightened its grip on Macomb County when it retained or took over four of five countywide seats up at that time — prosecutor, clerk/register of deeds, treasurer and public works commissioner. It also flipped two seats held by incumbent Democrats on the 13-member county Board of Commissioners, giving Republicans a majority (seven Republicans, six Democrats) for the first time ever — a majority that could be growing.
Board of Commissioners appears to be staying majority GOP
The Board of Commissioner seats were redistricted, but the majority of incumbent commissioners running appear to be winning re-election to a two-year seat.
The board appears it will stay majority Republican, picking up at least one more GOP member, according to Tuesday's unofficial results.
At least one of the seats was expected to shift from Democrat to Republican — the new 7th District seat in Clinton and Macomb townships in which only former commissioner James Perna, a Republican, was on the ballot. No Democrats ran against him, but a Democrat currently holds a similar seat representing Clinton Township.
Other commissioner races
Here are early results in other watched county commission races, per unofficial results:
Republican Sylvia Grot, wife of Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot, was leading Democrat Ken Reid for the 3rd District seat representing Shelby Township with nearly 11% of precincts reporting.
Republican Commissioner Donald VanSyckel, who beat Democrat incumbent Robert Mijac for a seat representing part of Sterling Heights two years ago, appears to be winning re-election against Mijac for the 5th District seat, according to the unofficial community tabulator posting on the county clerk's website. Those numbers are not appearing yet in the county's unofficial results list.
With nearly 26% of precincts reporting, Democrat Sarah Ann Lucido, an Eastpointe councilperson, was leading GOP candidate Randell Shafer of St. Clair Shores with 59% of the vote for the 13th District seat, in a race that will bring a new face to the board.
Incumbents appear to be winning
Republican incumbents who appear to be winning re-election to a seat include: Don Brown, board chairman and longtime commissioner from Washington Township representing northern Macomb communities, in the 1st District; Phil Kraft of Chesterfield Township in the 2nd District; Joe Sabatini of Clinton Township in the 4th District; Joseph Romano of Sterling Heights in the 6th District (according to the unofficial community tabulator posting), and Barbara Zinner of Harrison Township in the 9th District.
Democrat incumbents who appear to be winning re-election include Antoinette Wallace of Mount Clemens in the 8th District; Harold Haugh of Roseville in the 10th District; Mai Xiong of Warren in the 11th District (according to the unofficial community tabulator posting), and Michelle Nard of Warren in the 12th District.
Judicial race to watch
Circuit Judge Teri Lynn Dennings, who was appointed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to fill a partial term that expires Jan. 2, was leading opponent Steve Fox, an assistant county prosecutor, with 64% of the vote with 32% of precincts reporting. The winner will serve the remainder of the term, which expires Jan. 1, 2025.
Voters favoring veterans millage renewal
A countywide veterans' millage appeared to be headed for easy renewal, winning with nearly 80% of the vote with 32% of precincts reporting.
The four-year renewal for 2023 through 2026 reups the current 0.069 mills to help fund financial aid and services for veterans and support the administration of the county's department of veteran affairs and veteran affairs commission. The millage was expected to raise more than $2.4 million in the first calendar year, according to the ballot language.
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Macomb County results: Hackel nears 4th term as executive
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State Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Detroit, made history early Wednesday by becoming Michigan's first Indian-American elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
His election also means that, for the first time since 1955, no Black member of Congress will represent Detroit, the largest majority-Black city in the U.S.
In the next Congress that begins in January, Thanedar will join U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, who is Palestinian-American. She was elected to a third two-year term representing a newly drawn district that includes parts of the city's west side and other parts of western Wayne County.
The Associated Press called Thanedar's race just after 1:15 a.m., as he held a 72%-23% lead over Republican Martell Bivings with 37% of the vote counted. Bivings, who worked as a liaison with the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, is Black, but given the overwhelming Democratic lean of the newly drawn 13th Congressional District, Thanedar's election as the Democratic nominee was considered more than likely barring a historic turnaround.
Thanedar put out a message on Twitter some time before the race was called, claiming victory. In it, he said, "We did it! ... I'm honored to be the next Representative in Congress for the 13th District!"
He also put out a statement through his campaign, saying, "Growing up in abject poverty, I never would have thought I would have this opportunity to serve in the House of Representatives. This truly is an honor of a lifetime."
Thanedar said he plans to fight for residents concerned about rising costs, public safety and the erosion of civil rights. "I am committed to fighting for us and (will) take on the special interests that dominate our politics," he said. "I will stand up for working families and everyday Americans to fight for economic prosperity, racial justice, to protect our rights, and put our government to work for our neighborhoods and communities."
Tlaib won reelection to her third two-year term over Republican tattoo artist and laser specialist Steven Elliott, with the AP calling the race in the newly drawn 12th District just before calling Thanedar's. She led Elliott 70%-27% with just over half the vote tallied.
Thanedar had said throughout his campaign that his racial background doesn't matter to voters and that his campaign's outreach has been to everyone living in the new district. And while he didn't have the institutional support of some other Democrats, he was widely credited for having gotten into the race early and being willing to spend his own money -- more than $9 million so far -- toward getting his name out.
Detroit has been represented by at least one Black member in Congress since 1955, when the late U.S. Rep. Charles Diggs, D-Detroit, was sworn in. As recently as 2017, the city had two Black members in the U.S. House.
But that year, longtime U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, stepped down amid complaints of sexual harassment that he denied. He was replaced in 2018 by Tlaib.
U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield, whose current district includes part of Detroit and is the Michigan delegation's only Black member at present decided not to run for reelection to a fifth two-year term.
That opened the door for Thanedar, who made an unsuccessful bid for the governorship four years ago and won a state House seat in Detroit in 2020 before mounting his run for Congress.
A scientist and millionaire entrepreneur, Thanedar split a nine-person field in the Democratic primary in August, winning a slim victory in Detroit and expanding his vote margins Downriver.
Two other Black congressional candidates were running in this year's election, both Republicans: Businessman John James, running in a Macomb County-based House district, whose race had not yet been called as of 2 a.m. and John Gibbs, a former Housing and Urban Development official, who lost a bid for a west Michigan seat.
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Thanedar, Tlaib win US House seats representing Detroit
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Regional transit efforts got a big boost Tuesday as voters in Oakland County appeared to OK a countywide transit millage for the first time and votes in support of millages for transit service were leading during counting early Wednesday in neighboring Macomb and Wayne counties.
The vote in Oakland County — 330,938 in favor to 247,221 against, according to unofficial results, with almost 97% of precincts reporting just before 2:30 a.m. Wednesday — marks a dramatic shift in the conversation from earlier this year. The Auburn Hills City Council attempted to pull the city out of the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, a move later blocked by a judge.
Instead, metro Detroit, a region that has appeared at times hostile to the very concept of transit, is now set for the largest expansion of public transportation in decades.
In Oakland County, that means the system that allowed communities to opt out of SMART is no more. The county with a prominent role in the 2015 story of Detroit “Walking Man” James Robertson’s 21-mile round trip daily bus and walking commute will now be all in on transit, as has been the case in Macomb.
More:Some people think of cheese when they think of southeast Michigan's public transportation
That doesn’t mean the entire county is part of SMART. The millage that Oakland County voters approved replaces the SMART millage in communities that have been part of that system with one that will provide funding to SMART and several other transportation agencies. The money also is intended to expand and improve transit options throughout the county.
Oakland County hopes millage unlocks federal money
The 10-year, 0.95-mill measure — a slight reduction for those already supporting SMART — is expected to raise an estimated $66 million in its first year. It would direct $38 million toward current service, most of that to SMART, and more than $20 million toward new services and transit routes as well as $7 million toward capital improvements, according to a plan released earlier this year.
The millage would cost the owner of a home with a taxable value of $116,315, which is the average, about $110.50 annually or $9.21 per month, according to the county. The taxable value is typically less than the assessed value.
Advocates say the millage will help the county unlock federal funds for transit services and fill in many of the gaps in what has long been derided as a patchwork system. They argue that better transit will not only improve the lives of those who do not drive, either because they can’t or don’t want to, but it will also boost the area’s economic prospects.
Critics have blasted the effort as a money grab that will burden residents in more rural parts of the county with a new tax for services that they won’t see enough benefit from.
In Macomb and Wayne counties, the transit questions represented more of a status quo approach than what was on the ballot in Oakland, although that was not seen as a guarantee of passage.
More:Metro Detroit voters weigh transit question: Oakland could see big expansion
Early support in Macomb County
In Macomb County, where voters barely passed the SMART millage four years ago, yes votes were in the majority early Wednesday.
With 37% of 343 precincts reporting, the transit millage was passing with 63% of the vote in Macomb County.
Communities supporting the measure included Roseville and Mount Clemens in the lower and central parts of the county, which have Gratiot as a major SMART bus artery, as well as Bruce and Ray townships in the northern end of the county.
After opposition from some county commissioners nearly prevented a SMART millage question from appearing on the ballot this year, a revised measure, a slightly reduced rate of 0.95 for five years, was approved. It's expected to raise $31.1 million in the first year.
In Wayne County’s SMART opt-in communities, the four-year renewal is for just under 1 mill, 0.994. It’s expected to raise $20.2 million in the first year. The vote in favor was leading early Wednesday, 143,472 to 62,507 (70% to 30%), with 245 of 309 precincts reporting at about 2:30 a.m., according to the Wayne County clerk's election site.
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Oakland County appears set to OK transit tax, sparking big change
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Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Michigan voters approved an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution, according to unofficial election night results.
Proposal 3 establishes a "fundamental right to reproductive freedom" which includes − but is not limited to − the right to seek abortion. It also protects a right to contraception and infertility care, for instance.
As of 3:25 a.m. Wednesday, with an estimated 78% of the vote counted, 56% of Michigan voters approved of Proposal 3, while 44% voted against it, according to unofficial results compiled by the Associated Press.
Alyssa Tigue, a 34 year-old Ferndale voter, was one of many canvassers who gathered signatures to put abortion rights to a statewide vote in Michigan. "It's really important for people to have autonomy over their own body, and it's between a woman, their family and their doctor and not the government," she said outside her polling place at Ferndale High School Tuesday.
Proponents billed the amendment as necessary to prevent the enforcement of a 1931 state law criminalizing most abortions, including in cases of rape and incest. A judge suspended enforcement of that law in response to a lawsuit from Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer alleging the abortion ban violates the Michigan Constitution. "In an historic victory, Proposal 3’s successful passage makes Michigan the first state in the country to defeat a statewide abortion ban," Reproductive Freedom for All said in a statement.
Support for Proposal 3 comes after Michigan voters rejected two abortion-related ballot measures in previous decades.
In 1972, the year before the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing a national right to abortion, Michigan voters rejected a proposal to allow physicians to perform abortions up to 20 weeks gestation. In 1988, Michigan voters also rejected a ballot proposal to prohibit public funding for abortions obtained by those receiving public assistance unless necessary to save the life of the mother.
Legal experts have argued that Proposal 3 offers strong protections for the right to seek abortions in Michigan. The amendment prohibits regulations unless justified by "the limited purpose of protecting the health of an individual seeking care, consistent with clinical standards of practice and evidence-based medicine."
It opens the door to restricting abortions later in pregnancy when a health care professional deems a fetus viable, so long as lawmakers do not prohibit abortions necessary "to protect the life or physical or mental health of the pregnant individual."
Opponents have blasted the proposal as extreme, arguing it would repeal parental consent requirements for minors seeking abortions as well as health and safety regulations for abortion providers. Legal experts have disputed those claims. To be sure, the next Michigan Supreme Court will likely decide some legal questions over how the amendment is implemented.
Reproductive Freedom for All filed a record number of signatures to qualify for a statewide vote, but encountered a dramatic path to the ballot.
The state's elections panel initially deadlocked along partisan lines on certifying the proposal over allegations leveled by opponents of the amendment that the text of the amendment circulated to collect signatures didn't contain enough spacing between words. But the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the panel to approve the measure for a vote.
County canvassing boards must review and sign off on the election results by Nov. 22. The Board of State Canvassers is scheduled to meet Nov. 28 to certify the results, including the outcome of the Proposal 3 vote.
Staff writer Emma Stein contributed to this report
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Proposal 3: Michigan voters approve abortion rights measure
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Unofficial election results show Michigan voters adopted a ballot proposal to modify term limits for state legislators and require them, the governor and others holding top elected offices in the state to disclose some information about their finances that could reveal potential conflicts of interest.
As of 3:23 a.m. with an estimated 71% of the vote in, 65% of voters in the Nov. 8 election backed Proposal 1 while 35% voted against it, according to an unofficial tally compiled the by Associated Press.
Michigan is currently only one of two states that don't require lawmakers to disclose their finances and has the strictest term limits in the nation.
While Proposal 1 reduces the total amount of time state lawmakers can serve in the state Legislature from 14 to 12 years, it allows them to serve all 12 years in either the state House or the state Senate.
Proposal 1 changes the current term limits approved by Michigan voters in 1992. It doubles the number of terms lawmakers in the Michigan House of Representatives can serve from three two-year terms to six two-year terms. Lawmakers in the Michigan Senate can currently serve two four-year terms, but under Proposal 1, they can serve an additional four-year term.
More:Michigan US House race results: Haley Stevens, Lisa McClain cruise to victories
Proponents of Proposal 1 argued it would allow lawmakers to deepen their legislative experience, particularly in the state House.
"It's sort of an endless merry-go-round now with people moving from one office to another," said Rich Studley, the former president and CEO of the Michigan Chamber of Commerce who served as one of the co-chairs for Voters for Transparency and Term Limits, the group behind the amendment. Other prominent backers of the proposal include Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, former GOP Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger and former Michigan AFL-CIO President Mark Gaffney.
Starting in 2024, Proposal 1 requires the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general and state legislators to file an annual financial disclosure report.
The report must include a description of assets and liabilities, sources of earned income, positions held outside of state government and agreements regarding future employment among other requirements.
The constitutional amendment requires the state Legislature to implement the disclosure provisions and allows any Michigan resident to initiate a legal challenge against the state Legislature and the governor if legislation is not enacted by Dec. 31, 2023.
Opponents of Proposal 1 had argued that the financial disclosure requirements don't go far enough. The amendment lawmakers approved for a statewide vote weakened the financial disclosure requirements offered in the original ballot proposal from those championing the idea.
The constitutional amendment was the only one placed on the ballot by state lawmakers. The other proposals up for a statewide vote in the midterm election — voting and abortion rights measures — landed a spot on the ballot after organizers collected hundreds of thousands of voter signatures.
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Incumbent Michigan Supreme Court justices Richard Bernstein and Brian Zahra are projected to retain their seats on the state's high court. The outcome means Democratic-nominated justices retain a 4-3 majority on the seven-member court.
The Associated Press called the race in favor of Bernstein, nominated by the Democrats, and Zahra, nominated by the Republicans, early Wednesday morning.
The two winners of Tuesday’s race will serve eight-year terms on the bench, beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
Democrats also nominated state Rep. Kyra Harris Bolden, while Republicans backed Zahra and private attorney Paul Hudson, although the Supreme Court race is technically a nonpartisan contest. For each Michigan Supreme Court seat, the major political parties nominate a candidate in a mechanism that’s designed to ensure qualified candidates make the ballot, although some in Michigan have called for reform of the nominating process.
Zahra, first appointed to the court by former Gov. Rick Snyder in 2011, won a partial term on the court the following year and then a full eight-year term in 2014.
First elected in 2014, alongside Zahra, Bernstein is the first and only blind justice to serve on the court. Bernstein's name is synonymous with the Sam Bernstein Law Firm operated by his family.
The Michigan Supreme Court is the state’s highest judicial body. In 2022, the court has weighed in on several key issues in Michigan:
It ruled that proposals concerning abortion access and voting rights must appear on the ballot in the midterm election after the Board of State Canvassers gridlocked along partisan lines on certifying them.
Denied pleas from Republican governor hopefuls who wanted to appear on the August primary ballot despite not turning in enough valid petition signatures.
Determined that state prosecutors erred in having a circuit judge act as a one-man grand jury to indict former state and city officials for their roles in the Flint water crisis. The cases have since been dismissed, although state officials plan to bring new charges.
And the court could still weigh in on another poignant issue being debated in Michigan right now including — the constitutionality of the state's 1931 law banning most abortions. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked the court to weigh in on the law, and a separate lawsuit that resulted in an injunction against the law is likely to be appealed and could end up at the Michigan Supreme Court as well.
Voters did also approve Proposal 3, which enshrines abortion rights in the constitution, on Tuesday.
Earlier this year, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack announced her decision to resign early from her term on the bench. She's formally planning to leave sometime after Nov. 22, at which point Whitmer can appoint someone to replace her and maintain the Democrat's majority control of the court.
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2022-11-09T09:19:52Z
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Michigan Supreme Court results: Incumbents returned to bench
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/michigan-supreme-court-results-election-2022/69627592007/
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/michigan-supreme-court-results-election-2022/69627592007/
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All of the results from Michigan's 13 U.S. House races weren't final Wednesday morning, but it appeared that Democrats, while unlikely to keep control of the chamber, were poised to at least hold a majority in the state's delegation to Congress.
