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Ex-Beaumont Health employee allegedly accessed, shared health information of more than 1,000 patients

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 31, 2020

A Beaumont Health System employee has been fired amid claims the worker accessed and passed along protected personal and health information of more than a thousand patients to someone known to be affiliated with a personal injury attorney.

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Activist questions Detroit Public School's use of $250,000 in grant money to send staff, students on Italy trip

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 31, 2020

Detroit activist Monica Palmer wonders just how all-inclusive the trip to Italy that Detroit Public Schools Community District staff and 53 high school students recently took abroad really was.

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Poll: John James leading Gary Peters in close Senate race

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 16, 2019

A new poll shows Republican John James nursing a one-point lead over incumbent Democrat Michigan state Sen. Gary Peters.

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U.S. Supreme Court overturns ruling that ordered redrawing of 34 political districts

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 4, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled to overturn a 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that paved the way for the redrawing of 34 Michigan political districts before the 2020 elections.

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Bills in House would grant tax breaks for alternative energy installations, increase liquor regulations

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 18, 2019

Four new bills recently passed overwhelmingly in the Michigan House that could change everything from how long traffic tickets can be held to what sort of tactics state liquor regulators are allowed to use to assure compliance standards are being adhered to.

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Detroit Police approve controversial facial recognition technology

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 2, 2019

The Detroit Police Oversight Board is defending its approval of a new policy that would allow the use of facial recognition software, even as the idea continues to be soundly rejected by residents and civil rights groups across the state.

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Michigan, Detroit top at the list for increase of women-owned businesses

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 1, 2019

A State of Women-Owned Business Report finds that Michigan and Detroit rank at the top in the country for the increase in number of women-owned businesses, with the number of such establishments more than doubling in both places during the last 17 years.