November 10th, 20230In Westland, State Rep. Kevin Coleman, (D-Westland), a former City Councilman, won the mayoral race with 59 percent of the vote over interim Mayor Michael Londeau.
"I believe Westland needs a mayor who knows government and how to deliver results for all of us that live here," Coleman told the Free Press earlier this year. "My experience...
August 20th, 20220The problems of racial and religious animus are unfortunately ongoing challenges for Michiganders with ancestry from the Middle East or who adhere to the Islamic faith. These challenges exist despite the density of Arab and Chaldean Americans and American Muslims who reside in Southeastern Michigan.
Although issues such as hate crimes...
July 23rd, 20220Human rights activist and attorney Huwaida Arraf is running for the 10th Congressional District in this August’s primary.
Voters will have a choice of candidates for representation in Washington D.C. from a crowded pool of five Democrats (including Arraf), two Republicans and a Libertarian.
The newly drawn 10th Congressional...
February 15th, 20210WARREN — Imam Steve Mustafa Elturk, president of the Islamic Organization of North America, will receive the Robert A. Bruttell Interfaith Leader Award on Feb. 22.
Elturk is a leader of Warren's faith community, where his mosque, the Islamic Organization of North America, is based. He co-chairs the Imams Committee of the ...
September 11th, 20200FREELAND – At a rally at an airport outside Saginaw on Thursday, Trump told thousands of supporters that he was confident he would secure Michigan once again, come November. Trump won Michigan by the narrowest margin in Michigan presidential election history in 2016.
Michigan is a key battleground state for the November presidential...
June 20th, 20201WARREN — In August, Macomb County residents will have the choice to vote for the first Muslim American candidate for county prosecutor in Michigan. The primaries pit Pakistani American Saima Khalil, 39, against four other non-incumbent Democrats.
Beyond this historic candidacy, Khalil looks to bring long-needed progressive change...
January 29th, 20200LANSING — The Michigan Democratic Party released several statements in anticipation of President Trump’s Thursday visit to a Warren auto parts supply company, Dana Incorporated. This will be Trump’s first visit to Michigan in 2020, a day after he signed into law a revamped trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
Trump won by 12...
June 29th, 20170
DEARBORN ― A bald man stole seven boxes of Rogaine from a pharmacy on Warren Avenue near Wyoming Avenue in Dearborn on June 22, according to a Dearborn Police press release.
Employees told officers that the suspect, a 30-40-year-old Black man, entered the store, placed seven boxes of the items in a shopping bag, and left in...