Key to that likelihood were victories in two races that were considered tossups in the 3rd Congressional District in west Michigan and the 7th Congressional District in mid-Michigan and anchored in Lansing.
Grand Rapids lawyer Hillary Scholten, in her second run for Congress, defeated John Gibbs in the 3rd District, holding a 53%-44% edge with 77% of the vote counted in unofficial results. Meanwhile, in the 7th District, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Lansing, fended off a tough challenge by state Sen. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, to win her third two-year term. With 93% of the vote counted, Slotkin had a 51%-47% lead and Barrett conceded the race early Wednesday morning.
Two other races − in the 8th District, located in the crook of Michigan's Thumb, between U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, and Republican former TV anchor Paul Junge, and in the 10th District, based in southern Macomb County, between Republican businessman John James and Democratic former Judge Carl Marlinga − remained too close or too early in the count to call.
But given Kildee's 51%-45% edge over Junge with 78% of the vote in, Democrats appeared likely to take the majority in the state's 13-member U.S. House delegation regardless of what happened in the James-Marlinga race.
Michigan Democrats got their first congressional victory of the night relatively early, with the Associated Press calling the race in the new 11th District in Oakland County for U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Birmingham, shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. As of Wednesday morning with 93% of the vote in, she led Republican veteran and financial analyst Mark Ambrose 61%-39%.
As expected, Democrats then went on to notch a series of wins in districts where they were solidly favored, per unofficial results:
In the 6th District, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, beat Republican nominee and former auto show product specialist Whittney Williams, holding a 64%-36% lead with 86% of the vote in.
In the 12th District, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, beat Republican tattoo artist and laser specialist Steven Elliott 74%-23% with 66% of the vote in.
In the 13th District, state Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Detroit, beat Republican Martell Bivings, a former liaison with the Detroit Economic Growth Corp., 72%-23% with 73% of the vote in.
If Kildee holds on, that means Democrats would control seven of the 13 seats. Come back to www.freep.com for updated results.
Meanwhile, Republicans won all the seats they had been expected to take easily, with one − the race in the 10th District based largely in Macomb County, where James was favored to win − still in play. As of 5 a.m., James had a 53%-45% lead on Marlinga, but only 47% of the vote was in as Macomb results came in extraordinarily slowly.
Here's what happened in the races where Republicans won U.S. House seats, per unofficial results compiled by the Associated Press:
About 11:15 p.m., Republicans got their first win with the AP calling the race in the new Michigan 9th District in the Thumb and northern Macomb and Oakland counties for U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Bruce Township. With about 96% of the vote counted, she led lawyer Brian Jaye 64%-33%.
U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, in the new 1st District on the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, beat Democratic Dr. Bob Lorinser, with a 60%-38% edge with 99% of the vote in.
U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Midland, in the new 2nd District in mid-Michigan, beat Democratic educator Jerry Hilliard, holding 64%-34% margin with 92% of the vote in.
U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Holland Township, in the new 4th District in west Michigan, beat Democratic nominee and Marine veteran Joseph Alfonso, leading 57%-40% with 92% of the vote in.
U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, in the new 5th District along the southern Michigan border, beat lawyer Bart Goldberg, holding a 63%-35% margin with 90% of the vote in.
Michigan saw its U.S. House representation decrease following the 2020 Census from 14 seats to 13. At present, the delegation is split 7-7 on a partisan basis.
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2022-11-09T11:30:25Z
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Democrats likely to take most of Michigan's US House seats
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/michigan-us-house-races-election-2022/69632661007/
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/michigan-us-house-races-election-2022/69632661007/
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James, Marlinga wait for winner to be declared for Macomb-based US House seat
The campaigning at last finished, Republican businessman John James and Democratic former judge and prosecutor Carl Marlinga settled in Tuesday night to see which of them would finally get a ticket to Congress.
By Wednesday morning, they were still waiting.
With results out of Macomb County having trickled to nothing for hours, at 5 a.m. James held a clear and significant margin over Marlinga of 51%-46% with 99% of the vote tallied. The Associated Press still hadn't called the race, however.
The race was one of the marquee matchups in Michigan this year, with Republicans counting on James' perceived strengths as a candidate to help add to their margins nationally as they sought to regain control of the U.S. House in the coming Congress.
Both had run for seats in Washington two times before — James, losing two closer-than-expected outcomes in U.S. Senate campaigns in 2018 and 2020; Marlinga, failing in a bid for the Senate in 1994 and another for the U.S. House in 2002.
They were running in the newly created 10th Congressional District, which includes much of southern Macomb County and a sliver of eastern Oakland County. Taken together, the district has been slightly more Democratic leaning over the last decade but has been trending more Republican — former President Donald Trump won within its boundaries twice.
Certainly, James, a former Army helicopter pilot, has raised his political profile enormously over the last two election cycles, even though he lost both of his Senate campaigns within the confines of this district — the last against Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Gary Peters by less than one percentage point. He also has been a prolific fundraiser, enjoys widespread institutional Republican support and has honed his political chops.
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2022-11-09T11:56:41Z
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John James, Carl Marlinga wait for results in US House race
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/john-james-carl-marlinga-us-house-race-election-result/69627512007/
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Michiganders woke up to a state in which voters decided to enshrine reproductive rights, early voting and financial disclosures on behalf of certain elected officials into the state constitution. Voters in Oakland County came out to support transit. And a few key races, including Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Michigan's 10th Congressional District in Macomb County have not yet been called. Meanwhile, voters in the Grand Rapids area voted for Democratic congressional representation for the first time since the 1970s.
We're following results and other post-Election Day political news across metro Detroit and around the state, so keep your eyes here and refresh for new updates.
Election Day highlights: Record turnout expected; Feds monitor 5 Michigan cities; see what drove people to vote.
Proposal 2:Michigan voters OK early voting measure
Proposal 3:Voters in Michigan embrace abortion rights amendment
Michigan's US House races: Stevens, Dingell, McClain cruise to victory
All three statewide constitutional amendments pass
Michigan voters made three amendments to the state constitution, adding early voting, reproductive rights and an amendment that would require financial disclosures from some elected officials and modify legislative term limits. Here's what each approved proposal would do:
Proposal 1: Reduces the total number of years state lawmakers can spend in Lansing while increasing the time they can serve in one chamber. It would also create new financial disclosure requirements for the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general and state legislators.
Proposal 2: Establishes early voting in Michigan, expands access to absentee voting and codifies current voter ID rules in the Michigan Constitution.
Proposal 3: Establishes a "fundamental right to reproductive freedom," which includes — but is not limited to — the right to seek abortion. It also protects a right to contraception and infertility care.
- Clara Hendrickson
Whitmer beats Dixon to win second term
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer defeated Republican challenger Tudor Dixon in a hard-fought battle for a second four-year term. Whitmer, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II and their families came on stage at the Democratic party at Motor City Casino in Detroit at about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, not long before the Associated Press declared her the winner, and stopped just short of declaring victory in the gubernatorial race. Whitmer said she would hold a news conference Wednesday morning, shown below courtesy of wxyz.com. Fox News was first to call the race for Whitmer Tuesday night, and President Joe Biden called Whitmer to congratulate her. Read more about this race.
- Paul Egan
Transit leads across metro Detroit
Regional transit efforts got a big boost Tuesday as voters in Oakland County appeared to OK a countywide transit millage for the first time and votes in support of millages for transit service were leading during counting early Wednesday in neighboring Macomb and Wayne counties. The vote in Oakland County marks a dramatic shift in the conversation from earlier this year, when Auburn Hills attempted to pull the city out of the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, a move later blocked by a judge. Instead, metro Detroit, a region that has appeared at times hostile to the very concept of transit, is now set for the largest expansion of public transportation in decades. Read the full story on transit measures in metro Detroit.
- Eric D. Lawrence and Christina Hall
Elissa Slotkin narrowly beats Tom Barrett mid-Michigan congressional seat
In what was expected to be one of the most expensive U.S. House races in the country, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Lansing, on Wednesday morning defeated state Sen. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, in a hard-fought race for a newly drawn mid-Michigan district. Around 3:30 a.m., Slotkin said she had received a call from Barrett conceding the race. The victory improves the likelihood that Democrats will hold a slim majority in the state's now 13-member delegation to the U.S. House. Read more about the race
- Todd Spangler
Grand Rapids U.S. House seat goes to a Democrat
Scholten, a former Department of Justice attorney, will be the first Democrat to represent the greater-Grand Rapids area since Gerald R. Ford was in the White House in the 1970s. It’s been even longer since a woman has represented any part of Michigan’s western half — Ruth Thompson represented part of Muskegon in the 1950s. Read more about the 3rd Congressional race.
- Arpan Lobo
Voters return Michigan Supreme Court incumbents returned to the bench
Incumbent Michigan Supreme Court justices Richard Bernstein and Brian Zahra are projected to retain their seats on the state's high court. The outcome means Democratic-nominated justices retain a 4-3 majority on the seven-member court. The two winners of Tuesday’s race will serve eight-year terms on the bench, beginning Jan. 1, 2023. Read more about this race here.
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2022-11-09T13:32:34Z
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How the race for governor unfolded overnight in Michigan.
Votes for Michigan's 2022 election show Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who won re-election, leading Republican challenger Tudor Dixon all the way Tuesday and the gap widening overnight. The Associated Press called the race for Whitmer at about 1:20 a.m. Wednesday.
At 5:35 a.m., Whitmer had 2,221,539 million votes compared to 1,879,626 million for Dixon, with 87% of Michigan precincts reporting.
More:Tudor Dixon concedes race for Michigan governor to Gretchen Whitmer
Two Michigan U.S. House races too close or too few votes to call
Two of Michigan's congressional races — the 8th and 10th districts — have too few results or are too close to call at 3:59 a.m. and 5:14 a.m., respectively.
Republican John James has the lead over Democrat Carl Marlinga for U.S. representative in the 10th Congressional District with 95% of precincts reporting. The district includes southern Macomb County and Oakland County communities like Rochester and Rochester Hills.
In the 8th Congressional District, Republican challenger Paul Junge is trailing U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, with 76% of precincts reporting. Voters from Flint, Saginaw and Midland are part of the new district's boundaries.
Michigan lost one congressional seat after the 2020 Census; congressional districts must be redrawn at least once every 10 years as the population changes. If current patterns hold for the remaining districts, Democrats are poised to outnumber Republicans in Michigan's delegation to Congress — 7 to 6.
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2022-11-09T15:17:23Z
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Michigan vote totals in 2022 midterm election
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A dozen municipalities in metro Detroit had marijuana proposals on their ballots Tuesday, the majority of which were approved by voters, paving the way to allow cannabis businesses within their communities.
Municipalities such as Chesterfield Township, Auburn Hills and Belleville join the hundreds of communities across Michigan that now allow marijuana establishments — such as retailers, growers and processors, among other types of businesses.
Prior to Tuesday's election, 165 communities across Michigan had opted into allowing medical facilities in their communities. Recreational cannabis businesses are allowed in 126 communities in the state.
Meanwhile, more than 1,300 communities have opted out of allowing recreational marijuana businesses as of the end of September, before the election, according to the most recent data available from Michigan's Cannabis Regulatory Agency.
While recreational marijuana was legalized in Michigan in 2018, each town has to determine whether it wants to allow and regulate or prohibit marijuana businesses.
Here's what happened in the metro Detroit communities that had marijuana proposals on the ballot:
Voters said no to an ordinance that would have completely prohibited recreational cannabis businesses in their community, which is on the border of Macomb and St. Clair counties. There's one dispensary currently operating in Memphis called Proper Leaf Cannabis Co.
Voters approved an ordinance that will provide for the number of marijuana establishments allowed within the municipality. It's unclear what that number is.
Voters said no to a proposal that would have allowed two medical marijuana dispensaries to open in the community.
Voters approved an ordinance that requires the city to approve at least four recreational marijuana establishments to operate in the community.
Residents voted to end the city’s prohibition of medical marijuana facilities, and to create a medical marijuana department within the city that will be responsible for overseeing the local regulatory structure for such facilities.
No votes on a proposal that would allow one marijuana retailer in the township, while maintaining the prohibition on all other marijuana establishments, lead yes votes as of 9 a.m. with 83% of votes tallied.
Voters approved an ordinance that says it will repeal the township's prohibition of marijuana establishments and assist patients in need of medical marijuana for conditions such as epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and others. The ordinance didn't specify if the township will only allow medical marijuana businesses.
Voters said yes to a proposal to allow one recreational marijuana establishment, with no zoning restrictions.
Voters approved an amendment to the city charter that will prohibit all cannabis establishments within the city.
Residents said no to a proposal that would have authorized one marijuana retailer and maintained the prohibition on all other marijuana establishments.
Voters approved an amendment that allows up to two marijuana retailers, one processor, five growers, two medical marijuana dispensaries and two designated consumption lounges.
Voters said yes to an ordinance that repeals the ban on "recreational marihuana" establishments and adopts an ordinance to allow certain recreational marijuana establishments but limits them to the city’s industrial districts.
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2022-11-09T15:17:35Z
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Michigan marijuana ballot proposals: Metro Detroit election results
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Michigan voters reelected incumbent Democratic Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to serve a second term.
As of 9:53 a.m. with an estimated 87% of the vote counted, Benson received 55% of votes cast while her Republican challenger Kristina Karamo garnered 42% of the vote, according to unofficial results compiled by the Associated Press, which called the race for Benson.
Michigan was one of several battleground states where election officials, courts and lawmakers fended off efforts by allies of former President Donald Trump including Karamo to overturn the election results in 2020. Benson has vigorously defended the administration of the last presidential election and cast her own reelection campaign against Karamo as a battle to uphold American democracy.
"I am honored to have the opportunity to serve you for another four years," Benson said when she took the stage at a Democratic party at Motor City Casino in Detroit late Tuesday night. She said voters rejected conspiracy theories for truth in a speech delivered before the Associated Press called the race. "We came together as Americans and Michiganders to stand for the basic ideals of our country," and "we will not back down" when faced with lies, she said. "The will of the people is on our side."
Benson was first elected as secretary of state in 2018, the same year that Michigan voters adopted a constitutional amendment allowing voter registration on Election Day and all voters to cast absentee ballots. Her office helped implement those changes and drew the ire of Trump and his allies when Benson mailed absentee ballot applications in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Karamo was one of several Trump-backed secretary of state candidates vying to serve as top election officials in swing states the former president lost in 2020. Karamo has falsely claimed that the last election was stolen and joined legal efforts to thwart the will of voters and overturn the results in Michigan and other states.
In the days leading up to the election, Benson blasted a legal bid by Karamo that initially asked a court to declare tens of thousands of Detroit absentee ballots invalid. Wayne County Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny dismissed the lawsuit, writing in a blistering opinion that those who brought it "failed... to produce any shred of evidence" and wrote that the harm it posed to voters was "not only unprecedented, it is intolerable."
On Tuesday, Karamo seized on an isolated clerical error in Detroit to allege fraud had occurred. On his own social media account, Trump amplified the unfounded claim about Detroit's absentee voting, prompting a tweet from Benson urging the former president not to "spread lies to foment or encourage political violence in our state." Karamo also leveled without evidence allegations of election fraud and misconduct elsewhere in Michigan, including in Ann Arbor and Oakland County.
Benson said the misinformation was emblematic of bad actors working to undermine faith in elections by seizing upon "traditionally mundane and harmless issues" that arise while administering elections.
"And I think voters just need to see that for what it is and to recognize that that’s a political strategy," she said during a news briefing after the polls closed in Michigan. "It's not a reflection in any way about the lack of security of the system or any actual problems with the elections themselves."
The Free Press was blocked from covering an election night event put on by the Michigan Conservative Coalition Karamo was expected to attend. The organization initially credentialed the Free Press but revoked it after GOP attorney general candidate Matt DePerno's campaign took issue with an editorial. The Free Press editorial page operates independently of its news coverage.
Ahead of the midterm election, Karamo trailed Benson in the polls, fundraising and name recognition.
While on the campaign trail, Karamo solicited support for her secretary of state bid on a panel hosted by a self-described Catholic digital media outfit deemed an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, held a news briefing with election conspiracist Patrick Colbeck and made multiple appearances at Trump rallies at which the former president continued to lie about his loss in 2020. Karamo, a self-described Christian apologist, called politics "just another arena to fight out of the spiritual battle that we are in all the time" during one episode of her podcast.
"You cannot bring religion into everything," said Alicia Smith, a 35-year-old Detroit voter, of Karamo. "If you're running for a public office, you have to be unbiased. I mean you to think of not only of yourself but for the collective."
Karamo railed against Benson's actions in office while leaving her own vision for what she would do if elected unclear, including on actions she might take to review the 2020 election or whether she would join Republican calls to hand count ballots in elections instead of relying on voting machines.
Michigan is home to the nation's most decentralized election system. The secretary of state plays a supervisory role overseeing more than 1,500 local clerks who administer elections. In Michigan, the Secretary of State's Office also manages branch offices that issue driver's licenses and handle vehicle registrations and tag renewals. Benson encountered bipartisan pushback following her decision to move to an appointment-only system. She says the change has significantly reduced wait times and those without appointments are able to be seen within 24 hours if they walk-in seeking services.
"I feel just overall Jocelyn Benson has done an excellent job," said Smith, who highlighted services at branch offices she said have become more convenient.
