BEFORE NEWS STARTS NOW, WITH THE BREAKING NEWS ALERT. BREAKING NEWS IS HAPPENING ALONG I 94 IN
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, WHERE STATE
POLICE HAVE THE WESTBOUND LANES
SHUT DOWN NEAR HAGGERTY. STATE
POLICE SAY A DRIVER HIT AN
OBJECT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
FREEWAY. AFTER ARRIVING ON SCENE
TROOPERS DISCOVERED THE OBJECT.
WAS A WOMAN’S BODY AND THAT THE
BODY WAS HIT MULTIPLE TIMES. SO
FAR, POLICE HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED
THE WOMAN WITH THE WESTBOUND
LANES STILL SHUT DOWN AS THE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. WE ARE
ALSO FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS ON
DETROIT’S WEST SIDE WHERE ONE
PERSON IS DEAD. TWO OTHERS HURT
AFTER SHOTS ARE FIRED IN THE
AREA OF RUTHERFORD AND CURTIS.
WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ON
WHAT LED TO THE SHOOTING, SO
KEEP IT HERE AND
CLICKONDETROIT’S FOR FURTHER
UPDATES, TOPPING OUR NEWS
TONIGHT THE MINIMUM WAGE FIGHT
IN COURT TODAY A DEBATE THAT
WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHETHER
WAGES IN MICHIGAN GO ABOVE $13
IN LESS THAN A MONTH, UNLESS
YOU’RE AN APPEALS COURT HEARING
THE CASE TODAY, WHICH IS ALSO
PUTTING AN END TO THE TIPPED
MINIMUM WAGES, IT STANDS RIGHT
NOW, BUT THE ISSUE ISN’T WHETHER
THE HIGHER WAGES GOOD OR BAD AS
MARA MACDONALD IS LIVE DOWNTOWN
TONIGHT. TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT THE SMART, REALLY CENTERS ON
A PROCEDURAL ISSUE. DE’VEON
THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. EVERYBODY
REMEMBERS HERE BACK IN 2018.
THERE IS A BIG PETITION DRIVE TO
PUT AN INCREASED MINIMUM WAGE ON
THE BALLOT HERE IN MICHIGAN GOT
A LOT OF SIGNATURES. THE
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE HAS THE
ABILITY TO PASS IT INTO LAW
BEFORE IT EVER GOES ON THE
BALLOT. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE
LEGISLATURE DID, BUT IT DID
SOMETHING ELSE AS WELL. IT
CHANGED THE LANGUAGE. IS THAT
PERMISSIBLE? CURRENTLY A COURT
OF CLAIMS. JUDGE SAYS NO, THE
LEGISLATURE OVERSTEPPED ITS
AUTHORITY WHEN IT ADOPTED A
PETITION AIMED AT INCREASING
MICHIGAN’S MINIMUM WAGE, BUT
THEN CHANGED THE LANGUAGE. THE
PETITION CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE
INCREASE IN THE MINIMUM WAGE TO
MORE THAN 13 BUCKS AN HOUR AND
RAISE THE TIPPED MINIMUM WAGE TO
11 73 AN HOUR, THE LEGISLATURE.
OPTED TO SLOWLY PHASE IN AN
INCREASE BY 2030 AND KEEP THE
TIPPED MINIMUM WAGES IS THE
GROUP MOTHERING JUSTICES
FIGHTING TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL
LANGUAGE TAKE EFFECT. NOW WE’RE
JUST HAPPY THAT WE HAD OUR DAY
IN COURT TODAY. UM AND WE ARE
PLEASED THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO
SIT WITH US AND TALK WITH US AND
UNDERSTAND OUR SIDE. ADVOCACY
GROUPS FOR THE RESTAURANT
INDUSTRY SAY THIS IS A CRUSHER
AND SOME WORKERS ARE CONCERNED
IT WILL KILL THEIR TIP INCOME
WHERE THEY MAKE WAY MORE THAN
THAT BUMPED UP TO MINIMUM WAGE.
I CAN WORK AT THE BAR AT NIGHT
AND I THAT’S HOW I PAY MY RENT.
THAT’S HOW I PAY FOR MY CAR.
THAT’S HOW YOU PAY FOR GAS,
GROCERIES. ALL THOSE THINGS.
GABBY’S IN SCHOOL TO BE A PH.
