Private investigator hired to follow Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan
November 16th, 20180 DETROIT — Mayor Mike Duggan released a statement after allegations emerged that he is having an affair and cheating on his wife of 32-years, Lori Maher. The allegations were made after Detroit businessman Robert Carmack hired a private investigator to follow Duggan over the last few months. Carmack said the video puts Duggan’s...
Detroit man arrested for child sexually abusive material
November 16th, 20181 DETROIT— The Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit and Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested Nicholas Thaier Mukhtar, 29, for child sexually abusive material following a multi-county investigation. The MSP CCU/ICAC Task Force, Grand Rapids Office began communicating online with a subject later identified as...
Dana Nessel announces her transition team, including two Arab Americans
November 13th, 20180 LANSING - Michigan Attorney General-elect Dana Nessel recruited a team of experts to assist with the transition as she prepares to take office as Michigan’s 55th attorney general on Jan. 1. Nessel chose former Attorney General Frank Kelley, who served as Michigan’s AG for 37 years, as chair of her team. He was the longest-serving...
Dearborn Public Schools leader named 2019 Michigan Superintendent of the Year
November 12th, 20180 LANSING, MIchigan– The Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators (MASA) today announced that Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko has earned the award of 2019 Michigan Superintendent of the Year. “Dr. Glenn Maleyko has proven himself to be an outstanding leader for Dearborn Public...
Arab American health and awareness group launched to benefit the community
November 12th, 20180 DEARBORN — Starting as an organization co-founded by sisters Mariam and Marwa Ayyash, the Arab American Health Initiative (AAHI) highlights healthcare needs, including reducing health disparities and fighting stigma within the Arab American community. The AAHI was first established in October 2016 and officially launched as a...
Michiganders had highest turnout in five decades for midterm elections
November 12th, 20180 DEARBORN - Around 4.3 million Michiganders cast their ballots on Tuesday — more than 1 million more than the last gubernatorial election in 2014 — a surge that pushed voter turnout beyond levels seen in five decades. In 2014, 3,188,956 ballots were cast. Statewide turnout among registered voters was 57.5 percent — much higher...
Women win both Michigan Supreme Court seats
November 12th, 20180 LANSING— Elizabeth T. Clement, who was snubbed by her own Republican party, and Megan Cavanagh, a Democratic nominee for the state's highest court, rode the pink wave in winning the two seats on the Michigan Supreme Court, which will now have three women and four men deciding cases that affect millions of Michiganders. Cavanagh, a...
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg breaks three ribs due to fall
November 12th, 20180 Washington DC — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractured three ribs in a fall in her Supreme Court office Wednesday night according to a statement by the Supreme Court. According to the statement, the 85-year-old Ginsburg experienced discomfort at home following the fall and was admitted to George Washington University hospital...
Muslim rights group sues Troy for rejecting plans to build mosque
November 11th, 20180 TROY — The city of Troy discriminated against a Muslim community group by rejecting plans to build an Islamic center, according to a federal court lawsuit filed Thursday. The nonprofit Adam Community Center sued the City Council, Planning Commission and members of Troy's Zoning Board of Appeals. The group has tried unsuccessfully to...
Stabenow defeats James, retains her seat in the U.S. Senate
November 11th, 20180 LANSING— Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow defeated her Republican challenger, John James, a 37-year-old Farmington Hills businessman, by the smallest margin since she was first elected back in 2000. Stabenow won a fourth term in a contest in which President Trump backed James. Stabenow, 68, of Lansing, won 52 percent of the...
Republicans keep majorities in Michigan’s House and Senate, despite Democrats’ gain
November 11th, 20180 LANSING — Michigan Republicans will retain majorities in the Michigan House and Senate despite losing seats to Democrats in Tuesday's election, stopping a blue wave that swept the state's highest offices and setting the stage for a divided government that will be led by Democratic Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer. The Republicans...
Tlaib asks Jones if she plans to step down from City Council post to serve in Congress
November 10th, 20180 DETROIT — Congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib wants to know if Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones plans to step down from her city post to serve in Congress. Tlaib was elected to replace former Rep. John Conyers Jr. in Congress beginning in January, but Jones won a special election designating her as interim representative...
Dearborn business owner encourages residents to visit future Detroit park
November 10th, 20180 DEARBORN— A partnership of business owners are set to begin designing a new Detroit city park on the corner of Warren and Grand River Avenues. Prince Concepts, a real estate development company and sponsor of the project, has selected Julie Bargmann, the founder of D.I.R.T. Studio, a landscape design practice, to design the quarter...