The next secretary of state will serve a four-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2023. The Michigan Constitution limits those serving in the office to two terms.
Staff writer Paul Egan contributed to this report
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2022-11-09T16:53:24Z
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Jocelyn Benson wins 2022 Michigan Secretary of State race
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The Detroit Tigers dodged a bullet.
Right-hander Matt Manning, currently on the 60-day injured list, is "symptom-free" after being shut down in late September with a right forearm strain, the team announced Tuesday. He was scheduled to visit Dr. Keith Meister in Dallas for further evaluation following the regular season.
Manning, 24, is performing his normal offseason routine.
MORE ON MANNING:Tigers' Matt Manning wants to 'get my body right' for 2023. What that means for his pitches
A healthy Manning, the No. 9 overall pick in 2016, is a critical for the Tigers in 2023, as the Opening Day starting rotation will be without right-hander Casey Mize and left-hander Tarik Skubal. Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez, the best pitcher in the rotation, finished last season healthy despite a lengthy mid-season absence while on the restricted list.
As for the supporting cast, right-handers Spencer Turnbull (right elbow strain), Alex Faedo (right hip injury) and Beau Brieske (right forearm soreness) will be ready for spring training in February.
Turnbull, who underwent Tommy John surgery in July 2021 after throwing a no-hitter, and Brieske are both "symptom-free" and performing their normal offseason throwing progressions. Turnbull has a guaranteed contract for 2023, set at $2.15 million.
Faedo started 12 games for the Tigers last season before a hip injury in mid-July derailed his first season in the big leagues. By late July, the 2017 No. 18 overall pick had season-ending surgery. He is currently focused on range of motion, strength and balance.
The Tigers expect Faedo to start his throwing progression in mid-November.
Here are other medical updates for players on the injured list, according to the club:
• Right-handed reliever Kyle Funkhouser (right shoulder sprain) hasn't pitched since 2021 and underwent shoulder surgery in July 2022. He is still in the pre-throwing phase of his rehabilitation program. On Nov. 18, the Tigers must decide whether or not to tender him a contract for 2023.
• Right-handed pitcher Rony García (right shoulder soreness) is performing his normal offseason throwing progression.
• Left-handed reliever Sean Guenther (left elbow ulnar collateral ligament injury), claimed off waivers from the Miami Marlins on Nov. 2, is throwing up to 75 feet and is expected to pitch off the mound at the end of spring training. He underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2022.
• Right-handed reliever Joe Jiménez (right lumbar spine strain) is expected to be ready for the start of spring training. For now, he is working on gaining stability in his lumbar spine and strengthening control of his core. On Nov. 18, the Tigers must decide whether or not to tender him a contract for 2023.
• Right-handed starter Casey Mize (right elbow sprain) is working on maintaining full range of motion and is progressing into the strength phase of his rehabilitation. The 2018 No. 1 overall pick underwent Tommy John surgery in June 2022 and is likely to miss the entire 2023 season.
• Left-handed starter Tarik Skubal (left elbow flexor muscle repair) had flexor tendon surgery in August 2022. He is currently focused on forearm and grip strength without restriction. If all goes as planned, Skubal should return to the Tigers at some point in 2023.
• Outfielder Kerry Carpenter (left lumbar spine strain) will start his normal offseason hitting progression in December.
• Utility player Willi Castro (left hamstring strain) is performing his normal offseason program. On Nov. 18, the Tigers must decide whether or not to tender him a contract for 2023.
• Outfielder Austin Meadows (bilateral Achilles strains) is performing his normal offseason program. On Nov. 18, the Tigers must decide whether or not to tender him a contract for 2023.
• Catcher Jake Rogers (right elbow sprain) has started a throwing progression and is throwing up to 60 feet. He underwent Tommy John surgery in September 2021.
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2022-11-09T16:53:27Z
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Detroit Tigers injury updates for Matt Manning, 13 others
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To say this is a hectic time for The Parade Company President and CEO Tony Michaels is an understatement. And that’s exactly how he likes it.
He and his team kicked off the holiday season — their busiest time of the year — with their annual pancake breakfast presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on Nov. 4 at their studio on Detroit's east side.
Hundreds of CEOs, sports figures and leaders like Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, BCBSM’s Dan Loepp, Huntington’s Sandy Pierce and Steven Steinour, PNC’s Mike Bickers, Ford Fund's Mary Culler, General Motor's Terry Rhadigan and Lori Wingerter showed up to view some of the new floats that will make their debut at the parade. The celebs also took turns flipping flapjacks as part of the festivities.
At the same time, Michaels and his team are wrapping up preparations for the Hob Nobble Gobble presented by Ford — an annual evening event set for Nov. 18 at Ford Field. Produced by The Parade Company, the event includes food, a carnival and live entertainment that will feature rapper Lil Jon. The ticketed event — which helps raise money for the Parade Company to underwrite other events — has been sold out for a few weeks. Over 2,000 people will attend.
Then there’s the granddaddy of them all — America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White — which takes place in two weeks. It’s the 96th running of the iconic parade, which this year has the theme “Our Great City! Detroit!”
Hundreds of thousands of people will line the streets of Detroit to see Santa Claus in the parade, as well as 26 cool floats, giant papier-mache heads depicting Detroit personalities, giant balloons, clowns, marching bands and much more. Former University of Michigan basketball star and ESPN analyst Jalen Rose and the Rev. Wendell Anthony are serving as grand marshals.
And on that same day, they are staging the 40th Annual Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3) Turkey Trot held before the parade along Woodward Avenue and other streets. Thousands will participate and registration is open at theparade.org.
Michaels and a team of 17 employees and 20 freelance artists are working overtime to finish nine new floats being created for corporate sponsors for the upcoming parade.
“That’s a record for us,” he said, explaining it typically takes from four to six months. Michaels is positive his team will get it all done in time for the the parade, which will be broadcast on WDIV, Channel 4, and WOMC-AM radio, plus a pre-show with Paul W. Smith on WJR-AM will be taped there from 6-9 a.m. The parade is syndicated and airs in 185 television markets across America.
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“There’s an amazing energy in our parade studio as our team prepares for one of our biggest years yet, and we are grateful to our partners who are helping to make it all possible,” Michaels said.
For Michaels, it’s a juggling act. Keeping his constituencies happy — from corporate sponsors, to attendees of events, to the volunteers who help with these events by the thousands, to Mayor Mike Duggan and city of Detroit, Police Chief James White and Detroit Police Department, which are part of it all as they are major community gatherings — is Job One to him.
He told me he learned much about juggling and paying attention to detail by watching racing and business icon Roger Penske in action years ago when Michaels worked for Elias Brothers — which had a concession contract at Penske’s Michigan International Speedway and other venues.
“He didn’t know me at that time, when I was young, but I learned by watching him,” he said.
The Parade Company also produces the annual Ford Fireworks in June on the Detroit riverfront in another marquee event attended by hundreds of thousands.
Michaels has run the Parade Company for 13 years. Some people might grow weary of the pressure of doing things bigger and better each year. But not Michaels. He loves the challenge and excitement of making sure the parade, fireworks, and other things are bigger each time.
He’s also having success with his sponsors. Gardner White just signed a new contract to be presenting sponsor of the parade through 2031. Rocket Mortgage signed a new contract to be the exclusive mortgage category sponsor of all their events.
“And Ford reupped their contract too for another three years (fireworks and parade float sponsorship,” he added.
And why not, as their events define the very best of the Motor City and the state of Michigan.
“Everything we do brings people together, all races, families, standing shoulder to shoulder and smiling. It’s amazing to see the power these events have as we bring people together to have fun,” he said.
He’s envisioning bigger things including moving into new headquarters at the Broadhead Armory on the Detroit River. He needs $45 million to do it (he’s raised $10 million so far).
“The new home will be a Detroit landmark serving kids, families and the entire community while becoming a tourist attraction for people from around the country and locally,” he said. He hopes to have it completed in three years.
“It’s time," he said. "This building has outlived its usefulness."
That, too, might be an understatement. I attended last Friday’s pancakes event and wondered how coffee droplets from my coffee cup kept ending up on my jacket, or so I thought. I heard someone else say the same thing until we both realized it was water droplets from the ceiling above leaking on us.
Michaels is already envisioning the ribbon cutting with the governor, mayor and 2,000 Detroit Public Schools Community District students all there to see it.
Goodfellow award for a good fellow
For his efforts , Michaels just received the 2022 Edward H. McNamara Goodfellow of the Year Award given by the Goodfellows of Detroit on Oct. 21.
“Leading significant Detroit events, Tony has produced smiles, love and good memories while also creating a positive economic impact for the city and community,” Beth Conley, president of the Detroit Goodfellows, said. “He is all about making the city better and kids happy.”
During his Goodfellows speech at Huntington Place, Michaels thanked what seemed like everyone in the room but didn’t mention much about himself. I asked about that.
“There are so many wonderful people who have received this award, I was so honored,” he said. “But this has never been about me. This award is about celebrating people who make other people’s lives a little bit better.”
He added his team includes his board of directors and chairman, Bob Riney, CEO of Henry Ford Health. “And I can’t say enough about our volunteers. They are there when we need them.”
I asked what he and his team will do after the 96th parade is in the history books.
“Well, we’ll gather the Tuesday after the holiday weekend, and start planning for next year!” he said.
Vote for Detroit's Thanksgiving parade
America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White has been nominated by USA TODAY as one of the 10 Best Holiday Parades in America. The public is being invited to vote for Detroit’s iconic Thanksgiving Parade as No. 1 in the 2022 USA TODAY poll.
“It is an honor to bring this amazing tradition to our community and millions around America and invite everyone to join us Thanksgiving morning,” Michaels said about the nomination.
The public can vote online through Dec. 5 at www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-holiday-parade-2022/leaderboard/
Contact Carol Cain: 248-355-7126 or clcain@cbs.com. She is senior producer/host of “Michigan Matters,” which airs 8 a.m. Sundays on CBS Detroit. See Bryan Barnett, Denise Ilitch, Coleman Young II, John McCandless and Marilyn Britten on this Sunday’s show.
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An lakefront house designed by a renowned architect and owned by former Detroit Piston Kelly Olynyk is for sale at $3.5 million.
Olynyk signed a 3-year deal with the Pistons in 2021 and purchased the home September of 2021. He was traded to the Utah Jazz in September.
“Kelly had a sudden trade,” said co-listing agent Jill Laskey of The Agency Hall & Hunter in Birmingham, which has also helped other Pistons players with real estate.
The house at 3897 Lakeland Lane in Bloomfield Township was listed Oct. 19.
The classic contemporary house was designed by world-famous Birmingham architect Irving Tobocman, who was killed in a car crash in Bloomfield Township in 2017.
Related:World-famous architect Irving Tobocman, 84, killed in Bloomfield Twp. car crash
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The home has Tobocman's signature markings — flat roof, floor-to-ceiling windows, lots of skylights and a seamless transition from outdoors to indoors.
“He designed over 400 buildings in California, New York, Texas, Florida, Canada, India and other places. He was truly a giant in his field,” Tobocman's daughter Susan Tobocman told the Free Press in 2017.
Built in 1977, the home was completely remodeled in 2020 without changing Tobocman’s trademark spaces.
Outdoor light pours into rooms from window walls and skylights in this four-bedroom, four-bath home that has 5,191-square-feet of living space overlooking Island Lake.
The property has a circular driveway, a garage with opaque glass garage doors attached to the left of the house and a front entrance that sets back into the building with dark stones and horizontal cedar planks that emphasize the path into the house.
Inside, there are six panels of skylight over the huge white foyer, custom matte Italian porcelain floors through the main rooms and wall sculptures that lead to a 50-foot-wide great room with tall, original wood ceilings. A full wall of windows in the back of the house offers a smooth indoor-outdoor transition.
The kitchen, designed by Seattle’s Val Design Studio, has a wood plank eating counter with rough-hewn edges, burled wood backsplash, black lacquered cabinets, a black marble island, built-in pantry and a full nano-wall that folds open, leading to rear patios, a room-sized, metal-roof pergola with remote-controlled horizontal slats that open and close.
The main level, built for one-floor living, has a wing with two en-suite bedrooms, one of which is the primary suite with a fireplace, a bathroom with an explosion of white marble with black veins, a two-person shower, an 8-foot skylight that pours in light and custom Italian closets with built-ins.
There’s also a powder room with faux alligator walls and a laundry room on the main level.
The second level has two more en-suite bedrooms and an extra room.
Renovations also include a large boat dock on the lake.
“He didn't buy this thinking he was moving," Laskey said.
All furniture and art contents are included in the sale.
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Michigan inmate gets 28 years in death of fellow inmate
An inmate at a federal detention center in Michigan has been sentenced to 28 additional years in prison in the killing of a fellow inmate convicted of leading a child pornography ring.
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Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February and was sentenced to 292 months in prison for his role in the killing at the prison about 50 miles southwest of Detroit.
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Detroit City Council on Wednesday approved a collective bargaining agreement that will immediately increase the starting salaries of its police officers by $10,000.
The five-year contract between the city, the Detroit Police Officers Association and the Detroit Police Lieutenants and Sergeants Association has been described as a historic, landmark agreement by city, police, and union officials who hope competitive salaries will help stem the tide of officers flocking to departments in suburbs offering higher pay.
City council also approved on Wednesday the $22.6 million in spending needed to support the pay raises for its officers. In late September, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced that the raises will be funded by a "dramatic increase" in income tax revenue.
In February, a Detroit Revenue Estimating Conference report estimated that the city could expect $316 million in income tax revenue in the fiscal year 2023. Then in September, the Revenue Estimating Conference "raised its estimates by nearly $40 million per year over the next 5 years," John Roach, a spokesperson for the city, said in a September news release.
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"Today is not only a great day for Detroit police officers but it is a great day for all of us for whom they risk their lives, day in and day out, trying to protect," Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield said in a statement. "The pay increases and new contract is long overdue, and I am proud to have stood up for the men and women in blue who represent some of Detroit's finest public servants,"
According to the agreement, the starting salary for a police officer will jump from $43,000 a year to $53,000. Those with more than four years of experience will have their salaries increased from $60,000 a year to $73,000. The salaries of detectives will increase by $11,000, sergeants will get an average boost of $10,000 and lieutenants will see an average raise of $11,000.
Officers will then receive an annual salary increase of 4% over the next four years.
More:Detroit police officers would get $10K raises under new tentative contract agreement
Prior to Detroit filing for bankruptcy in 2013, the starting salary of police officers was about $29,000, according to the city.
The new agreement also includes provisions that allow for lateral transfers — meaning the salaries of officers who transfer to the Detroit Police Department will reflect their amount of experience. Additionally, the agreement allows for academy training on a scholarship basis and also allows the city to recover money spent on officers who train at the academy, but leave to work at other departments.
Sheffield said the new contract puts the Detroit Police Department "on more solid ground with respect to our ability to recruit, train and retain officers."
"In addition, it will go a long way to improving morale amongst the officers and ultimately, I hope, result in safer communities," she said.
Duggan said in late September that there were 300 vacancies in the police department. Between August and September, he said 72 officers left, the majority of them joining other departments in the suburbs.
As of Oct. 31, the Detroit Police Department received 13 letters from officers who previously left the department and are asking to come back through the lateral transfer program, Steve Watson, the city's deputy CFO and budget director, wrote in a response to questions from the city's executive policy manager.
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All four recruits for the 2023 class — Xavier Booker, Coen Carr, Jeremy Fears and Gehrig Normand — submitted their national letters of intent on Wednesday, giving Izzo perhaps one of his best signing classes in 28 seasons as the Spartans’ head coach.
The class is No. 3 nationally according to 247Sports Composite rankings, behind Duke and Kentucky. Izzo’s “marquee” signee is five-star prospect Booker, who is rated No. 3 in the 247Sports Composite ratings and No. 1 overall by Rivals.com.
Four-star prospect Fears, the first player to join and whom Izzo dubbed “the ringmaster” of the class, is No. 34 overall in the 247Sports Composite rankings and the No. 6 point guard. The 6-2, 180-pounder returned to his hometown in Illinois to play for Joliet West High this winter after spending the past two years at LaLumiere prep school in Indiana. Fears posted 8.5 points and 4.1 assists last season for LaLumiere, like Booker was a Pangos All-American MVP this summer and has been part of the USA Basketball U16 and U17 national teams the past two years.
Normand, a four-star shooting guard from North Richlands, Texas, is listed as the 73rd player in 2023 overall and the 17th-best shooting guard according to the 247Sports Composite. The 6-5, 185-pound senior at Birdville High averaged 11.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists as a junior. Izzo compared to him one of his recent Texas players, current assistant director of basketball operations Matt McQuaid.
Matchup: Michigan State (1-0) vs. No. 2 Gonzaga (1-0), Armed Forces Classic.
Tipoff: 6:30 p.m. Friday; USS Abraham Lincoln, San Diego.
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Detroit Tigers outfielder Daz Cameron, acquired from the Houston Astros in the 2017 Justin Verlander trade, was claimed off waivers Wednesday by the Baltimore Orioles, the Tigers announced.
