November 7th, 20250I was in Congress for 34 years. During that time, I attended scores, possibly hundreds of public events. They were held in all kinds of places, in nearly every circumstance that you can imagine. I can recall only one incident of potential violence.
There were sometimes heated disagreements, but almost never did people reject the...
November 1st, 20250AAPAC warns that Proposal 1 would divide the city and weaken representation
DEARBORN — The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) has urged voters in Dearborn to vote “No” on the proposal to divide the city into electoral wards in the November 4 election, warning that the measure — which seeks to change the structure...
July 27th, 20250DEARBORN – Last week, due to an insufficient number of valid signatures, Dearborn City Clerk George Darany rejected a petition initiative aimed at restructuring how the City Council is elected. The group behind the petition, however, maintains that the submitted signatures should have qualified, arguing that commonly used Arab and...
July 27th, 20250At the Local News Crisis Summit in Detroit, journalists, media executives, scholars and philanthropists gathered to address the loss of local journalism, along with the democratic foundations it helps sustain.
Local journalism is an essential bridge for civic engagement; it is the medium through which communities receive trusted news...
April 23rd, 20180DEARBORN — Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Mariam Bazzi will receive the 2018 Henry Ford College Distinguished Service Award at HFC's afternoon commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 5. The ceremony will take place at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center at 1:30 p.m.
Bazzi is a former member of the HFC Board of...
March 16th, 20180DEARBORN – On March 15, a large crowd of community members and local elected officials came out to Byblos Banquet Hall in support of 19th District Court Chief Judge Salem Salamey’s bid to be re-elected to the bench.
Salamey, a father of four, was elected Dearborn’s first Arab American judge in 2012. He is currently running...
