Opportunities for jobs, education and vaccines provide highlights in Duggan s State of the City
By Randy Wimbley and David Komer online producer
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - More Detroiters will have a shot to get the shot.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced at his State of the City address that the Northwest Activities Center will administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting March 22nd. The mayor received a lot of criticism last week for his comments about the vaccine and his initial decision to turn down a shipment of more than 6,000 doses of it.
Duggan stresses opportunities for Detroiters and breaking barriers in State of City
Duggan to focus on poverty-fighting plan, J&J vaccine center in State of the City address
Annalise Frank/Crain s Detroit Business
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will give his eighth annual State of the City speech virtually at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. He spoke last year on Feb. 25 at Detroit s Flex-N-Gate auto parts plant.
How to watch
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will give his State of the City address at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Comcast channels 10 and 21
AT&T channel 99 Detroit
Stream it online from the city of Detroit s Facebook page, YouTube page or at DetroitMI.gov.
Some local TV and radio stations will also carry the address.
Lawsuit challenges Detroit recreational marijuana shop licensing rules
Detroit’s new ordinance regulating licensing for recreational marijuana shops, which gives preferences to longtime Detroiters, has sparked a lawsuit claiming the rule is unfair and could unravel the city s plans to license stores.
In the suit filed Tuesday in Wayne County Circuit Court, Crystal Lowe, who has lived in Detroit for 11 of the past 30 years, indicates she plans to apply for an adult-use retail establishment license.
However, the city “has almost certainly denied Lowe s chances to obtain a license because the city s licensing scheme favors certain Detroit residents over other Michiganders based on the duration of their residency” there, the filing said.
Chief Public Health Officer Denise Fair
UAW Vice President Cindy Estrada
Deputy Mayor Conrad Mallett
Detroit Fire Fighters Association President Tom Gehart
Estrada is expected to get her vaccination at the news conference.
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