Along with Cameron's departure from the 40-man roster, infielder Josh Lester cleared waivers and has been sent to Triple-A Toledo. The 40-man roster is currently at 35 players, but the Tigers have nine players on the 60-day injured list that must be reinstated Thursday to the 40-man roster.
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Michigan voters adopted a constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution. While advocates called it a historic victory for abortion rights and celebrated the passage of Proposal 3, opponents warned an onslaught of legal challenges is imminent.
Proposal 3 — which unofficial results show received 60% of the vote in the Nov. 8 election — will be inserted into the state constitution before Christmas Eve.
"It will become part of the Constitution 45 days after the election on December 23, 2022, rendering the 1931 criminal abortion ban unenforceable," said Nicole Wells Stallworth, executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, during a news briefing Wednesday.
A Michigan judge has already temporarily suspended enforcement of the 1931 state law criminalizing most abortions in the 13 counties with abortion clinics. In theory, the Michigan Supreme Court could weigh in on legal challenges arguing that the Michigan Constitution already protects the right to an abortion. But by adding an explicit right to seek abortions in the Michigan Constitution, Proposal 3's passage essentially renders those cases moot.
Proposal 3 leaves open the door for state lawmakers to enact legislation to implement the constitutional amendment. For instance, Proposal 3 allows lawmakers to regulate abortions after fetal viability so long as abortions deemed medically necessary are not prohibited. It is unclear what role the organizations behind Proposal 3 — Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan and the nonprofit Michigan Voices — might play working with the incoming Democratic-controlled state Legislature to craft policy in concert with the establishment of the new right to reproductive freedom guaranteed by the amendment.
It is also unclear what role those groups might play in future legal battles on the horizon over the amendment.
When asked about next steps in anticipation of court challenges, a spokesperson for Reproductive Freedom for All, which sponsored the amendment, declined to comment. "What's next is we're going to celebrate that we have restored reproductive rights in Michigan and enshrined it in our constitution," said spokesperson Darci McConnell during a news briefing Wednesday. She said there will be time to delve into those matters in the future, but the campaign was focused on celebrating its victory.
Meanwhile, Citizens for MI Children & Women, a coalition of abortion rights opponents that fought Proposal 3, vowed to hold the sponsors of the constitutional amendment accountable for claims they made that the law amendment simply restores what was lost when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade which had guaranteed a national right to abortion for nearly half a century.
Citizens for MI Children & Women, which claimed that Proposal 3 would repeal Michigan's parental consent law for minors seeking abortions, said in a statement in response to the amendment's passage that they look forward to seeing its sponsors defend the state law and others on the book related to abortion care.
"We will hold the sponsors of this proposal accountable for the claims they made, that no law beyond the 1931 law would be invalidated," said Citizens for MI Children & Women spokesperson Christen Pollo in a statement. "We expect the authors of this proposal to respond to the inevitable flood of litigation that will come with this amendment by insisting that laws like parental consent be upheld, as they promised the people of Michigan."
In heralding Proposal 3's passage as a victory for reproductive rights, sponsors of the amendment suggested they're ready to look beyond Michigan in the fight for abortion rights, calling Michigan a model for other states that could pass ballot measures to preserve abortion access.
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Anita Baker charts first national tour in 28 years, including Pine Knob show in July
After years of lying low, Anita Baker will be back in a big way in 2023.
The Detroit R&B songstress will tour the U.S. from February through December — including a July 2 stop at Pine Knob Music Theatre — in her first major road outing since 1995.
Tickets for Baker’s shows, including the Pine Knob date, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 17 through Ticketmaster. A presale for Citi cardholders will run from 10 a.m. Monday through 10 p.m. Wednesday at citientertainment.com.
Baker, 64, tested the waters with a concert this summer in Detroit — what turned out to be an engaging night of hits at a sold-out Little Caesars Arena, where the Grammy-winning singer rolled out songs such as “Sweet Love,” “Angel” and “Giving You the Best that I Got.”
More:Anita Baker's long-awaited Detroit show was classy affair with moments of magic
Pine Knob is the only amphitheater on the 2023 itinerary, which otherwise finds her playing arenas across the country.
She said in Thursday’s tour announcement that the upcoming shows will feature new music and “some special guests.”
“Looking forward to some crazy, lovely hang time with my fans, on tour in 2023!!” she wrote.
Anita Baker, 2023 tour dates
Feb. 11: Hollywood, Fla., Hard Rock Live
Feb. 14: Atlanta, State Farm Arena
Feb. 17: New Orleans, Smoothie King Center
May 10: Newark, N.J., Prudential Center
May 12: Long Island, N.Y., UBS Arena
May 14: Baltimore, CFG Bank Arena
June 30: Chicago, United Center
July 2: Detroit, Pine Knob Music Theatre
Nov. 18: Greensboro, N.C., Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Nov. 22: Memphis, FedEx Forum
Nov. 24: Atlantic City, N.J., Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena
Dec. 15vHouston, Toyota Center
Dec. 17: Dallas, American Airlines Center
Dec. 22: Los Angeles, Crypto.com Arena
Dec. 23: Oakland, Calif., Oakland Arena
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Election workers in Michigan have counted the ballots cast in the Nov. 8 midterm. For now, the election results are unofficial. And it will take a few weeks for Michigan voters to have official certified results.
Over the course of the next 14 days, county canvassers will carry out a post-election review to confirm the results before certifying them. All 83 counties in Michigan have a Board of County Canvassers composed of two Democrats and two Republicans nominated by local political parties. With assistance from the county clerk's office, canvassers meticulously review poll books and vote totals.
Ottawa County Clerk Justin Roebuck described the county canvassing process as essentially an audit of all the precincts in the county.
"What they are looking at in detail is every single poll book that comes from every single precinct in that county. They're taking a look at those totals tapes and seeing that the number of total ballots cast on that totals tape matches the total number of voters that came into that precinct," he said during a recent news briefing. "It's an extensive process."
The Board of County Canvassers certifies election results in the contests held within the county such as county executive or a state legislative district contained entirely within the county and signs off on the vote totals for other contests on the ballot.
If a Board of County Canvassers fails to sign off on the results by Nov. 22, the state's elections panel must complete the canvass and taxpayers in the county bear the cost of the canvass.
Like the county canvassing boards, the state elections panel − the Board of State Canvassers −is also made up of two Democrats and two Republicans. Members are nominated by their state political parties and appointed by the governor.
Once counties have certified their results, the state board reviews the vote totals from all 83 counties in Michigan and certifies statewide races and those races that cross county lines. This year, the Board of State Canvassers has until Nov. 28 to certify the midterm election results.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said she predicts quick resolution if a county fails to certify its results or the state board deadlocks.
"If a county does not certify, it will go to the state to certify. If the State Board of Canvassers deadlocks or fails to certify it will go to the Supreme Court to compel certification. So it's a pretty cut and dry process," she said. Asked about the possibility that multiple counties might fail to certify their results, Benson said state election officials have "tried to minimize any confusion that may arise if a county or state does run afoul of their legal obligations."
The canvassing process in Michigan has typically come and gone with little fanfare. But during the 2020 presidential election, the Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers initially refused to certify the results and a GOP member of the state board abstained from the certification vote, citing concerns about the administration of that year's election in Detroit.
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Republicans have nominated GOP canvassers to county boards who have cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 election, said they wouldn't have certified that year's election and refused to commit to certifying future elections.
Election officials and experts note that canvassers have a legal and ministerial duty to certify election results and do not have discretion to refuse to certify based on allegations of fraud or investigate those allegations.
Republican Tony Daunt, who serves as chair of the Board of State Canvassers, said a remedy exists outside the canvassing process: the courts.
"Where things run afoul is when you make... claims that simply don't hold up that are not true that have not been shown or proven in a court of law," he said during a recent news briefing. "I was never a good math student, but I think I can handle the addition of 83 counties in determining that these are the results and we are here to certify them."
The legal system can review allegations of election law violations, but canvassers don't have the authority to launch investigations, said Mary Ellen Gurewitz, the Democratic vice chair of the Board of State Canvassers.
"We have, I think it's important to say, no investigatory power. We don't have any authority to look behind the numbers. We are simply putting it together," she said. "If anyone suspects, accuses, makes any accusation of election fraud, that's not something that the canvassers consider. That's something to be taken to law enforcement authorities."
State canvassers are scheduled to meet Nov. 28 to certify Michigan's midterm election.
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BAY CITY — My 91-year-old father was curled in the fetal position, grabbing the metal railing with his left hand in a bed brought in by hospice.
The blanket tangled around his feet and I looked at his legs. Like skin and bones. He wasn’t wearing his hearing aids or his glasses.
This wasn't my dad.
Tears welled in my eyes and I turned my head so he couldn’t see. I took deep breaths, blinking hard, trying to stay composed. I handed him his glasses and found his hearing aids.
One had a red mark.
“Red in right?” I asked.
“Yes,” he mumbled.
I inserted them into his ears.
This is when you say goodbye, right?
Well, what the heck do you say?
We made small talk: The kids are doing great. Teresa’s office flooded. Emma and Brennan love their new house. Nick lost his first game — they are on the bubble of making the NCAA playoffs. Jake and Leah had an amazing time on their honeymoon — Jake loves his new job, working from home. Yeah, Astro is good.
My dad seemed to hang on every word.
Then suddenly, he wanted to use the bathroom. He tried to swing his legs out of bed but grimaced in pain. I tried to help, moving his foot about 3 inches and he gasped in pain. He had fallen about a week earlier, missing a chair and smashed his back on the corner of a table. Nothing was broken but the pain was unbearable. He was given powerful drugs but all they did was make him sleepy.
He pushed a button, calling for workers from the assisted living center where he had lived for six years.
“I tried to move him, but I’m not trained for this,” I said.
It took two of them to lift him up and put him in a chair and wheel him into the bathroom. I went to the other room to talk to my mom.
“This is his first time out of bed in a week,” she said, her eyes lighting up.
They put on his pants, wheeled him into the living room and he got a surge of adrenaline. It was like he came alive. The sparkle was back, and he was himself again.
We talked about the Detroit Lions and Michigan State Spartans — his two favorite teams this time of year. We talked about everything, like nothing was wrong.
“This is the most he’s talked in a week,” my mom said.
He hadn’t eaten in days, and I rushed to McDonald’s and bought him a shake.
“Strawberry,” he ordered his favorite.
He could barely hold the cup to his chest, barely had the energy to suck anything through the straw, but he smiled when it hit the back of his sore throat. He took only a few sips.
“Are you in pain?” my mother asked.
He shook his head and smiled — but I think he was lying. He clapped his hands in joy and gave us thumbs up. “Do that again,” I said, taking out my phone to record it. He started messing around, moving his hands like they were dancing, flipping them back and forth, smiling and messing around.
I wish that visit would have lasted forever.
But eventually, the spark left and he started to fade and fell asleep. I got up and started to leave but forgot my keys. I went back into the room and he woke.
“Psst,” he said. “Next time, bring your dog.”
Three days later, my father, Don, was gone.
The man who taught me everything
“He put my mom above everything else,” my sister, Holly, told the pastor during a meeting to set up the funeral service.
My mom looked stunned to hear it put that way. They had been together so long — 69 years of marriage — rarely more than 15 feet apart for the last 15 years. Each relying on the other so completely that it never occurred to them where one started and the other ended.
The pastor was new and we started telling him some stories.
My dad was the man in the green coat on wooden skies, who taught me to snow ski at a small resort in the middle of Michigan. He spread his skis far apart and held me up between them, snow plowing down the bunny hill. I was 3 or 4.
He was the man in the front seat of the Suburban, the one with an aluminum boat fastened to the roof, pulling a travel trailer. We drove down I-75 to Florida more times than I can remember. But we usually vacationed in Michigan, staying in campgrounds in Tawas and at Burt Lake and all over the Upper Peninsula. That’s probably why I love this state so much — every corner of it — because it was engrained at such a young age.
He was the man with the old baseball glove, who would play catch for hours in the front yard. I was a first baseman, and I would have him throw it in the grass, so I could practice scooping the ball on the bounce. Years later, when I was playing catch with my own sons, I realized how his arm must have hurt but he never said a word.
He was the man who heard someone tell a racist joke and it bothered him deeply. He was not confrontational — he was always calm and reserved but he pulled me aside and made sure that I knew it was wrong. He was shaping me.
He was the man in the green-and-white sweatshirt, who came running down the stairs as MSU played Indiana State in the 1979 NCAA championship. Magic to Kelser. The basement looked like the MSU bookstore had vomited everywhere. There were MSU cups and pendants and flags, and whenever you didn’t know what to get him for Father’s Day or a birthday, you got him MSU stuff. My father was an insanely proud, second-generation MSU alum; and on Sunday mornings, he would greet our pastor — a huge U-M fan — with constant rivalry banter. I could never quite understand it.
In my one act of teenaged defiance, there was no way I was going to either MSU or U-M. Now, I write about both of them — life is funny that way.
He was the man who went to work in a suit and tie — his “glad rags,” as he called them. He worked for 42 years as a district court probation and parole officer supervisor. He protected us from the “Crime Shop” as he called it, never talking about his work. Never talking about the evil in the world.
He was the man who loved working in the yard every night, as long as he had a transistor radio hanging from his belt. He smoked his pipe, pulling weeds and tending to the flower garden, while listening to Ernie Harwell. Once a year, we went to Tiger Stadium — the greatest day of the summer. I remember walking through the dingy concourse and up that walkway and seeing the infield grass, the most beautiful, amazing thing I’d ever seen in my life.
He was the man who went deer hunting every November on my uncle’s property near Rose City. My dad brought me along before I was old enough to hunt legally, and I sat with him, carrying a harmless BB gun. He drilled me with gun safety, teaching me how to hold a gun, how to walk safely together down the path, pointing the gun the other way, and I found myself teaching my own son the same things.
He was the man with the loud booming voice who sat in the stands, watching me play high school football. “Decent, decent, decent!” he’d scream, repeating the words of the cheerleaders. I don’t think he ever missed a game.
He was the man who could take a block of wood and carve it into a frozen moment – a pitcher in the stretch, a golfer in the backswing, a man holding a fish; and every Christmas, he’d hand them out as presents.
He was the man who followed the Lions religiously, reading every article in the Bay City Times, watching every game, lamenting every loss. But here’s the crazy thing — I don’t believe he ever saw them in person.
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He was the man who was ahead of his time, recording everything long before cell phones. He used an 8 mm camera, and he stood to the side, filming me throw the javelin at Grand Valley State. It was his first college track meet. He didn’t know a dang thing about the javelin. But no matter what I did, he was beaming with pride.
He was the man who had served in the Army and would playfully salute someone as a show of thanks or honor.
He was the man who had a thick, full head of hair until day he died — yeah, I didn’t exactly get that gene.
He was the man who would try to help my mother walk — always the gentleman — even though he needed a walker. “Dad, stop it!” I’d beg. “You are gonna take both of you down.”
He was the man with the khaki pants, who made it to my son Jake’s wedding this summer. It took some amazing work by my sister just to get him there, traveling from Bay City to Charlevoix, but he made it. I pushed him in his wheelchair to the edge of the dance floor to watch the first dance; and for weeks, he talked about how beautiful it was.
But more than anything, my dad was a planner.
He bought cemetery plots years ago for him and my mom — side by side, of course — and put money aside for the dinner after the service. He was prepared to a fault. He’d pack rain gear on a sunny day, just in case the weather flipped. He’d take extra fishing reels, just in case one broke down. And to this day, I pack like my father. Prepared for anything.
But nothing ever really prepared me for this.
Angels from hospice
The people who work in hospice are angels among us, and we can never thank them enough.
Earlier this summer, Cardinal Hospice of Bay City set up the most amazing day. My parents loved to golf and the staff wanted to take them to one last outing, even if they couldn’t actually golf. It was almost like a Make-A-Wish event, and it was all thrown together last minute.
I rode in the cart with my father, my sister rode with my mom and my brother came with his son, Max. All we did was laugh and crack jokes and had an amazing time.
The first hole took about 45 minutes — thankfully, the course was empty.
“Hey, you finally got it past my tee,” Holly teased my brother, Dave.
I had my dad alone, and we were making a video to show at my son’s wedding. I took out my cell phone and asked him a question, recording him.
“After nearly 70 years of marriage, what advice do you have for Jake and Leah?” I asked.
“Never go to bed angry,” he said.
No surprise, my mom said the same thing.
On the second hole, I wanted my father to at least putt, to feel the club in his hands one more time. I pulled the cart onto the edge of the green and helped him out. He was weak and wobbly. I stood behind him, holding him up, just like he had stood behind me teaching me to ski.
“I got you,” I said, my arms wrapped around him, grabbing his waist.
He lined up the putt, growing frustrated that he couldn’t adjust his feet. He took a swing and missed it.
He jerked in disgust. Even at 91, even though he hadn’t even touched a club in years, he was ticked at himself for missing a 15-footer — I have no idea where I get my competitiveness.
I helped him move closer to the hole for another shot, and he drained it.
The hospice staff then put together an amazing meal near the clubhouse, and after the day was done, my father called them together.
And he saluted them.
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Nothing will ever be the same
“Next time, bring your dog.”
When he said it, I thought he just wanted to see my dog, Astro — he loved that dog.
But after he passed, his words took a different meaning. Maybe, he was thinking about my mother — at least, that’s what I’d like to believe.
