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Mobile Billboard Makes Unsubstantiated, Homophobic Claims About Oakland County Executive David Coulter | Detroit Metro Area News | Detroit

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click to enlarge Photo via Informant A digital mobile billboard makes outrageous claims about Oakland County Executive David Coulter. A conservative activist and conspiracy theorist is behind a digital mobile billboard seen Wednesday making unsubstantiated, homophobic claims against Oakland County Executive David Coulter, who is gay. George Brikho, an enthusiastic Donald Trump supporter who ran … Read more

St. Louis County Proposes Abortion-Related Travel and Child Care Fund | St. Louis Subway News | Saint Louis

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click to enlarge Ruben Hemmer Missouri’s abortion ban is a “major public health crisis,” according to County Executive Sam Page. A new proposal would allow St. Louis County to use $1 million in American Bailout funds to help boost abortion access. On Wednesday, County Executive Sam Page voiced support for a proposal spearheaded by County … Read more

Garbage overflows from St. Louis dumpsters and people are angry | St. Louis Subway News | Saint Louis

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click to enlarge BENJAMIN SIMON Mattresses are stacked in this Princeton Heights alley. St. Louis has a lot of garbage and it stinks. The containers are overflowing. Broken furniture, garbage bags, and mattresses litter the alleys. And the residents are furious about it. “This is the worst garbage service I have seen in the 31 … Read more

Michigan Rib Fest will feature performances by Mitch Ryder, Mark Reitenga, Ricky Rat Pack, Melvin Davis and more | Things to do | Detroit

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click to enlarge courtesy photo Mitch Ryder. Bring the steak sweats, because it’s time for the Michigan Rib Fest in Lake Orion. Think of all the barbecue you could want, monster truck rides, drinks, and performances by Mitch Ryder, Mark Reitenga, Ricky Rat Pack, Melvin Davis, and more. It will be from Friday, July 1 … Read more

St. Louis Band Boreal Hills’ New Ep Will Make Them Rich, Or Not | Music News and Interviews | Saint Louis

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click to enlarge THROUGH KARL FRANK Charles Frank. Somehow music found Karl Frank. He doesn’t know how. He grew up in Martinsburg, Missouri, a town of 300, a place too small for pizza delivery, too small for a traffic light, and definitely too small for any kind of music scene. No one in his family … Read more

The best concerts of this week | houston press

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After two years of virtual celebration, Houston’s Freedom Over Texas festivities will return to in-person on July 4, with live performances by Clay Walker, Sawyer Brown, Blanco Brown, Walker County and Step Rideau and the Zydeco Outlaws. The music, naturally, will be followed by a ton of fireworks. Eleanor Tinsley and Sam Houston Parks will … Read more

After Roe, St. Louis LGBTQ Community Fears Losing Their Rights | St. Louis Subway News | Saint Louis

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click to enlarge THEO WELLNESS After the Supreme Court struck down Roe vs. WadePrideFest took on a new importance for some. Friday’s Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe vs. Wade has left Amileia Ladd and others in St. Louis’s LGBTQ community fearing their rights are threatened. “Right now, it’s really scary living here and being … Read more

The Supreme Court just took a gavel for the separation of church and state | The incision | Detroit

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click to enlarge Shutterstock The United States Supreme Court, the most powerful arbiter of the US Constitution, is now forcing states to subsidize religious education, which of course is strange considering the First Amendment. Maine taxpayers will now be forced to support private schools that explicitly teach religion. in question in Carson vs Makin it … Read more

Story of alleged St. Louis child killer contradicted in court | St. Louis Subway News | Saint Louis

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click to enlarge St. Louis County Circuit Attorney’s Office Live Stream This week, a jury will decide whether Dawan Ferguson (centre) is guilty of child abuse and killing his nine-year-old son Christian in 2003. The second day of testimony in the trial of the St. Louis man accused of killing his disabled son saw a … Read more

Kent County Attorney Vows to Enforce Michigan’s 1931 Abortion Ban | Michigan News | Detroit

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click to enlarge Kent County Prosecutor’s Office Kent County Prosecutor Christopher Becker. Physicians who perform abortions in Kent County, which includes Grand Rapids, will face criminal prosecution. Kent County Attorney Christopher Becker vowed to uphold Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban in a statement released Monday, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. The … Read more