Detroit Voice Brief

Michigan GOP leader skipping Mackinac policy conference because of vaccine mandate, Student loan pause is chance to save money before payments resume, Coca-Cola plant in Detroit closing in October, moving to Grand Rapids,

Emotional State Board of Ed meeting over masks, vaccines foreshadows chaotic back-to-school season, US Senate passes $1-trillion infrastructure bill: Here's what Michigan would get, Perseid meteor shower is best of the year and happening right now: What to know, and Dan Campbell: Grit will determine Detroit Lions' final roster spots; 'There's no turds here'.

Lawsuit: Newly unsealed emails suggest Ford targeted high-performing older workers, Canada just opened its border to Americans, but is anyone visiting during a pandemic?, Guy Fieri teams with Chevy and creates the Apple Pie Hot Dog, and Pistons vs. Rockets: Summer League.

Michigan schools struggling to find classroom aides in special education, Detroit grandma runs soul food restaurant on her front lawn, Stroh's is Michigan's most popular 'trashy' beer, study says, Want a schoolhouse in St. Clair County? It's free.

Canadian border officers to strike ahead of opening to vaccinated U.S. travelers, The Better Business Bureau warns consumers about how some scams can use QR codes, Blue Angels descend on Dearborn Truck Plant to visit workers, gather intel, and Michigan State athletic director Bill Beekman resigns; national replacement search coming.

After years on the rise, early data indicates suicides declined during COVID-19 pandemic, A downtown Detroit building is now open to the public after an extensive facelift, Restaurants at or near by downtown Detroit parks featuring the motor city car crawl, and Michigan State still an option as Emoni Bates reclassifies, trims list.

Detroit Tigers' Christopher Ilitch: Spending more in free agency 'could happen this winter', Michigan prisoner seeks release from solitary confinement after 35 years alone, a tight labor market leads some Michigan companies to change marijuana testing policy, and Longtime Jim Henson associate helped bring Muppets, Tickle Me Elmo, 'Fraggle Rock' to life.

COVID-19 delta variant leaving cascade of events in its wake, How Hollywood casts cars and makes some of them stars, The Cade Stack Vegan sandwich celebrates the Pistons newest star, and Detroit Tigers' Eric Haase earns American League Rookie of the Month for July.

Several national retailers are requiring mask wearing at stores, Yemeni Americans in Dearborn struggle to be included in city government, Guide to primary elections 2021: key races, poll times, more, Study: Playing Euchre and other card games could stave off Alzheimer's, 

Dearborn residents: How long did council know about mayor's cognitive issues?, Michigan's affordable housing crisis could get worse soon: Here's why, Woman suffers second-degree burns after setting bedbug-infested car ablaze, and Pistons select Cade Cunningham first overall in NBA draft.

Extra tax refunds averaging a bit more than $1,600 are being issued to 1.5 million people during the last week in July, Metro Detroit concerts come storming back: A look at what's ahead at DTE and other venues, Selfridge auction to include Goodyear Blimp ride, B-17 bomber flight, tank driving experience.

ACLU intervenes after pregnant Oakland County woman is denied tubal ligation, Car customers antsy as hard-to-get chips go to more profitable trucks, and Pistons GM Troy Weaver takes us inside thinking ahead of NBA.

Are issues at Mexican border keeping US border with Canada closed?, The small business administration released a list of restaurants that received funds from the restaurant revitalization fund, Home Depot closes all its Michigan hot dog stands, and 4 Tigers prospects make Baseball America's new top 100. 

Thousands without power after wave of metro Detroit storms; southbound M-10 reopens, Detroit Tigers swept by Kansas City Royals in 6-1 loss as Tarik Skubal spanked early, and Steve Yzerman "hates giving up draft picks" but it made Detroit Red Wings stronger.

The US extension on COVID-19 border restrictions places a possible reopening past the date selected by Canada, Clark Park to get $3.3 million upgrade; community celebrates new housing at The Murray, and the Detroit Red Wings acquire G Alex Nedeljkovic in trade, send Jonathan Bernier to Hurricanes.

Motown’s Berry Gordy named as Kennedy Center Honor recipient for 2021, Detroit city council pushes ahead with reparations initiative, NFL record projections 2021: Detroit Lions are gonna be bad, but how bad?

Michigan's groundwater problem: Ann Arbor's 4-mile-long dioxane plume is growing, Sheriff: Carbon monoxide deaths at Faster Horses Festival 'absolutely tragic', and Detroit Tigers pitcher Spencer Turnbull out for season, will have Tommy John surgery.

Analysis: Trump and his election lies remain 'purity test' for Michigan Republicans, Arab American advocates ask Dearborn for Arabic-language voting help, ballots, Racers devastated by shutdown of 136-acre Milan Dragway, and the Detroit Tigers draftee Ty Madden makes first Comerica Park appearance: 'It's beautiful'

Big money is arriving in bank accounts for unemployment-related tax refunds for nearly 4 million people. And the advance Child Tax Credit is set to hit accounts as soon as July 15., Chicago just held an auto show. Detroit nixed its show. Here's why that's good, and Wily Peralta helps Detroit Tigers blank Minnesota Twins, 7-0, to sweep series.

Some people who are owed tax refunds recieved collection notices in July. Why?, Veterans fuming over portable johns near Royal Oak war memorial, so city had them moved, Arts, Beats, and Eats is back.

Dan Gilbert and Stephen Ross no longer plan to build an innovation center in downtown Detroit on the site of an aborted jail, Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood was destroyed decades ago, but activists say the possible removal of I-375 presents a chance to acknowledge how highways and urban renewal hurt the Black community then, Dearborn residents blasted City Council, mayor over floods for...

Developer on pace to buy empty Northland mall, Ford drops use of 'chairman' title, adopts other gender-neutral language, Motor City Brewing Works opens second location, and 2021 MLB draft: Players with Michigan ties selected this year.

Kamala Harris visits Detroit to talk voting rights, vaccines, Muskegon County man unearths more than 150 bowling balls during renovations, We Lived It, and the 2021 MLB draft: Players with Michigan ties selected in the 2021 MLB draft.

AG accepts GOP lawmaker's request to investigate those peddling election lies, Hot Sam’s men's clothing store celebrates 100 years with event downtown Detroit, 'Perfect storm' brings tax refund delays, triggers some trouble ahead, and Detroit Tigers take Jackson Jobe with No. 3 pick in 2021 MLB draft.

Michigan Auditor General to study long-term care facility deaths in COVID-19 pandemic, 116K customers without power after storms hit southeast Michigan, and People waited in line for hours for chance at huge bingo jackpot in Westland — and someone just won.