So on Sunday morning, I went to Bay City to their place, which suddenly felt so different, and I took my dog.
My mom’s face lit up. “Come here, Astro,” she said, petting him.
That was my dad. Everything was planned.
Always four steps ahead of the rest of us.
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Contact Jeff Seidel: jseidel@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @seideljeff. To read his recent columns, go to www.freep.com/sports/jeff-seidel.
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As temperatures continue to cool, more indoor experiences for children, adults and pets are available around metro Detroit this weekend. But there are still outdoors options in the mix.
Here are some things to do, including shopping, vodka tasting, science events for kids and more, for the weekend of Nov. 11:
All Things Detroit Holiday Shopping Experience & Food Truck Rally
This event sponsored by Chase Bank and founded by Jennyfer Crawford-Williams of Ask Jennyfer will bring together 200 small businesses that will sell a variety of locally made goods and food.
Food trucks will be available, and a new collection of artists have been added to the event. Participating artists were chosen and curated by Detroit's Colibri the Artist.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Eastern Market, 2934 Russell St. in Detroit. General admission is $5 (6 and younger are free). $10 beat the crowd tickets, sold online in advance include early entry at 9:30 a.m. and shopping from 10-11 a.m. prior to general admission and a complimentary All Things Detroit tote bag.
Novi Pet Expo
Pets of all kinds, shapes and sizes will be on hand at this expo that will include demonstrations, tutorials, pet adoption, a bounce house zone for kids and more.
The expo runs 2-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave. in Novi. Tickets for adults and children 12 and older are $12; tickets for ages 4-11 are $7; children 3 and younger are free. Pets admitted free and must be leashed and proof of pet vaccinations must be provided.
Oakland County Parks and Recreation Appreciation Day
Visitors can enjoy free daily park entry with access to natural areas, trails, dog parks and park amenities at Addison Oaks County Park in Rochester, Highland Oaks County Park in Highland Township, Independence Oaks County Park in Clarkston, Lyon Oaks County Park and Dog Park in Wixom, Orion Oaks County Park in Lake Orion, Orion Oaks Dog Park in Lake Orion, Red Oaks Dog Park in Madison Heights and Rose Oaks County Park in Holly.
Appreciation days are Veteran’s Day Nov. 11, Thanksgiving Day Nov. 24, Christmas Eve Dec. 24, Christmas Day Dec. 25 and New Year’s Eve Dec. 31.
Park hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, or as posted at the park.
Ford Fund’s Free Playful Learning Weekend at Michigan Science Center
Michigan Science Center will host this free community weekend with various activities that include "Build the Change," a Lego event that challenges kids to solve problems, and unique experiences in Spark!Lab and on the Science Stage at this event sponsored by Ford Motor Company Fund
On the fourth floor of the science center is a special traveling exhibit called "Electric Playhouse Travels," connecting games to problem-solving and potential careers.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Michigan Science Center, 5020 John R in Detroit. Visitors are encouraged to make reservations in advance at mi-sci.org.
This sampling festival will offer more than 100 vodka tastings, and attendees can meet brand ambassadors who offer descriptions and insight on products. The event will also have food and live musical performances by Cosmic Groove.
7-10 p.m. Saturday with a limited-quantity VIP session beginning at 6 p.m. at Royal Oak Farmers Market, 11 Mile in Royal Oak. Tickets are $45-$65.
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St. Cecilia’s gym, located near Livernois and I-96 on Detroit’s westside, occupies an important place in Detroit basketball lore.
And now, the Detroit Pistons will honor the famous facility.
The Pistons are paying their respects to the unofficial mecca of Detroit basketball. On Thursday morning, the team unveiled their new St. Cecilia-inspired City Edition uniforms.
The jerseys, which were exclusively revealed to the Free Press ahead of their unveiling, are green with white and blue stripes down the sides. The quote “Where stars are made, not born” is written on St. Cecilia’s court, and also adorns the bottom right corner of the uniform. A trio of stars representing that message, along with the Pistons' three championships, are located above the "D" in Detroit on the front of the jersey and on the shorts.
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The Saint, as it’s colloquially referred to as by its devotees, long functioned as a litmus test for the city’s best basketball talent, both professional and amateur. Many of the state's most notable basketball players — a list that includes Isiah Thomas, George Gervin, Dave Bing, Magic Johnson and others — have competed within The Saint’s walls dating back decades.
Fans would pack the un-air conditioned gym to watch. It wasn’t always clear who would participate in pickup games on any given day. But fans and young players alike knew the odds of seeing a current or future star were high.
“To walk in this building and see Dave Bing, George Gervin, sometimes Darryl Dawkins, all of the guys that were pros, or going to be pros, it was like Christmas,” Romulus High School and Eastern Michigan alumnus, and 15-year NBA pro Grant Long told the Free Press at St. Cecilia last Thursday. “You came in here, you had no idea what you were going to see or what you were going to get, how competitive it was going to be. It was just a treat every time you walked in the door.”
Detroit-raised rap superstar Big Sean, the Pistons Creative Director of Innovation since December 2020, collaborated on the jersey design. His signature is on the bottom right of the uniform, under the quote. The team will wear the jerseys for six games this season, and are now available for purchase.
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“We took (Big Sean’s) excitement about designing a jersey with our excitement about telling the story, and he loved the fact that we wanted to tell St. Cecilia’s story,” Pistons chief marketing officer Alicia Jeffreys said. “The green jersey comes from inspiration from the logo and then also the green mats that are on the wall in the gym. When we built St. Cecilia’s jersey with Nike and the NBA, they asked for brand inspirations. We used a ton of photography, a ton of video assets that show the gym, and they pulled pieces of the physical assets into the jersey. The green color is really a nod to what you see at The Saint.”
In addition to the new uniform, the Pistons are also partnering with JDS Sports and The Knight Foundation to commit $250,000 toward renovating St. Cecilia’s gym. In 2021, the Pistons partnered with Ceciliaville — a nonprofit aiming to preserve the gym and bringing athletic programing, job training and more to the city. The jerseys will continue those efforts, as a portion of the jersey sales will be donated to Ceciliaville.
Detroit native, former Piston Earl Cureton, the team's community ambassador, serves on the board for Ceciliaville and played at the gym years ago. Stories about the gym from Cureton, along with other Pistons-associated former NBA players such as Greg Kelser, helped start the discussion for the franchise to honor the gym back in 2020.
“Them telling us those stories, I think has served as huge inspiration and solidifies or validates our reason why this is a story we need to tell because it’s one of those things where it’s unwritten history,” Jeffreys said. “If we don’t tell the history, nobody will really know what stories because I think it was a sacred place from everything Earl says to us, where people didn’t videotape, there aren’t a ton of photographs because it was just a place people went. It wasn’t about the media, there was no social media. If we don’t tell the story, nobody will actually know what happened there.”
St. Cecilia’s story started in the late 1960s, when basketball teacher and athletic director Sam Washington opened the gym as a safe haven for Detroit’s youth. The gym achieved notoriety when Bing, involved in a contract dispute with the Pistons, began train there during the holdout. It quickly became a hot spot for competitive games, in which both professionals and local high schoolers looking to prove themselves would participate in.
“I remember Sam Washington sitting right there at that door in a chair,” Kelser said. “He collected those dollars and everything from people coming in. They paid because they knew that they could pay a dollar and you might see 10 games if you’re willing to stay that long. Whether you knew it or not, you would see future great players in high school, college, pro, all of that. It’s sort of like a club, if you will.
"An unofficial basketball club. And certainly had its who’s who’s as well. Gervin gets the most note because he would plug this area. There would be no place to park. It’s amazing how they would pack people in here, just standing shoulder to shoulder from here, there, and even at times, along the wall before they had that padding just to get as many people in as possible, and see these great players play."
Ceciliaville board chair and former Detroit Police chief Isaiah McKinnon said the new uniforms show the Pistons’ commitment to the city of Detroit, and hopes they spread awareness as far as the gym’s importance.
“There’s some people wearing shirts right now that say Detroit vs. Everybody,” McKinnon said. “We want to have the vision that St. Cecilia is the hub of so much that happened in the city of Detroit and will continue to happen. That’s what we hope that the jersey will do, and to build up this location where it continues to grow. That’s what we’re looking for.”
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RSV cases fill Michigan's children's hospitals; at U-M's Mott, 'We're 100% full'
"There is not a hospital in Michigan that takes care of pediatric patients that has not told us that they are feeling stress right now, immense stress," Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Michigan's chief medical executive, told the Free Press on Thursday.
At the University of Michigan Health's C.S Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor, the wait in the emergency department is hours long and some elective procedures have been postponed to help manage the crush of patients.
“We have never seen a surge in pediatric respiratory viruses like this before," said Luanne Thomas Ewald, chief operating officer at Mott and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, in a statement. "Our hospital is 100% full."
Across the state at Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, some children are being treated in chairs because no rooms or even hallway beds are available. Many private rooms throughout the hospital have been converted to double rooms.
"We usually see on average around 145 kids a day in the emergency department, and we're currently averaging over 225 kids a day," said Dr. Erica Michiels, a pediatric emergency room physician at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital. "That means that you're very likely going to have a wait unless your child is the sickest of children who was brought in.
'We don't know where the peak is for this RSV season'
"You may receive your care in the hallway in a bed or in a chair. And the whole department is just going to feel very busy. But I want to reassure everyone it feels busy, but it's very controlled. The emergency department staff is accustomed to dealing with surges and we will take care of all of you. It just might take a little longer than it has in the past."
There generally are about 24 children in the DeVos pediatric intensive care unit. Wednesday, 42 kids were admitted to the ICU.
"When viruses hit communities, they tend to do it in a surge-like fashion," Michiels said. "We don't know where the peak is for this RSV season, but we have been on almost a vertical uprise for the last several weeks.
"Our entire system is working to make space for as many kids as we can. We are on daily calls with leaders from all over the state to talk about bed space that's available. ... We are really working to acknowledge this is not business as usual and we need to collaborate all across the state with all of the children's hospitals and really try to make some creative solutions that we can act immediately — not dissimilar to what we did with adults during COVID."
So far this season, Mott has treated 259 children with RSV — a 46% increase over 2021 — and hospital leaders said the situation is likely to get worse with the upcoming flu season and the possibility of another spike in COVID-19 cases.
“This is incredibly concerning because we haven’t even seen the full impact of flu season yet,” Thomas Ewald said.
Corewell Health East, the new name for Beaumont Health, began enforcing new visitor restrictions starting Monday to limit the spread of RSV, influenza, coronavirus and other respiratory illnesses at its eight southeastern Michigan hospitals. Children ages 5 and younger will not be permitted to visit, though exceptions can be made in extraordinary circumstances.
When to seek emergency care for your child
Doctors urge parents of children with respiratory illnesses call their primary care physician before bringing them to the hospital to ensure they need emergency care.
“The vast majority of children with RSV experience cold symptoms and can rest and recover at home,” said Dr. Kimberly Monroe, interim chief clinical officer and pediatric hospitalist at Mott. “However, if they’re showing any signs of severe illness, such as trouble breathing, they may need immediate care and should be brought to the emergency department. We’re particularly concerned about children under the age of 2.”
Like DeVos, Motts also has a shortage of beds and full emergency department, with wait times that can be hours long.
“We're working very closely with our partners around the state to find space for children who need care even if it’s not at our hospital," Thomas Ewald said. "We're also looking at unique ways to increase our bed capacity during the surge."
Infants can’t tell their parents when they’re struggling to breathe. Doctors have told the Free Press caretakers should watch for the following symptoms:
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The Windsor show is scheduled to finish at 6:30 p.m. and sometime after the show, the train will depart Windsor to travel through Michigan for its next show in the Chicago suburbs, Cummings said.
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Since the Holiday Train program launched in 1999, it has raised over $21 million and collected 5 million pounds of food for community food banks across North America, according to a Canadian Pacific news release.
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Canadian Holiday Train returns to metro-Detroit in 2022
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Don’t be deceived by Thursday’s unseasonably warm weather.
If you haven't already, get out your puffy coats, because by the weekend, it may be snowing.
"Tomorrow won't be terrible," National Weather Service Meteorologist Kevin Kacan said. "But today is going to be the warmest day here for a while. Highs are going to be in the low 70s this afternoon, and mild overnight with lows in the upper 40s."
Normally, Kacan said, it would be in the low 50s.
Expect Friday's highs to be in the 60s in metro Detroit, but a cold front is on its way, bringing cold rain and even snow.
"We'll see a big change in temperatures, with highs in the low 40s, maybe 30s," Kacan said, adding he "can't tell anybody what to do," but it's going to be colder, and if you want to stay warm, you might want to be prepared with some winter gear.
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The dramatic temperature shift even had the Michigan State Police putting out a warning on Twitter: "Enjoy this final day of great weather! Sounds like things are not going to be so great for awhile. Have a safe commute and as always #DriveMichiganSafely! PS Be kind out there!"
By Saturday there could be rain and a few flakes, and by Sunday, snow for sure.
After the cold front moves through, Kacan said, the warmest highs are expected to be in the low 40s.
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Metro Detroit weather forecast: Unseasonably warm, then snow
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Kante, a 6-foot-10 center rated the No. 107 prospect according to the 247Sports composite rankings, is from Connecticut but was born and raised in Senegal, then moved to the states for high school in 2019. He is the fourth international signing for Michigan in the past four years, joining Franz Wagner (2019-20; Germany), Moussa Diabate (2021-22; France) and Youssef Khayat (2022-23; Lebanon).
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Michigan basketball recruiting: George Washington III, Papa Kante sign
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Edward John Basar II, a retired Detroit physical education teacher and popular Boy Scout leader, inspired generations of boys — and more recently, girls — to reach scouting's highest rank, Eagle Scout, firing them up with his catchphrase, "You gotta believe!"
Mr. Basar, as his students and Scouts called him, died Monday at his Walled Lake home. He was 82.
"Ed established a passion for helping to develop the very best in young people," the Michigan Crossroads Council of the Boy Scouts of America said in a widely distributed email. "As an Eagle Scout, he took the values harnessed in the scouting program and put them to work as a young scoutmaster and camp staff member."
From the rows of square knots sewn to his uniform alone, anyone could see Basar had dedicated his life to the youth organization. Each knot — a scout emblem chosen because it is an old but simple binding used to secure objects — represented a significant accomplishment in the organization.
But more than that, Basar was a believer in young people's potential. Even as Boy Scouts of America faced criticism, lawsuits, and changes to keep up with the times, he kept the faith. Through scouting, he sought to prepare those who would come after him.
Basar graduated from Cooley High School and Wayne State University, and, in addition to 40 years of teaching in the Detroit schools, he also owned a landscape service, Looks Good Garden & Landscaping, where he worked, his daughter-in-law Karen Kosky said, until "the day he died."
"He approached everyone as a good, good friend," she added. "He wasn't a customer, he was his friend."
Basar believed in — and lived — the Scout Oath, Theresa Osvath, who worked with him for 36 years, said.
He encouraged others to live the oath — "On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight" — as well.
He aimed to be "trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent" and he taught his students and his Scouts to be, too. He wanted them, he'd say at meetings with parents, to grow up to be good citizens and good men — and women.
And while only a small percentage of Scouts ever reached the rank of Eagle as he did, Basar believed all Scouts — with the right opportunity and attitude — had the potential to do so. To help Scouts who might not have enough support from their troop, he created an intense, one-week summer camp at D-Bar-A, calling it Trail to Eagle.
The camp, he said, offered the opportunity.
But no one, he'd add, was going to do the work for them, Scouts had to do that themselves.
For 25 years, Trail to Eagle flourished under Basar's leadership. He liked to tout that Scouts from all over Michigan, and even America and sometimes the world, would sign up for it, and the camp also brought together adults to organize it and be role models, and not just for that week.
In its email, the Michigan council described Basar's camp as the "largest and most successful of its kind in the entire organization." So far, the council said, more than 3,000 Scouts have passed through the camp. And whenever campers became Eagle Scouts, Basar did his best to attend their formal celebrations.
Basar served on the camp staff of the Charles Howell Scout Reservation in Brighton starting in the late '50s. It later closed, and he worked on staff and as a camp director at D-bar-A Scout Ranch in Metamora. He was an active Arrowman and Vigil Honor member, a national aquatics instructor and an aquatics director of the National Camping School.
Among his other high scouting honors: Life member of the National Eagle Scout Association, member of the James E. West Fellowship Endowment Committee and the National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award, George Meany Award, Lamb Award, District Award of Merit, and the Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope medals.
Former Scouts — some of whom even called themselves "Baser Boys" — have been posting recollections of their scout leader on the digital tribute wall, praising him for being an "amazing man," a "hero" a role model, a mentor, and a friend, especially when they needed one most in their lives.
"He was one of the first to put his arms around my shoulders and comfort me when I was broken," one former scout wrote, adding that in addition to life skills and skills for life, Basar also taught him about "compassion, understanding, forgiveness, and giving someone a chance," and yet, he "never knew how much I admired him, looked up to him and sought out his guidance."
He probably did know, relatives said, but wouldn't want anyone getting all mushy and sentimental about it.