Whitmer, Nessel and Benson sweep Michigan’s top jobs, defeat Republicans
November 10th, 20180 Democrat Gretchen Whitmer wins governor'- race, beats Republican candidate Bill Schuette In a pivotal election, Democrat Gretchen Whitmer has won the race for governor of Michigan. She swept 53.3 percent of the votes, beating Republican Bill Schuette in 17 of Michigan’s 83 counties. Among them were Macomb, Oakland, Genesee, Wayne...
Rashida Tlaib wins U.S. House seat in landslide, defeats Jones’ write-in campaign
November 10th, 20180 DETROIT — Rashida Tlaib will be one of two Arab American and Muslim women ever to be elected to Congress after winning the seat of former U.S. Rep. John Conyers Jr. and defeating Brenda Jones' last minute write-in campaign, on Tuesday. The Palestinian American and vocal critic of President Trump was announced the winner of the 13th......
Trump fires Jeff Sessions, replaces him with Matthew Whitaker
November 9th, 20180 WASHINGTON D.C. — President Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions Wednesday and replaced him with Matthew G. Whitaker, who has complained about the special counsel investigation into Russia’s election interference. Sessions submitted his letter of resignation at Trump's request. Whitaker, a former United States attorney in...
Sam Baydoun wins seat on the Wayne County Commission
November 9th, 20180 DEARBORN — On Tuesday, long-time real estate associate broker Sam Baydoun was elected to the 13th District Wayne County Commission seat vacated by outgoing Commission Chairman Gary Woronchak. Baydoun ran unopposed and received 30,920 votes. Woronchak, who mounted an unsuccessful run for State Senate, will step down in......
Arab Americans win in Northville and Crestwood, but lose in Dearborn School Board races
November 9th, 20184 DEARBORN — In a dramatic contrast, all five Arab American candidates failed in the Dearborn Board of Education race on Tuesday, while other Arab Americans scored victories in Dearborn Heights' Crestwood School District and the Northville School Board. In Dearborn, the Arab American capital of the U.S., thousands of Arab voters went...
Voters pass all three state-wide proposals
November 9th, 20180 LANSING — All three of the statewide proposals in Michigan passed on Tuesday, November 6. Proposal One, which legalized recreational marijuana for adults, passed overwhelmingly, 55 to 44 percent, with 2,344,450 voters approving it and 1,849,005 voting no. Proposal Two's passage means an independent redistricting commission...
Dearborn voters renew Henry Ford College millage by wide margin
November 9th, 20180 DEARBORN — Voters living in the Dearborn Public School District approved on November 6 the renewal of a Henry Ford Community College millage for five years, starting in January. The approved mill represents approximately $4.2 million in annual revenue for HFC, amounting to about 5 percent of HFC’s nearly $90 million operating...
Metro Detroit’s Lebanese Christians celebrate opening of Macomb County’s largest Maronite church
November 5th, 20180 CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Macomb County – There's an unassuming place where the Lebanese identity is alive and well, but it's not in the land of cedars nor in Dearborn, the capital of Arab America. Macomb County, Michigan’s third most populated, located just northwest of Detroit, is home to the largest Lebanese Maronite Christian......
Wallet stolen from car, Dearborn Police seek help finding suspect
November 5th, 20180 DEARBORN — A Livonia resident parked his car in the 2800 block of Cornell and left his wallet in the center console while visiting family. He later received a text message from American Express at approximately 2:30 p.m. inquiring about multiple purchases made. The victim checked his vehicle, which he had left unlocked, and discovered...
Do Arab Americans of Dearborn know of ‘World Mankousheh Day’?
November 5th, 20180 While there are many national and international days dedicated to appreciating a certain food, a great initiative known as World Mankousheh Day was added to the World International Days, presented by Zaatar w Zeit. Zaatar w Zeit, a well-known Lebanese food service with multiple chains internationally, chose November 2 to celebrate......
Court of Appeals: Police have the right to stop uninsured vehicle
November 4th, 20180 MONROE— The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that police have the right to stop uninsured vehicles and overturned a lower court's decision to throw out evidence against passenger Patrick Mazzie. Mazzie was a passenger in a friend's uninsured vehicle when Monroe police stopped the car on June 22, 2017. Police used a law enforcement...
Worthy endorses Wilder for Michigan Supreme Court
November 4th, 20180 DETROIT – Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy issued a statement endorsing Justice Kurtis Wilder for election to Michigan Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 6. "On November 6, the citizens of Michigan will be voting for one of the most important offices on the ballot, the Michigan Supreme Court,” Worthy said in the statement. “I have......
