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City of Detroit calls on DTE to halt any electricity shutoffs
DETROIT – A gathering held final week had metropolis council members asking DTE Power to halt any electrical energy shutoffs.
In response to a decision handed throughout a gathering final week, the Detroit Metropolis Council requested DTE to cease all electrical energy shutoffs for at the least a 12 months. The decision urges the state’s largest utility supplier to place again in place the voluntary moratorium it had at first of the pandemic.
The unanimous vote from metropolis officers comes after reporting from ProPublica and Outlier Media detailing DTE’s short-lived pause in shutoffs for the primary three months of the pandemic earlier than restarting them. In response to the reporting, DTE shut off energy to hundreds of shoppers for non-payment greater than 178,000 occasions, a record-setting quantity. The variety of shut-offs doubled the quantity from 2020.
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On the pandemic’s begin, state lawmakers opted to not power utility firms to maintain the lights and warmth on as individuals misplaced their jobs and fell behind on payments. Whereas COVID tore by communities, there’s no legislation or company that may power utility firms to supply reasonably priced energy — solely dependable energy, which is the place DTE has spent tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in recent times as prospects have confronted practically unprecedented fee hikes.
The power firm cites a rise in tree trimming and upgrades to substations and powerlines to strengthen their grid. Nevertheless, throughout storms final summer season, a whole lot of hundreds have been nonetheless with out energy, a lot of them on DTE’s watch.
DTE despatched out a press release in response to a query for remark from Native 4/ClickonDetroit, however didn’t deal with whether or not it will be complying with the Council’s decision.
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Two years after the beginning of the worldwide pandemic, DTE prospects now have much less power invoice debt on account of an aggressive effort to make sure prospects had entry to help from state applications, non-profit company companions and DTE donations to pay their payments. Moratoriums aren’t all the time in the very best curiosity of residents as a result of they solely enable debt to develop as power use continues. You will need to join prospects to the funds and help accessible, which DTE redoubled efforts to attain when the pandemic started. Final 12 months, we helped prospects acquire $119 million in help and we anticipate this quantity to develop to $163 million in 2022. In lots of circumstances, we labored with the state to use monetary support on to the accounts of eligible prospects with out requiring them to use. Additional, we forgave $2.6 million in buyer debt and donated one other $15 million to assist company companions in getting power help to qualifying prospects.
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Craig Monroe was removed from his role as an analyst on Tigers television and radio broadcasts last month minutes after a post on social media accused him of sexually molesting a girl in Florida, a source with knowledge of the removal told The Detroit News. The accuser said the abuse continued for years, into his years playing in Detroit.
The accuser first posted on X about the allegations last month, tagging multiple news outlets, before deleting that original post. However, according to the source with knowledge of the situation, an executive with Bally Sports Detroit had already seen the post.
At the time, Monroe was at Comerica Park preparing to work the series opener between the Tigers and Washington Nationals on June 11. Within 30 minutes of seeing the post, a Bally Sports Detroit executive demanded Monroe leave the ballpark, according to the source.
Bally Sports Detroit, which broadcasts Tigers games, and the Tigers issued a statement to The News on Tuesday, acknowledging the accusations.
“Bally Sports Detroit and the Tigers are aware of the social-media allegations and take them seriously,” the Tigers and Bally Sports Detroit said in a jointly released statement. “As previously stated, Mr. Monroe has not been on the broadcast schedule, and that will continue on an indefinite basis. We will have no further comment and any questions should be directed to Mr. Monroe.”
Monroe hasn’t called a Tigers game since the June 9 game between the Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers in Detroit. He hasn’t posted on social media since May 8.
Bally Sports Detroit and the Tigers first acknowledged Monroe’s on-air absence in a statement to local media outlets June 21, saying he was “addressing a personal matter.”
Monroe hasn’t returned multiple messages from The News since he was removed from the air last month. The News has reached out to the woman who made the accusations on social media, via X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram, and she has not responded.
The woman who detailed abuse dating back to her childhood did talk anonymously to WJBK-TV (Channel 2) for a story posted late Monday.
Gabriella Ruiz of the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office in Florida confirmed to The News that the agency is actively investigating the woman’s claims, and it is asking anyone else with information to come forward.
Bally Sports Detroit and the Tigers are not investigating the claims; they are leaving that to the authorities, according to the source with knowledge of the situation.
The allegations date to the late 1990s, when Monroe was playing for the Texas Rangers’ minor-league organization in Port Charlotte, Florida. The woman said Monroe lived with her family when he was 20, and she was 12. Back then, it was common for players in the low levels of the minor leagues to stay with “host” families, to save on costs.
The woman posted the allegations again Thursday, and that post remains on X and Instagram. The woman posted a video Saturday expanding on her original post.
Monroe, 47, is a freelance employee who was paid on a per-game basis for his work on the Tigers’ television and radio broadcasts, with no minimum or maximum number of games in his agreement. Monroe received no health insurance or other benefits through his work on television or radio, and he is not being compensated during his absence. Bally Sports Detroit paid him for his work on TV, and the Tigers paid him for his work on radio.
Monroe joined the Tigers’ television team in 2012, first as a studio analyst, and eventually as an on-air game analyst. He emerged in recent years as the lead TV analyst, in a rotation that now includes Kirk Gibson, Dan Petry, Carlos Pena and Todd Jones. Petry has been handling additional game work, in Monroe’s absence.
Monroe broke into the major leagues with the Rangers in 2001 and was claimed off waivers by the Tigers in 2002. A slugging outfielder, he played parts of six seasons with the Tigers, helping lead them to the 2006 World Series.
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ROYAL, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — Retailers across the country are taking action against shoplifting, including one small business in Royal Oak.
Julia Manzella is a buyer with Rail and Anchor, an eclectic shop in Royal Oak. She says a few years ago, the small business started noticing declining profits and missing merchandise, and they took action.
“To stop the theft we had to put money back into the store,” Manzella said. “So we spent thousands of dollars on a security system.”
The store started posting photos and videos of shoplifters on social media, in order to catch the crooks.
“Now we’re actually finding the people and they’re not coming back,” Manzella said. “We’re actually taking a stance on it.”
Bloomberg reports that retail giant Target is also taking a stand. The publication cited insiders within the company who told them that Target had instructed employees to lower the threshold for confronting shoplifters from $100 to $50.
“Maybe that will help the problem if big companies like Target start taking a stand,” Manzella said. “But it will also take a lot of local agencies to start prosecuting repeat offenders.”
“I’ve had a lot of friends have to close their business because of this problem,” Manzella told CBS News Detroit. “But we’re not some small pot shop and they can’t just abuse us. We have to keep the doors open and we have to make a business.”
Target has not responded to CBS News Detroit’s requests for comment at the time this article was published.
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Gosted! Shayne Gostisbehere blows off Detroit Red Wings to sign with Carolina Hurricanes
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Steve Yzerman talks after the second day of the NHL Draft, June 29, 2024 in Las Vegas.
The Detroit Red Wings will have to find someone else to run their first power play unit.
Shayne Gostisbehere, the team’s leader in man-advantage points last season, has been lost to the Carolina Hurricanes.
He took a pay cut from the $4.13 million he made with the Wings, but instead gets three years at $3.2 million per season. The Wings wouldn’t give the 31-year-old that many years – nor tempt him with a two-year deal at more money, apparently.
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Gostisbehere had a transformative effect on the power play, where he delivered 29 of his 51 points.
The knock on Gostisbehere, though, has always been his defense.
The Wings instead brought in Erik Gustafsson, a 32-year-old who last played for the New York Rangers. He’s better defensively, but not as potent offensively and he’s not a power-play guy.
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