Basar is survived by Irene, his wife of 29 years; five sons, Steve (Brenda) Basar, Chris (Jessica) Basar, Jim (Karen) Kosky, Jon (Charlene) Kosky and Frank (Kelly) Kosky; two brothers Donald (Kay) Wragg, Keith (the late Victoria) Basar, 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation is scheduled from 2-8 p.m. Sunday, at Lynch & Sons Funeral Home, 340 North Pontiac Trail, Walled Lake, with a scouting remembrance at 7:30 p.m. Scouts and scouter leaders are asked to attend in uniform.
The funeral is set for 10 a.m. Monday at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 2040 South Commerce Rd., Walled Lake, with interment Tuesday at Roseland Park Cemetery in Berkley. Memorials may be made to the Boy Scouts of America Detroit Council, St. Matthew Lutheran Church or the American Red Cross.
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Two years ago, Emoni Bates seemed destined to play a basketball game at Little Caesars Arena at some point in the 2022-23 season.
But the thought then was it would happen in the NBA.
The former No. 1 overall prospect in the class of 2021 will play at the home of the Detroit Pistons on Friday evening, but will do so in his first regular season appearance as a member of Eastern Michigan in a clash with Michigan basketball.
Bates scored 27 points in his EMU debut in the exhibition game against Grand Valley State on Nov. 3, but was held out of EMU's regular season opener, a 75-66 win over Wayne State, for undisclosed reasons. He is expected to play against the Wolverines on Friday.
"A great scorer like Emoni, you just got to try to do your best to make him work hard for every bucket," Michigan coach Juwan Howard said Thursday. "Knowing there will be a lot of sets they run for him, he's going to touch the ball every time down the floor because of his skill set."
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A star at Ypsilanti Lincoln before transferring to play at Ypsi Prep — the basketball program started by his father — Bates committed to Michigan State, decommitted, then reclassified and went through a trying freshman season at Memphis where he averaged 9.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game. This offseason, he transferred back home to play at EMU.
Less than two months before the season was scheduled to start, Bates was pulled over for running a stop sign and the deputies later discovered he had an illegal firearm and marijuana while diving without a license.
He was arrested and charged with two gun-related felonies and originally pled not guilty before he accepted a plea deal for a misdemeanor which will result in up to two years probation and a up to a $2,500 fine.
No matter his path to LCA on Friday, Howard said Bates' talent remains evident and added that just about everybody on U-M's perimeter is going to take a crack at slowing down the first five-star prospect to ever play in the MAC.
"Give him credit, the young man worked extremely hard on his skill set," he said. "He shows he has a lot of love for the game of basketball and when you have a passion to play the game of basketball, you don't have to beg a person like Emoni to get in the gym.
"I've just enjoyed watching him over the years and how he's gotten better each year."
The Wolverines kicked the tires on Bates joining their program this offseason. When Caleb Houstan and Moussa Diabate both declared for the NBA draft and Frankie Collins (Arizona State) and Brandon Johns (VCU) both transferred out, additional roster spots opened up.
Michigan was rumored to be one of the potential destinations for Bates, which Howard acknowledged with a caveat.
"We looked at him," Howard said. "But I really love the team that we have here today."
Howard said his team is looking forward to the neutral site game, something it did last season with the exhibition against Wayne State.
"I think it's great to get an opportunity to play at Little Caesars Arena and our young men getting a chance to see where the Detroit Pistons play," he said. "Michigan fans that live in Detroit can come to the game and see us in person, I think that's pretty cool.
"I know our guys are going to really enjoy the atmosphere once we step foot in the arena."
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LAS VEGAS — Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris is fond of working the waiver wire.
On Thursday, Harris went back to the well by claiming infielder Andy Ibáñez off waivers from the Texas Rangers, the team announced. Harris has made four waiver claims since taking over day-to-day operations of the Tigers in early October. Expect the Tigers' roster to feature plenty of depth in the years to come.
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"We've made a few claims," Harris said Tuesday at the general manager meetings. "We made a lot of claims in San Francisco. There's talent on the waiver wire often, and we need to dig on every single player that is on waivers and see if they present an upgrade for us. If they do, we're not going to be shy about claiming them."
Ibáñez, 29, has played 116 MLB games over parts of two seasons, batting .258 with eight home runs, 24 walks and 56 strikeouts. In 2022, he hit .255 with six homers, 28 walks and 48 strikeouts in 73 games for Triple-A Round Rock.
At the big-league level, Ibáñez hit .277 over 76 games in 2021 and .219 over 40 games in 2022.
In November 2014, Ibáñez defected from Cuba to pursue a professional career in the United States. He signed a minor-league contract with the Rangers in July 2015 and reached the majors in May 2021.
Ibáñez is comfortable at three infield positions, starting 17 games at first base, 29 games at second base and 32 games at third base in his MLB career. He also received one start in left field.
He has one minor-league option remaining.
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Catholic leaders in Michigan are calling upon the faithful to fast, pray, give alms and do penance starting later this month following the passage of Proposal 3, the statewide ballot proposal that will enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
"We awake today to the news that Proposal 3 has passed, altering our state constitution to allow for unregulated and unsafe abortion on-demand in Michigan," Archbishop of Detroit Allen Vigneron said Wednesday in an email to local Catholics. "We are deeply saddened by this grave assault on the dignity and sanctity of unborn, innocent human life. We grieve for the many women who will continue to be harmed by abortion in our state. ... We grieve for the lives who will be lost because of this unjust and perverse law."
Vigneron called upon Catholics "to make reparations for the great sin of abortion in our midst."
Bishop Earl Boyea of the Lansing Diocese said in a text message: "We can rightly permit ourselves to shed a tear this morning but not lose hope."
With more than 99% of the vote counted, results show 56.7% of voters approved Proposal 3, while 43.3% opposed it.
The despondent mood among some Catholics was a marked change from June when they celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
In recent months, Catholics leaders in Michigan led a range of efforts to defeat Proposal 3, from text messages to services and prayers to door-to-door canvassing. Catholics are the largest religious group in Michigan, but many don't necessarily follow Catholic teachings and support abortion rights. Other Christian denominations and faith groups in Michigan such as Baptists, evangelicals and Muslims also led efforts to oppose it. On Oct. 30, Protestant churches rallied against the proposal at Bloomfield Hills Baptist Church in Bloomfield Township. There were also some liberal faith leaders who came out in support of the proposal. Jewish leaders were largely supportive of it, holding a rally in June at the biggest synagogue in Michigan in support of abortion rights.
Some faith leaders framed it as a battle for the soul of the state.
"Abortion is now legal in Michigan at an unprecedented level, and millions of lives are at stake," Vigneron said. "We must pray and ask God for his mercy upon us for allowing this evil to happen in our state. For this reason, I want to invite all the faithful to join me in the first two weeks of Advent, from November 27 to December 9, in doing penance, giving alms, praying, and fasting. We must use these spiritual practices to make reparations for the great sin of abortion in our midst."
Monica Migliorino Miller, a longtime pro-life activist in metro Detroit who is director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, said adding to her concerns is that Democrats now are in control of the state House, state Senate and governor's office for the first time in about 40 years.
"Pro-lifers may have been consoled that the Michigan state legislature would achieve a Republican majority, however slim, to blunt the attempts to broaden the killing of the unborn in our state," Miller said in a statement. "Sadly, however, those who champion the legalized killing of the innocent unborn are in power with a Democratic majority and with the re-election of Governor Whitmer."
Miller said one of the reasons her side failed is because they were outspent. More than $42 million was spent overall on both sides as of Oct. 23, with more expected to be spent afterward. Pro-choice advocates appeared to spend more money, campaign finance records show.
"The advocates of legal abortion certainly outspent the pro-life movement in Michigan—with the majority of their money coming in from out of state to fund the barrage—the seemingly never-ending television ads, You Tube ads and ads on social media," Miller said.
Anti-abortion advocates worry that Michigan will become a magnet for women seeking abortions. Miller said she fears that "new abortion clinics will be set up all long our Ohio, Indiana border."
The passage of Proposal 3 also disappointed some in the Muslim community in Michigan. There are a range of views on abortion among Muslims, as with other religious groups.
Hassan Aoun, of Dearborn, said he was upset with Islamic clerics in metro Detroit for not speaking out against Proposal 3 and for some of them posing for photos with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in Dearborn several days before the election at the annual banquet of the Arab American Political Action Committee. Aoun has been among protest leaders in recent weeks opposing some books in Dearborn Public Schools they believe are too explicit for children.
Arabic-language fliers circulated online in recent weeks targeting Arab American voters with information that Democrats said was inaccurate and inflammatory. Proposal 3 was approved by voters in Dearborn 59.3% to 40.7%, which was a wider margin than statewide, where 56.7% of voters approved it.
"It's very sad," Aoun said Wednesday. "I reached out to religious leaders, but did not get a response. ... Not one religious leader came out and said, Hey man, we shouldn't vote for this."
The Michigan Muslim Community Council released a statement in August saying abortion is generally forbidden in Islam, but does allow it in certain cases.
Aoun and other conservatives tried to link Proposal 3 to the issue of gender identity, saying it would lead to gender reassignment surgery in children without parental approval, though others said that was misleading. The amendment contains no explicit reference to gender-affirming care or parental consent.
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Moving forward, Vigneron said Catholic leaders will continue their efforts to help women who are pregnant with resources to help them have children.
He said the Archdiocese of Detroit will continue working with Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan, their charitable arm, the Archdiocese’s Evangelization and Missionary Discipleship Department, Project Rachel and Walking with Moms in Need, a ministry that helps provide assistance to pregnant and parenting moms.
Pregnancy centers supported by Catholics and others have drawn criticism from liberals. In September, Whitmer vetoed some budget items that included $1.5 million for pregnancy resource centers supported by conservatives that promote alternatives to abortion.
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LANSING — The Michigan Republican Party suffered historic losses on Tuesday because of poor candidates with close ties to former President Donald Trump, who turned off major donors, the party's chief of staff said in a scathing post-election memo obtained by the Free Press.
"As a Party, we found ourselves consistently navigating the power struggle between Trump and anti-Trump factions of the Party, mostly within the donor class," Paul Cordes said in the Thursday memo.
"That power struggle ended with too many people on the sidelines and hurt Republicans in key races. At the end of the day, high quality, substantive candidates and well-funded campaigns are still critical to winning elections. We struggled in both regards to the detriment of Michiganders across the state."
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon, with low name I.D., no campaign money and no political experience, had to "start from scratch" after the primary, while Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her allies were sitting on tens of millions of dollars, which they used to attack her on her abortion position through TV ads, to devastating effect, Cordes said in the memo.
Dixon's position against abortion rights, with no exceptions for rape or incest, had support from very few voters, the memo said, and the TV ads used Dixon's own words to drive that home. Those words "doomed not just her and the top of the ticket," but efforts to oppose Proposal 3, which enshrines abortion rights in the state constitution, as well, the memo said.
"Neither her campaign nor the party had the resources to push back."
"Donors for the most part decided against supporting Trump’s hand-picked AG (attorney general) and SOS (secretary of state) candidates from the April convention, and also withheld millions in traditional investment into the State Party, despite Chairman (Ron) Weiser’s historic contributions of more than $5 million into MIGOP, candidates and caucuses," the memo said.
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“Tudor’s efforts focused largely on Republican red meat issues, in hopes of inspiring a 2020-like showing at the polls,” the memo said. “There were more ads on transgender sports than inflation, gas prices and bread and butter issues that could have swayed independent voters. We did not have a turnout problem – middle-of-the-road voters simply didn’t like what Tudor was selling.”
Dixon responded on Twitter, saying the problem was one of state party leadership refusing "to take ownership for their own failures."
Republicans around the country are questioning Trump's continued role as the de facto national party leader after GOP performance in the midterms nationally fell well below expectations.
The Michigan memo surfaced as state party leaders are themselves under fire in the wake of Tuesday's election, in which Democrats were reelected to the three top statewide offices while Democrats won majorities in both the House and Senate.
The party "experienced its worst election results in almost 40 years," former Michigan Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Rich Studley said on Twitter Thursday.
"State party leaders need to accept responsibility for this debacle; engage in serious introspection; & think about stepping aside. The Mich GOP needs less dogmatic & more pragmatic party leaders."
Studley did not identify any state party leaders by name. The Michigan Republican Party is headed by Weiser, who is chair, and Meshawn Maddock, who is co-chair.
Dixon singled out Weiser, Maddock and Cordes for criticism, in her tweet.
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Michigan Democrats made history again Thursday with the elected officials they chose to lead the state Senate and House, lawmakers' first big moves following the takeover of both legislative chambers in the midterm election.
Senate Democrats chose state Sen. Winnie Brinks, D-Grand Rapids, as the new Senate majority leader. Brinks is the first woman in Michigan's history to serve in the leadership role. Later Wednesday, House Democrats picked state Rep. Joe Tate, D-Detroit, as the new House speaker. He'll be the first Black man to lead the chamber when he officially takes over in January.
"It's historic. It's a great opportunity, but also a great responsibility," Tate said, after emerging as the speaker-elect following a nearly three-hour meeting of the House Democrats.
"I'm going to bring my experiences...this House is for the entire state of Michigan, so making sure that we are doing things that are going to improve the quality of life for people."
Buoyed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, supporters of an amendment to include abortion rights in the state Constitution and fairer legislative districts, Democrats won slim majorities in the House and Senate this week.
Whitmer congratulated both new leaders late Thursday, noting what their elections mean in the history of the state.
“I am so excited to work with my friends Majority Leader Brinks and Speaker Tate to get things done on the fundamental issues," Whitmer said.
"Both incredible leaders will make history — Senate Majority Leader Brinks as the first woman ever to hold that position and Speaker Tate as the first Black Michigander ever to be elected Speaker in our 185-year history. And both are committed to putting families first and moving Michigan forward. I know they will work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get things done."
It marks the first time Democrats will control the governor's mansion and both legislative chambers since 1983, a power shift the leaders don't plan to relinquish any time soon.
"We're going to pull up our lists, we're going to compare, we're going to talk to the House and we're going to talk to the governor's office, and we're going to put together a list of things that puts the people of Michigan first," Brinks said.
"I feel very prepared to lead, having watched a number of leaders in the past − both minority and majority − and I'm ready to bring the full power of that experience to serve the people of Michigan."
The Democratic power shift puts an unprecedented number of women in power. In addition to Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel won reelection. In the House, 33 of the 56-member Democratic caucus are women. In the Senate, 12 of the 20 Democrats are women, as Brinks noted in a news release announcing her leadership win.
"It's been hundreds of years that men have been in charge and it's high time that women are having a seat at the table, and in Michigan we have lots of seats at the table," Brinks said.
Brinks, 54, leads the 20-member Senate Democratic caucus after trouncing her GOP challenger, state Rep. Tommy Brann, R-Wyoming, in the midterm. This will be her second term in the state Senate, following three terms in the state House. When she won her House seat in 2012, she was the first woman to represent Grand Rapids in the state Legislature in nearly a century.
Before serving in the Legislature she worked for a nonprofit employee support organization. She has a bachelor's degree in Spanish from Calvin College. A native of Mt. Vernon, Washington, she's married and has three daughters.
"I'm a very collaborative leader. I like to have a lot of high-quality voices in the room, I like to listen to them, I want to hear what people have to say. And I really value all the experiences our caucus members bring," Brinks said.
"I'm still learning about some of our new members and the depth of their resumes, but I'm confident we have a fantastic group."
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Tate, 41, enters his third term in the state House. Before entering politics, he starred on the Michigan State University football team and briefly played the sport in Europe. After the end of his football career he joined the U.S. Marines, deploying twice to Afghanistan, according to his legislative biography.
"I grew up in team environments in athletics and the military, and that's going to be my approach. We're going to look at consensus building from the get-go, but also we are going to make sure that we are marrying and bringing and understanding of our constituents' values to the table," he said.
He'll be the first House speaker from Detroit since Curtis Hertel, Sr. led the chamber in 1997 and 1998. Current House Democratic Leader Donna Lasinski, a Scio Township Democrat who's leaving due to term limits, gushed about Tate and what his ascension means for the state.
"For over 200 years, the halls of the speaker's library are rimmed with photos of white men. For us to take majority, to represent the state of Michigan, we have to look like the diversity of Michigan," she said late Thursday.
"And when you look at Joe's incredible background...he is a man who always puts others first and who believes, to his core, in the democratic values."
It's a joyous day for outgoing Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich, D-Flint, and fellow longtime legislator state Sen. Curtis Hertel, D-East Lansing. The pair talked about the efforts they've put in over the years to increase Democratic strength in the upper chamber, and how they think the party is prepared to keep power by acting on policies that help people.
"I think (Brinks) is going to do great. I think she's decisive, she's a person who wants to get everyone's opinions and make sure everyone's voice is heard. She knows that she's got a diverse caucus and she's going to make sure everyone of them have, to be best of her ability, their priorities met by the time the term's over," Ananich said.
Senate Republicans picked Sen. Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton, as the minority leader. A former lottery commissioner under then-Gov. Rick Snyder, Nesbitt praised the strength of his GOP caucus.
"I'm looking forward to serving with all of them as we continue to try to advocate for our common sense conservative values of empowering individuals over the state, helping entrepreneurs and small business owners prosper and grow here in the state and trying to stop the most excessive left-wing activism that the governor may try to push and the new Democratic majority may try to push," he said.
