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Tigers expect capacity limits to be raised for Opening Day; GOP calls on Whitmer to ease cap Detroit — Hours after GOP lawmakers argued for the state to ease crowd restrictions inside Comerica Park, the Detroit Tigers vowed to detail a plan in the coming days to admit more than the current 1,000-fan limit for Opening Day and beyond.  The Tigers on Monday afternoon touted a "comprehensive plan" arranged over several months in coordination with Major League Baseball, state health officials, medical experts and government leaders that will "allow fans to confidently and safely return to th...

Economists back study that found Detroit still inflating property taxes Detroit — A coalition fighting for fairness in property tax assessments joined with economists, legal and finance scholars Thursday to call for state and city leaders to investigate the ongoing "inaccuracy" and "inequity" in property tax assessments in Detroit.  The Coalition for Property Tax Justice contends multiple studies have found the lowest-valued homes in Detroit continue to be overassessed — even after a citywide reappraisal in 2017 that cost $8.4 million — and it's "putting thousands of Detroiters a...

Lansing — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration agreed to pay former state health department director Robert Gordon $155,506 in a separation deal that also required the two sides to maintain confidentiality about the circumstances that led to his abrupt departure. The agreement is the clearest evidence yet that the split between Gordon, a central figure in the state's response to COVID-19, and Whitmer was not amicable, and it shows the Democratic administration used taxpayer funds to ease his departure. On Feb. 22, one month after Gordon resigned without explanation, he and Mark T...

Sarah Esty, who served as a deputy director while Robert Gordon led Michigan's health department, also reached a separation agreement with the state

Republicans seize on nursing-home deaths to weaken Democrats David Welch and Gabrielle Coppola, Bloomberg March 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Republicans are weaponizing covid-19's nursing home deaths. In recent months, GOP lawmakers have heaped criticism on Democratic governors Andrew Cuomo of New York and Gavin Newsom of California for early missteps in handling the pandemic. Michigan Republicans, hostile to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer throughout the crisis, are now asking the state's attorney general to investigate how the Democrat coped with that challenge. Republicans say people died unnecessa...