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Without mentioning his predecessor s name, President Joe Biden criticized former President Donald Trump while visiting a Ford Motor Co. plant in Dearborn on Tuesday, saying Trump s rollback of fuel standards delayed an inevitable move to electric vehicles.
Biden, visiting southeastern Michigan for the first time as president ahead of Ford s unveiling of its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup on Wednesday, also said Trump let key tax credits to encourage electric vehicle sales expire and never came through with a much-promised plan to fund improvements to roads, bridges and other infrastructure. (They) didn’t do a damn thing, he said of Trump s administration. They didn’t get the job done.
Detroit civil rights leaders say more needs to be done following Chauvin guilty verdict
The Detroit civil rights community is opening up after the guilty verdict in the murder of George Floyd and sharing its significance and what they say must happen next.
and last updated 2021-04-20 23:18:21-04
DETROIT (WXYZ) â The Detroit civil rights community is opening up after the guilty verdict in the murder of George Floyd and sharing its significance and what they say must happen next.
âThank God that George Floyd, whose life did matter, did receive some justice and for his family, and the jury stood up. It should never have gotten to this point,â said Rev. Wendell Anthony.
How Detroiters are reacting to the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin case
Detroiters are reacting to the guilty verdict against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Posted at 5:38 AM, Apr 21, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-21 05:38:25-04
(WXYZ) â As the entire world heard the three guilty verdicts read in the trial against Derek Chauvin, protesters took to the street, many in victory, others crying out for further accountability arguing this is just the first step.
The City of Detroit is also feeling the trial s outcome deeply, with many processing the moment.
There were protests over the summer organized largely by a group called Detroit Will Breathe, formed 328 days ago, just days after George Floyd s death. For them, Tuesday was a moment of recognition.
Whitmer and GOP align on avoiding more restrictions: The week in Michigan politics
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During a Zoom conference, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced new protocols mandating work bids include labor and environmental records, economic impact in Michigan and certification that the business has properly classified employees.
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LANSING, MI - For the first time in several months, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican leaders in the Michigan Legislature actually agree on something.
Whitmer this week opted to generally avoid imposing significant new COVID-19 restrictions, even though the state’s case and hospitalization rates are the worst in the country. Instead, the governor pushed once more for more people to get vaccinated and comply with mask-wearing and social-distancing guidelines.
Michigan election officials blast GOP voting bills as voter suppression
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LANSING, Mich. – Top election officials came out Thursday against a slate of bills from GOP lawmakers aimed at making sweeping changes to Michigan’s election laws.
Michigan’s election leaders criticized the package of Republican-backed voting bills in the State Senate. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson did not hold back.
“We are witnessing state legislators acting as if their anti-American effort to take away citizens freedom to vote is somehow the right thing to do,” Benson said.
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The 39 bills have been widely criticized by voting rights experts, major Michigan businesses and local election clerks like Detroit’s Janice Winfrey.