In the House, Republicans chose state Rep. Matt Hall, R-Comstock Township, as minority leader. The third-term lawmaker led a powerful tax committee last session and helmed the Oversight Committee; its hearings after the 2020 presidential election garnered national attention after Trump-affiliated attorney Rudy Giuliani and others testified.
“We are willing to work with the governor when she is moving in the right direction, but we'll fight like hell when she pursues policies that threaten Michigan families or our local economy," Hall said in a statement.
The new legislative session starts in mid-January.
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"Shark Tank" star and FUBU apparel co-founder Daymond John visited Detroit this week to offer words of wisdom during a conference organized to connect small business owners with buyers around the country.
The serial entrepreneur, investor and author discussed his journey to entrepreneurship Wednesday during the conference called Passport to Procurement. The conference was hosted by BuyDetroit, a small business initiative that is part of the Detroit Economic Development Corp., and held at the Hollywood Casino at Greektown.
John told participants about the positives he's experienced running the apparel company he co-founded in 1992 (FUBU means “For Us By Us"), and he talked about the time he received the call to be a cast member on "Shark Tank," the popular ABC-TV show on which he is also known as the “People’s Shark.” And he talked about all the times he had successful investments.
But he also talked about the times when things weren’t so positive — like managing time with family and experiencing failures. He encouraged the audience to readjust their work life balance every three to six months, and to focus on building relationships and being transparent with those around them.
“Don't really think of money as your route to either do something or your route to grow,” John said later in an interview with the Free Press. “It is about growing a community as much as you can grow that community, that's the most important thing. So, don’t take big gambles.”
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John said he has seen companies creating mandates to assist small businesses. He said small business owners have to be more disciplined now, have a social media presence and continue to learn.
Here are five pieces of advice John shared on navigating the journey of entrepreneurship:
“If you’re vulnerable, people will get behind you,” John said. He advises asking how other entrepreneurs have learned from their mistakes and said that eight out of 10 people likely will help.
“The theory of this whole — ‘I’m hardcore. I don’t need anybody. I’m not vulnerable. I’m the man or the woman.' It doesn’t work,” John said.
Think about scalability
John pays a lot of attention to his sales when it comes to day of the week, quantity, size, colors, and even adding or removing products.
“I realized that I need to be the best I could be in eight stores in New York,” John said. “So if I sold stuff, and I knew that I only need 20 shirts a week, I need to get the 20 shirts up to 30. Once I got the 20 shirts up to 30, I then put in the hats — and that was scalability.”
“I did very little business in the beginning, but it was proof of concept,” he said. It’s more important to be doing well in 10 to 15 stores than just trying to scale the number of stores, John said.
Craft a relatable pitch
For the entrepreneurs who don’t get an investment deal on "Shark Tank," John said: “They weren't able to convey a message in a short period of time, and also they weren't able to relate with a Shark and make us believe or like them, and want to be part of what they're doing.”
No matter if an entrepreneur is starting a business or the business is operating already, John said to ask oneself three questions.
“Why this? Why now? And why me?” he said. “If you can't answer those questions — why this, why now, why me, whatever — there’s a bigger problem. It’s not me. Because there's nothing new in this world. There's only a new form of delivery.”
Asked what worked for him when he was pitching his own businesses, John said he focused on “asking more questions, and listening more than I was speaking, because people will generally tell you what they're looking for or what they're not looking for, but if you keep running your mouth — they don’t want to hear it.”
How to interact with customers
John said there are three ways that businesses interact with customers.
“There’s acquiring a new one, upselling a current one and or making one buy more frequently,'' John said. “Acquiring a new customer is 20 times harder than upselling a current one or making one buy more frequently.”
Why businesses fail
“The biggest reason why small businesses generally fail, besides the lack of education, is actually overfunding,” John said. “They actually take out too much (money) too early.”
“They go get a $100,000 loan — with a $100,000 loan, you make the same mistake, just on a bigger level,” he said. “Instead of having a $20,000 website, you should have had a $1,000 Facebook page. Instead of a seven-year lease on a store, you should have a kiosk for a week during the holidays.”
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Military veteran caregivers across Michigan finally getting praise for tireless work
Angelena Taylor began caring for her 72-year-old father, Benjamin, at the beginning of 2016 after the Vietnam veteran had a stroke.
The stroke stripped Benjamin Taylor of use of the right side of his body. As with many veterans, he also has additional health issues, including depression. The lifelong Detroiter served in the Marine Corps, followed by 27 years as a Detroit police officer. Angelena said her mom died when she was in high school.
Angelena Taylor's role as her father's full-time caregiver — a role for so many loved ones of military veterans in Michigan and the United States — is vitally important.
“It’s a really important relationship, father-daughter,” her father said. “I think it makes it more personal, and I don’t know if just anybody could be a caregiver 'cause it’s a lot of work … The care that I require is not one or two hours out of a day. It’s every day, all day, except for when she’s asleep.”
President Joe Biden declared November National Family Caregivers Month, saying that more than 50 million Americans provide care and medical assistance to help parents, children, siblings and other loved ones. That includes caregivers of military veterans, who are honored this week on Veterans Day.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is recognizing November as Veteran Caregivers Month. She called caring for a wounded veteran “heroic unsung work” that is often done while caregivers — who can be relatives, friends, neighbors or coworkers — balance other commitments to their families, jobs and communities.
Whitmer said “these hidden heroes — our neighbors, family and friends — put their lives on hold to care for our veterans … And while the opportunity to provide care to a loved one can be a blessing and a source of connection, it often requires sacrifice." She said thousands of Michiganders have sacrificed jobs and altered careers to perform caregiving duties.
Michigan's rising veteran population reached nearly 568,000 in fiscal 2020, the state reported last year.
'Life ... came at me pretty quickly as far as becoming a caregiver'
Angelena Taylor, 35, said her dad’s speech eventually returned after his stroke, but his mobility did not.
“I never initially considered myself as a caregiver,” she said, adding that she was looking for additional resources to help her dad at home when she became his caregiver.
“Life kind of just came at me pretty quickly as far as becoming a caregiver. It wasn’t something that either of us expected … This is what my new role is. This is what our new situation is like, and I’m gonna try to take care of him the best that I can.”
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Even when Taylor was sent equipment to help care for her father, such as a lift, but was given no instructions on how to use it.
Even when caring for him brought on some of her own health issues, such as hip and back problems from repetitive motions, for which she regularly sees a chiropractor.
Even when it was difficult for many of her Wayne State University professors to “care or understand what I was going through” with her scheduling needs to be home and still do what she needed for her master’s degree.
“You can’t always predict what your loved one is going to need at certain points in the day ... A lot of people that are not in that position don’t really, they honestly just don’t care or seem to have any sympathy or any empathy towards it,” she said, adding “that’s not the level of understanding that caregivers need … Our lives are not the same as people who are not caregivers for someone.”
“It’s important to be my dad’s caregiver," said Taylor, who raises awareness about family caregivers as Ms. Michigan World Universal. "I love him, so I don’t want to see him not being cared for."
"A lot of the facilities cost so much, so it’s more feasible for people to have their loved ones at home … Knowing he’s safe, knowing that he’s in the comfort of his home — because he worked so hard to get his home ... I didn’t want him to have him spend the rest of his life at a facility if it wasn’t necessary.”
Millions of military veteran caregivers in the U.S.
Taylor was named a 2021 Dole Caregiver Fellow by The Elizabeth Dole Foundation, which supports the nation’s 5.5 million military caregivers who care for wounded, ill or injured veterans. There are 108 caregivers and four fellows listed for Michigan on a map on the foundation’s website as well as nine communities, including Detroit, designated as Hidden Heroes cities.
William Batton said without caregivers such as his wife, Suzette, veterans like himself might not be able to stay at home.
“The caregiver is like the best friend to the vet,” the 66-year-old Taylor man said. “It’s a day and night thing. It’s endless work … It’s something that we got to be thankful we have individuals to do that.”
Batton, a Vietnam veteran, said he was a disbursing clerk in the Navy. He has health issues from exposure to asbestos and PTSD and uses a walker.
He said Suzette, also 66, handles his medications, washing, cleaning and cooking. She said she also helps her husband of 46 years find comfortable sitting positions, makes sure he has a special pillow to lay down with at night and ensures his CPAP machine for sleep apnea is running correctly. She makes sure he gets to his medical appointments and out in public, such as walking on park trails with his walker.
“If you’re taking care of a vet, you know you’ve got a busy day ahead,” she said, adding the couple has been involved with a couples’ program and caregiver program through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
“I’m gonna do for him whatever I have to do for him,” she said. “That’s how far in I am and have always been. It takes a lot. This is a lot.”
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Suzette Batton said she’s been with her husband for every appointment, every surgery. She listens to the doctors and does her research afterward.
“I wasn’t thinking, I was never thinking, I would marry a military guy … God knows different,” said the retired mother and grandmother. “I do it because of the love and the companionship that we have. Me and my husband, we were blessed enough to be friends first before we became lovers. And, so, that really worked.”
“For me,” William Batton said, “this is the best thing that could have happened.”
“I do the best I can, and I try to give myself a little bit of grace'
Julie Roberts became a caregiver around 2019 for her husband, Matt, who was a Navy Seabee and suffers from Gulf War syndrome after being exposed to toxins during his deployment.
The 49-year-old Grand Rapids woman also cares for her son, Jacob Seadorf, 23, who lives at home and suffers health issues from a viral infection last year in which he suffered heart and kidney failure.
Roberts also holds down a full-time job as a patient care coordinator for an audiologist group while her husband works full-time as a manager and her son takes online college classes part-time.
In addition to doing all of the housework, Roberts schedules and attends all of her husband's and son's medical appointments, coordinates their care with various specialists and coordinates their medication while working with the civilian hospital system for her son’s care and VA for her husband’s care.
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Roberts said the family receives housekeeping assistance every other week through a grant through Kent County Veterans Services. She has to prioritize what she needs to do each day.
“There are just some things that don’t get done,” she said. “I do the best I can, and I try to give myself a little bit of grace, but if isn’t done, that’s OK. The important thing is that they’re taken care of.”
Roberts said the couple has three stepchildren who come every other weekend, and they want to spend time together as a family — “that’s the most important thing.”
“It’s a lot of work,” she said of being a caregiver, “but it’s also a sense of accomplishment that I can help them and be there for them.”
Roberts said she feels honored to give back to her husband who served, and to care for her son, who was born prematurely and struggled his entire life, though “he never complains. And he has been such a strong, independent, amazing light in my life that I am more than happy to do this as a mother.”
'Caregivers ... help complete you”
Stephanie Hall has been a military veteran caregiver twice.
Hall, president and event director and co-founder of Michigan-based Warriors and Caregivers United, is caregiver to Edenville Township Supervisor Terry Hall, an Army veteran, and was a caregiver to her ex-husband, who was severely wounded in Afghanistan in 2012.
For Terry Hall, the 41-year-old Mount Pleasant woman provides environmental, emotional and mental health support for her husband, who has PTSD and other invisible injuries from his deployments overseas.
“I know firsthand that getting support from loved ones … really does extend (a veteran's) life,” said Stephanie Hall, who was a 2019 Dole Caregiver Fellow. “Keeping their quality of life is really helpful to what caregiving does for these veterans."
“It’s a job. It’s a calling. A lot of people have to quit their job or school to support their veteran. It’s not for everybody,” she said, but added: “if you’re not able to do it, it doesn’t mean you don’t love the person."
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Terry Hall, 54, said he retired for medical reasons in 2014. Within six months of being out of the military, he said he ended up in jail and was eligible for Veterans Treatment Court through Kent County, where his healing began.
No doubt, he said, "the caregiver has a tremendous amount of influence."
Stephanie Hall, who was raised in New York, said she has been emotionally supportive of her husband and keeps him on track with paperwork and appointments, which takes that stress away from him, allowing him to perform other duties.
“I’m getting better and healthier,” said Terry Hall, who said he still works with the Kent County Veterans Treatment Court and runs a support group for veterans that meets once a week.
“I would not be where I’m at today without the relationship we have. I couldn’t do it without my caregiver. I gotta have that rock. The caregivers are that rock.”
“Sometimes they get the tempest, sometimes they get the warmth of the sun,” he said, but “she supports me in the things I’m trying to do, even if I’m going off the rails … By having a caregiver who strengthens you and supports you, you get to the point where you are healthy.”
“The key with caregivers, honestly, is they help complete you.”
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Caregiver-to-caregiver advice: Take care of yourself, ask for help
Caregivers also can suffer secondary PTSD, acute depression, suicidal ideation and even suicide. But they can get help.
“We are here to support each other and lift each other up,” Roberts said.
Caregivers provided some tips and advice for other caregivers:
Caregiver resources, and possibly financial stipends, are available through the VA Caregiver Support Program (bit.ly/3G3eECb) and the Program of General Caregiver Support Services (bit.ly/2sHSu0Y). On Oct. 1, the VA extended eligibility for one of its major caregiver support programs, which can provide assistance and a stipend for those who provide care to disabled veterans. Before Oct. 1, this program did not cover those who served between May 7, 1975, and Sept. 11, 2001. (That time range includes the first Gulf War.) The program is now open to family caregivers of severely wounded veterans of all eras.
Don’t be afraid to ask for help with an errand, laundry, cooking a meal or sitting with your loved one.
Make friends with other caregivers.
Connect your veteran with other veterans.
Make a list of things you don’t have and connect with an organization or person who can help.
Hold yourself gently and treat your emotions gently, as it can be a roller coaster ride.
It's normal to go through a grieving process about what you thought your life was going to be like and what your life really is like, such as how you work, interact with extended family and how the rest of the world perceives you.
Reach out to organizations for support, such as the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers at rosalynncarter.org/ or The Elizabeth Dole Foundation at elizabethdolefoundation.org/.
Check the Michigan's Veterans Affairs Agency website listing for caregiver resources (bit.ly/3G5LlyV) and the Veteran Navigators website (bit.ly/3TmzBel) through the state health department's Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Administration for additional assistance.
Support local journalism. Subscribe to the Free Press. This story was produced with support from the New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations and community partners dedicated to rigorous and compelling reporting about successful responses to social problems. The group is supported by the Solutions Journalism Network. Read related stories atnymisojo.com. The collaborative also has compiled a detailedCaregiving Resource Guide with links to online information about various issues of interest to caregivers.
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Where: Madison Square Garden in New York.
Game notes: The Pistons were demolished by the Knicks in the second game of the season in New York, 130-106. ... The Pistons are once again at the bottom of the NBA's Eastern Conference. ... Both the Pistons and Knicks are coming off blowout road losses Wednesday - the Pistons in Boston, 128-112, and the Knicks in Brooklyn, 112-85.
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Duante Beddingfield, Julie Hinds and Brian McCollum
Tragic Victor Hugo hero Jean Valjean and Frankie Beverly and Maze will be joining Tiny Tim and the Sugar Plum Fairy for the holidays in Detroit this year.
All are part of a festive lineup of entertainment events that kicks off Nov. 18 with the return of "A Christmas Carol" to Meadow Brook Theatre and the Magic of Lights to Pine Knob. Beverly and Maze will be joined by the Isley Brothers for an old-school soul and R&B show on New Year's Eve at the Fox. And because no holiday season in southeast Michigan is complete without a musical, the Broadway in Detroit folks are bringing back a touring production of the beloved "Les Miserables," based on Hugo's 1862 novel about romance and revolution in 19th-century Paris.
Also in the Christmas mix are the welcome return of Noel Night to Midtown Detroit and the Cultural Center, Cirque du Soleil's first-ever holiday show and a fresh-from-Broadway jukebox musical based on the life of Tina Turner.
The holiday rush is on, so now is the time to start making plans for a fun outing or two with friends and family. The days at the end of the year seem to fly by, and before you know it, we'll be making toasts to 2023 and humming "Auld Lang Syne."
TicketSmarter: You can get tickets for many of these events here.
A Dickens of a time
An underpaid office worker who’s not getting an end-of-year raise, a boy with no health insurance for his mobility problems, a greedy business owner haunted by apparitions of his guilt. Who knew an 1843 novella by Charles Dickens would have such relevance in 2022 America? “A Christmas Carol” has remained a classic because it speaks to the true meaning of the season of giving, and there is no better place to enjoy its message than at the special 40th anniversary holiday stage production at Meadow Brook Theatre running from Nov. 18 through Christmas Eve. We’re betting the Ghost of Christmas Present already has his tickets.
Meadow Brook Theatre, 378 Meadow Brook Road on the Oakland University campus, Auburn Hills. 248-377-3300. $36 and up.
TSO's grand spectacle, which is like a stadium rock production with a yuletide twist, long ago became the most successful holiday tour in U.S. box office history. This year's edition is an updated installment of the outfit's 1999 special, "The Ghosts of Christmas Eve," centerpiece of a show that will also feature the standard array of TSO hits. As always, $1 from each ticket will go to area charities. Note: Along with these two Detroit shows, Trans-Siberian Orchestra is hitting Toledo (Dec. 2) and Grand Rapids (Dec. 4).
3 & 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29, Little Caesars Arena, 2645 Woodward, Detroit. $49 and up.
