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Metro Detroit law firm holding fundraising contest for local restaurants File photo and last updated 2021-05-03 20:59:30-04 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WXYZ) — Goodman Acker law firm is launching a fundraising contest to help local restaurants stay in business amid the pandemic. Goodman Acker P.C. created the Good Food, Good Decision contest where nine restaurants were chosen for nomination to compete against one another for the title of local favorite. "The goal is for each restaurant to secure the most votes and voting is open to the public," the law firm explained in a release. "The restaur...

Good morning! It is the first time in the school’s more than 200-year history that members of the Board of Regents have censured one of their own. Weiser landed in hot water after he was caught on camera at a recent party meeting calling top state lawmakers “witches” and referencing “assassination” when talking about two Michigan GOP Reps. who voted to impeach former president Donald Trump. The resolution to censure Regent Weiser passed with six votes, one abstention and one absence. Board of Regents Chairwoman Denise Ilitch said that the Board cannot simply remove Weiser since he i...

Reply(1) This August 2020 file photo, shows Ron Weiser, left, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, and Ronna Romney McDaniel, National Republican Committee chairwoman. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP File) LANSING, Mich. — The University of Michigan's governing board on Friday censured a Republican regent who called the state's female Democratic leaders "witches" whom the GOP would prepare for a "burning at the stake" in the 2022 election. Ron Weiser, who chairs the Michigan Republican Party, said he took "full responsibility" for his "poorly chosen words" to activists but said h...

Though symbolic, a vote to censure is likely the strongest action the body can take against an individual regent, since its members are elected. The Detroit Free Press first reported on the possibility of a censure vote. Weiser did not return a request for comment.  Michigan Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser is under fire for joking about assassinating and calling Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel ‘witches. (Bridge file photo) The board’s move comes a week after Weiser was recorded calling Gov. Gret...