Dearborn ends online speaking for council meetings, drawing protests Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press
For the first time in several months, Dearborn City Council held its public meeting in person on Tuesday evening without an option to speak online through Zoom.
City officials and some City Council members touted the move as a step toward getting back to normal.
But protesters and some residents are speaking out, noting that Michigan and Dearborn still have a high number of new COVID-19 cases. It s a tension that other municipalities may face as more get back to in-person meetings and end their online speaking options.
Setting the record straight on claims made in support of Republican election bills Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press Get to TCF - How Detroit was the game-changer of the presidential election
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Michigan’s Senate Elections Committee has held three hearings so far on GOP-backed election bills that would place new requirements on voters.
Republicans have sold their 39-bill legislative push as an effort to beef up election security and restore faith in the election process. Voting rights advocates and election officials say some of the proposals would disenfranchise voters by making it harder to vote.
The bills include measures that would impose stricter voter ID requirements, shorten the deadline for returning ballots via drop boxes, prohibit clerks from providing prepaid postage for returning ballots and ban the secretary of state from sending absentee ballot applications to voters. Less contentious proposals would extend the time t
Allen Park, Rochester, Royal Oak downtowns win awards for thriving through COVID-19 pandemic Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press
They beat the pandemic odds against small business.
Now they’re getting accolades along with cash prizes. In nationwide contests judging how downtowns big and small not only survived the pandemic, but even thrived through it, metro Detroit has three winners: Allen Park, Rochester and Royal Oak.
Each won for playing creative defense against the nationwide shutdown that began March 16 last year. Despite the odds, their marketing bosses found ways to encourage take-out dining and COVID-19-safe shopping.
Nationwide, traditional downtowns fared better than strip malls and shopping centers during the past year, said urban experts at the International Downtown Association in Washington, D.C. One reason is that classic downtowns gave virus-wary visitors lots of choices in a dense area. Another is that those areas felt safely familiar to many
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