The first Noel Night (in a while)
After two years of pandemic cancellation, Noel Night is back on Dec. 3. The celebration held across Detroit’s Cultural Center is a giant open house with shopping, crafts, performances and free activities for the whole family. The venues who’ll be participating run the gamut from Wayne State University to the Detroit Historical Museum to restaurants, shops, breweries and more. Just consider it a holiday party where heavy coats and warm mittens are chic and everyone is invited. (Plus, you don’t have to make awkward small talk with your boss or relatives!) Details are still arriving, but the fun is set to run from 5 to 9 p.m. for Cultural Center hours and 5 to 10 p.m. for Midtown Detroit hours (south of Warren Avenue).
Details at noelnight.org.
Chip Davis rolls on
University of Michigan music alum Chip Davis transformed the sound of Christmas in the '80s with his Mannheim Steamroller project, moving millions of records by putting a new-age, "Fresh Aire" twist on holiday classics. At 35 years and counting, Mannheim Steamroller bills itself as the longest-running live show in the history of the concert industry, and Davis — now 75 — remains the creative engine driving it all.
8 p.m. Dec. 10, Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward, Detroit. $25 and up.
A soulful new year
A pair of Detroit's most-loved R&B institutions will join forces to ring in 2023 with fans at the Fox. Frankie Beverly and Maze will roll back the years with a set of silky soul, while Ron and Ernie Isley tap their own decades-long catalog of R&B standards — back in the city where the Cincinnati-bred group briefly made a mark with Motown Records in the '60s.
9:30 p.m. Dec. 31, Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward, Detroit. 313presents.com. $94 and up.
Rolling on the tour circuit
The life and music of Tina Turner, the brash-voiced singer from Nutbush, Tennessee, is celebrated in "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," which recently wrapped its Broadway run and hit the U.S. tour circuit. The musical follows Turner's career from her inauspicious origins in the rural South, through the tumult of her years with Ike Turner, and on through her breakthrough as a beloved global diva in the 1980s.
Dec. 6-18, Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway, Detroit. $35 and up.
Waltzing flowers, dancing fairies
If it’s time for the Christmas countdown, there must be sugar plum fairies galore coming to a venue near you. “Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet” will be in Detroit on Dec. 11 for three performances at the Fox. It’s a holiday tradition that children love for the acrobatic dancing and fun touches like the Rat King and his rodent army and grown-ups revisit for the exquisite score by Tchaikovsky. The production features an international cast that includes Ukrainian dancers, who are from a corner of the world sorely lacking in the peace and harmony that the ballet celebrates.
Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit, 313-471-7000. $35 and up.
One more tour, one tour more
The megahit musical, which arrived on Broadway in 1987, about Jean Valjean’s search for redemption after serving 19 years of hard labor for stealing a loaf of bread — intertwined with the story of revolutionary idealists seeking a better world in 19th-century France — returns to Detroit’s Fisher Theatre from Dec. 20 through Jan. 8. Pro tip: This may be the show's umpteenth tour, but it’s worth seeing every time. With a masterpiece of a score and a rousing narrative about the power of empathy and forgiveness, “Les Mis” is more than a great show. It’s a testament to humanity.
Fisher Theatre, 3011 E. Grand Blvd., Detroit. $45 and up.
Inimitable Canadian performance troupe Cirque du Soleil will spend the holiday season in Detroit reinventing a holiday classic with “’Twas the Night Before … ," its first-ever Christmas show. From Dec. 15 through Dec. 26, audiences can follow young girl's journey into a fun-house version of Clement Clarke Moore’s poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," meeting colorful characters during a wild adventure with lessons about friendship, sharing and yuletide magic.
Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit. $26.50 and up.
A Christmas from days gone by
The Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village will bustle with revelers, carolers, fiddlers and more during Holiday Nights, taking place Dec. 2-4, 9-11, 15-23 and 26-28. An annual tradition for more than two decades, the evening celebration finds Greenfield Village’s more than 80 acres decked out for the season during an event that recalls the magic of Christmases past. Bonfires, roasting chestnuts, horse-drawn wagons and a Main Street filled with shops, food and warm beverages await visitors — and each night ends with a fireworks display.
The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn. thehenryford.org. $22.50 and up for members, $26.25 and up for others.
Buddy the human elf is back
Broadway hit “Elf the Musical” will delight audiences at during its Nov. 22-27 run at the Fox Theatre. Adapted from the 2003 movie starring Will Ferrell about an orphaned human boy who's raised as an elf by Santa and his helpers at the North Pole, the show was described a “endearingly goofy” by USA Today. Four cast members in this year's touring production have southeast Michigan ties: Troy native Caitlin Lester-Sams, Fowlerville’s Christopher Smith, former Dexter resident Jo Davis and ensemble member Emily Ann Stys, who hails from Romeo.
Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit. $40 and up.
Drive-through oohs and aahs
One of metro Detroit’s newest holiday traditions, Magic of Lights, will illuminate the Pine Knob Music Theatre grounds beginning Nov. 18 and running through New Year's Eve. The drive-through light display employs digital animations and LED technology to present holiday-themed scenes and characters. New this year are a Prehistoric Christmas section, mega tree displays and Mattel's Waving Christmas Barbie, which is 32 feet tall. Magic of Lights provides safe family fun from the comfort of your car!
Pine Knob Music Theatre, 33 Bob Seger Drive, Clarkston. 313presents.com. $20 and up..
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She's got big debt but no degree yet holds onto hope
For decades, Stephanie Whitby’s go-to solution for making more money fast was to pick up extra hours waiting tables at restaurants.
Even when she had a full-time job in state government in Lansing, she waited tables on the side. Sometimes, she might make an extra $400 or even $700 on a weekend. She even made it through much of the pandemic by delivering food for DoorDash.
As prices on everything from gas to groceries soared, though, she's seeing blue collar families in the Lansing area cutting back to make ends meet. Customers are still tipping, she said, but fewer tables are filling up and turning over as people eat out less often or they're ordering more affordable options on the menu.
"Inflation — this is going to be the new normal," Whitby said. "I have to always look at how I can reduce my costs and be creative about it."
Will student loan forgiveness offer a way to get a diploma?
Whitby wasted no time when it came to applying for a chance to see up to one-third of her daunting federal student loan debt forgiven. She filled out the form online on Oct. 17, the very day the Biden administration plan officially opened to borrowers.
She says the whole thing probably took her about five minutes to fill out.
A graduate of the former Mackenzie High School in Detroit, Whitby, 48, built up about $60,000 in federal student loan debt trying to get a college diploma.
She's got the debt but no degree yet.
As the legal battle intensifies, though, she and other borrowers face far more confusion about how much debt, if any, will be forgiven.
She started part time as an adult in the winter of 2014 to obtain a bachelor's degree in business administration at the Lansing campus of Davenport University. She attended Wayne County Community College in the 1990s but paid out of pocket then.
A large amount of her student loan debt, Whitby said, went to cover tuition, books and fees at Davenport and some of the borrowed money covered living expenses, as allowed. She worked as a waitress while attending Davenport.
She estimates that she has about 1½ years to go to finish and will need to find a better job and take on more debt to get the job done.
These days, she is always trying to find creative avenues to boost her income, cut costs and reduce her debt.
"I need to look at ways to stop the bleeding," said Whitby, who admits she has had financial challenges for about the past 10 years.
Many don't have the degree to get a better job
For many borrowers, the federal program for student loan forgiveness isn't a way out of debt entirely. Some just need a way to go forward.
More student loan borrowers than you might imagine don't have that important college diploma, which can be the ticket to a better-paying job or career. A better job, of course, can make it easier to pay down those student loans.
Anywhere from about 33% to 50% or more of those who have student loan debt do not have a four-year degree, according to various estimates.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has put the number around 40%, but the White House pegs it at nearly one-third, according to a U.S. Education Department analysis of a recent cohort of undergraduates. Many of these students could not complete their degree because the cost of attendance was too high, according to the White House.
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Mark Kantrowitz, a student loan expert and author of "Who Graduates from College? Who Doesn't?," said he would estimate the number could be as high as half of borrowers. Some drop out because of financial difficulties. Some don't have the support of parents who take on debt of their own or tap into savings to cover college bills. Some have seen their grades fall far enough that they're no longer eligible for federal financial aid.
Kantrowitz noted that students who are not making what's called "Satisfactory Academic Progress" are ineligible for more federal student aid. To qualify for more aid, he said, a student must maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. They also need to be taking and passing enough classes to be on track to graduate within 150% of the normal timeframe, such as six years to obtain a four-year degree.
Borrowers who are in default are not eligible for further federal student aid — so if they went to school, stopped but didn't keep up with payments, they can't borrow more money to finish school.
"When a borrower is ineligible for further federal education loans, their main option is borrowing private student loans," Kantrowitz said.
Private student loan debt often comes with a higher price tag and interest rate, especially for those with low credit scores. And there is no possibility for loan forgiveness.
If borrowers are able to see their federal debt forgiven, even part of the debt, they could find it easier to afford to repay their remaining debt, Kantrowitz said.
For some, Kantrowitz said, forgiving the debt may restore eligibility for future federal student loans by reducing their loan balance below the aggregate limits and they can go back to school to finish a degree.
How debt forgiveness will help many
Wide-sweeping student loan forgiveness can help many move forward — maybe finishing their degree, maybe getting their debt down enough to start a family or maybe if they have a steady job, reducing their debt enough to help them put together a down payment and qualify for a more affordable mortgage to buy a modest home. Lenders take into account overall debt — including student loans — in relation to your income when considering you for a mortgage.
Already, about 26 million borrowers have applied to see their federal student loans forgiven under a massive new program introduced by President Joe Biden in late August.
Among borrowers who are no longer in school, nearly 90% of relief dollars will go to those earning less than $75,000 a year, according to the Education Department.
Some borrowers who had Pell Grants in college will see up to $20,000 in federal student loans forgiven; others will see up to $10,000 in debt forgiven.
The program gave borrowers until Dec. 31, 2023, to apply.
Now, federal student loan debt relief has been blocked further.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education website stated that the department is no longer accepting applications. The site noted: "Courts have issued orders blocking our student debt relief program."
The Education Department is seeking to overturn the court orders. "If you've already applied," the Studentaid.gov website states, "we'll hold your application."
Late Thursday night, a U.S. District Court in Texas issued an injunction that blocked Biden's effort to forgive $400 billion in federal student loan debt on the grounds that the president lacks such authority. The U.S. Justice Department is appealing.
It's a wait-and-see situation. Unfortunately, much remains unknown for borrowers in early November, just two months away from when the payment pause on student loans is set to end Dec. 31.
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About 14% of the state's residents have student loan debt, according to that data.
About 21.6% of those Michigan borrowers owe anywhere from $20,000 to $40,000. And about 2% owe more than $200,000.
Ideally, your college debt at graduation should be below the annual salary you'd expect to get in your field once you graduate.
More than 43 million people have federal student loan debt in the U.S. The average borrower has about $37,787, according to data compiled by the Education Data Initiative. The outstanding federal loan balance is about $1.6 trillion.
What about those in default?
Some borrowers without degrees — and with low-paying jobs — stop paying their student loan bills because they're juggling other bills, like rent and groceries.
About 16% of borrowers are in default, according to the White House. That includes nearly a third of senior citizens with student debt. That can result in the government garnishing a borrower’s wages, reducing part of a borrower's Social Security benefits to cover defaulted federal student debt or lowering a borrower’s credit score.
A separate Fresh Start initiative through the U.S. Department of Education was announced in April to help eligible borrowers who are in default. The program, which began in the fall, will continue through one year after the payment pause ends. Borrowers should update their contact information with their loan servicers to have an opportunity to get out of default status and, if they want to be able to return to school.
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How relief may help those without degrees
Some borrowers who left school before graduating but aren't carrying a great deal of debt could see immediate relief.
"For borrowers who have left school without a degree, many have very low balances and will see their debts completely eliminated," said Persis S. Yu, deputy executive director for the nonprofit Student Borrower Protection Center.
Those who have left school without a degree often end up in financial distress and as a group, they are disproportionately in default and vulnerable to the government's harsh collection practices, Yu said.
"For many, this will allow them to keep vital resources — like wages, the earned income tax credit, Social Security benefits — that are critical to keeping food on the table," she said.
Whitby still doesn't have that college degree, which might help her land a good-paying job. She last attended school in 2019 and she is unable to access more federal student loans because she's reached a maximum limit for federal loans. She'd have to take on private student loans, which cost more, and she doesn't want to do that.
Undergraduates can borrow up to $57,500 in Federal Direct Stafford loans in total to seek a degree; no more than $23,000 can be in subsidized loans, which do not accrue interest while you are in school at least half-time or during deferment periods.
Many financial troubles don't start or stop with student debt
The last 10 years or so haven't been the best for Whitby's financial picture — and student loan forgiveness could be one of the necessary boosts to get things back on track, possibly making it easier for her to earn a bachelor's degree.
Even if $20,000 in debt is forgiven, as she is hoping will be, she's still trying to figure out how to repay $40,000 in federal student loans. She might have to take on more debt before she can finish that degree. But, theoretically, she could borrow more in federal student loans to finish her degree if $20,000 is forgiven.
Whitby is hoping that debt relief could help her get back into the classroom. She knows about the legal delays and challenges to Biden's forgiveness program. But in an interview Nov. 4, before the setback Thursday in the federal court in Texas, she remained hopeful that once a huge program gets launched it will be hard to drop without offering help to millions of borrowers.
Looking back, Whitby says she once had an opportunity for a full-ride scholarship in communications when she was younger at Wayne State University in Detroit. She had another vision and decided against it because she didn't want to follow a corporate path. Her grandmother was upset when she turned that opportunity down.
She was so focused on wanting to help people and did get to do some of that several years ago when she was working for Gov. Jennifer Granholm's administration as a mailroom manager and liaison for addressing citizen complaints and concerns. She made about $38,000 a year in that job — and she made even more on top of that working extra jobs as a waitress.
But things fell off track after Granholm left office and Whitby found it hard to replicate that 9-to-5 paycheck.
Whitby saw a condo in Lansing go into foreclosure a few years after that government job ended and regrets that she didn't know how to manage her money well while she was working. She had a hard time finding other work, as all she had was a high school diploma.
During the early days of the pandemic, she lost a job that paid $15 an hour as a manager in a hotel in East Lansing, as business travel and conferences collapsed in early 2020. "By late February, they were laying people off at the hotel," she said.
Inflation is the latest headache, one that she expects is likely to be a long-lasting game changer.
She once thought when studying business as an adult that the hospitality industry would offer her a good future, but now she's doubting that because she thinks travel will be a luxury that many won't be able to afford. She'd still like to work for a nonprofit.
Over 30 years, Whitby has been able to pick up hours as a waitress — even when she had a good job in state government — to make extra money. She's still finding work but it's far harder to wait tables to make good money.
She worked four hours one Sunday at the Old Chicago Pizza + Taproom in Okemos and made $130 in tips when in the past she might have made $225 or so during a similar shift. Her wages are $3.75 an hour plus tips.
People are just being more careful about how they spend their money.
Whitby isn't eating out as much lately herself and when she does, she's going for the deals, the $6 Big Box at Popeyes, the Happy Hour snacks at Old Chicago, the kid's meals.
She's been working the past year through GreenPath Financial Wellness to pay down her credit card debt, taking it down so far from about $2,500 to about $1,500 now.
As part of a debt management plan at GreenPath, she's seen some credit card rates go down to 0%. Some credit card rates were dropped to around 10% from 23% or higher. She also sought help from GreenPath to address other loans, as well.
How do you find a way to pay to finish a degree?
The federal student loan forgiveness program will reduce the financial burden facing many students and graduates, said Leah Aalderink, executive director of student financial services for Davenport University.
"We have experienced students leaving or turning to private lenders when they have exhausted their Federal Student Loan eligibility and this relief could open the door for them to return to complete their program," Aalderink said in a statement to the Free Press.
The private Grand Rapids-based Davenport University lists tuition at $21,240 for two semesters with 12 credits each semester for full-time students taking courses in the classroom. The nonprofit university has about 5,200 students. It offers classes online and has eight campuses statewide including Lansing, downtown Detroit and Warren.
The median federal loan debt among borrowers who completed their undergraduate degree at Davenport, according to U.S. News and World Report, is $26,512. The median monthly federal loan payment for student federal loan borrowers who graduated — if it were repaid over 10 years at 5.05% interest — is $265.
Whitby is reviewing various options for figuring out what's next for her, including ways to keep her education costs down.
Maybe, she says, she'll apply for a job at Biggby Coffee to get a reduced rate for her tuition, as part of a partnership that Davenport has with Biggby for its employees. Through its partnership with Biggby, the school offers Biggby employees various benefits, including up to $7,000 toward tuition for most undergraduate and graduate degree programs and a renewable scholarship that applies toward six classes or 22 credit hours per year.
Maybe, she'll spot and land a job in state government. If she got a job with the state again, she might be able to get a discount. All state of Michigan employees receive a 50% discount for attending Davenport University; their spouses and children receive a 25% discount.
Maybe something else might work out. Davenport has partnerships with other companies, too.
"It's so many moving parts," Whitby said. "What can I use in my arsenal to reduce my debt?
"When you have so many hiccups like me, you have to learn to adjust to it.”
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