Seven Warren councilpersons and City Treasurer Lorie Barnwell were sworn in Saturday morning during an unofficial ceremony held in the atrium of Warren City Hall.
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from Warren Mayor James Fouts to expedite review of his lawsuit, originally filed in August, that sought to add him to the ballot and alleged violation of his civil rights.
WARREN Lawyers for Warren Mayor Jim Fouts vow to appeal a ruling by a federal judge who dismissed a lawsuit alleging the mayor’s civil rights were violated when he was removed from the ballot of this year’s primary election.
Macomb County Circuit Court Judge James Biernat heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in the case of Warren District 5 Councilman Eddie Kabacinski versus the Warren Election Commission and District 5 candidates Hal Newnan, Brittani Tringali, and Jay Michael Jackson.
WARREN Incumbent Warren City Clerk Sonja Buffa and Macomb County Commissioner Mai Xiong were the top-two finishers in the Aug. 8 primary election among three candidates vying to become the city’s clerk for the next four years. They will now move on to the general election Nov. 7.