SHE DOES CLINIC HOURS DURING THE
DAY, BUT IT’S HER BARTENDING
THAT’S PAYING THE BILLS RIGHT
NOW. MONEY SHE THINKS WILL
EVAPORATE. I PERSONALLY WOULD
HAVE TO COMPLETELY CHANGE MY
CAREER PATH AND THE EDUCATIONAL
TIMELINE THAT I’VE HAD LAID OUT
FOR YEARS BECAUSE I WOULDN’T BE
MAKING ENOUGH TO SUPPORT MYSELF
THROUGH SCHOOL. BACK HERE ALIVE
, SO RIGHT NOW WHAT TO EXPECT?
WELL EXPECT THE COURT OF APPEALS
TO MAKE SOME SORT OF DECISION ON
THIS BEFORE FEBRUARY, BUT ALSO
DON’T EXPECT THAT TO BE THE END
OF IT ALL. IT WOULDN’T BE
SURPRISED IF THIS ENDS UP IN THE
LAP OF THE MICHIGAN SUPREME
COURT. WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN
TONIGHT. I’M MARA MACDONALD
LOCAL 4 CONTINUE TO FOLLOW IT,
MAURA. THANK YOU. THE OXFORD
SCHOOL BOARD NAMES A NEW INTERIM
SUPERINTENDENT BOARD VOTING 6 TO
0 TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT OF
VICKI MARKOVICH. WHO WILL SERVE
AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT FOR NO
MORE THAN SIX MONTHS AS PART OF
THE DISTRICT THREE YEAR RECOVERY
PLAN. MARKOVIC’S PREVIOUSLY
SERVED AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
OAKLAND SCHOOLS INTERMEDIATE
DISTRICT. HER APPOINTMENT COMES
JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER KEN
WEAVERS RESIGNATION LAST MONTH.
HE CITED HEALTH ISSUES AS THE
REASON FOR STEPPING DOWN CITY OF
DETROIT, LAUNCHING A BIG
OVERHAUL OF ITS CAR TOWING
SYSTEMS CITY HAS GIVEN CONTRACTS
TO SEVEN COMPANIES THAT START
NEXT MONDAY. IT COMES AFTER A
SERIES OF CORRUPTION CASES WITH
SEVERAL CITY OFFICIALS AND
POLICE OFFICERS CONVICTED OF
CRIMES AND AUTOMATED SOFTWARE
SYSTEM WILL DETERMINE WHICH
COMPANY RECEIVED. RECEDES TOWING
REQUESTS, EACH COMPANY GETS A
TURN AND ANY FAVORITISM WILL BE
FLAGGED. MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN SAYS
. THERE’S ALSO RELIEF FOR SOME
DRIVERS WHO HAVE THEIR CAR
STOLEN. IF YOU HAVE A HARDSHIP
CASE, YOU DON’T HAVE INSURANCE
COVERING YOUR AUTO THEFT. WE
WILL WAIVE THE STORAGE FEES. SO
WHETHER YOU LIVE HERE OR WHETHER
YOU’RE A VISITOR HERE IF YOUR
CAR IS STOLEN IN DETROIT, YOU
WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY OUT
OF POCKET IN ORDER TO GET IT
BACK. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT WE DID. EVERY CITY
SHOULD EXPECT. THEY’RE THE KINDS
OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE OF DETROIT
DESERVE, AND VEHICLE OWNERS CAN
TRACK THEIR VEHICLES STATUS BY
VISITING FIND. MIKE TOWED CAR
.ORG PROSECUTORS RESPONDING TO
AN EFFORT BY JAMES AND JENNIFER,
CRUMBLY TO BE LET OUT ON BOND IN
A COURT FILING, THE CRUMBLY SAY
THEY HAVE A FRIEND WHO WAS
WILLING TO TAKE THEM IN SHOULD
THEY BE RELEASED PROSECUTORS
OBJECTS SAYING THE SANTA LAC
COUNTY FRIEND REFERRED TO AS BJ
HAS A CHECKERED PAST FILING
REFERENCES A HARASSMENT
COMPLAINT FILED IN MAY IN WHICH
BJ ALLEGEDLY LIED ABOUT BEING
TRANSGENDER TO ENTER A WOMAN’S
LOCKER ROOM AND MAKE THREATENING
STATEMENTS. HE WAS NOT CHARGED
IN THAT CASE. PROSECUTION ALSO
SAYS BJ IS A CPL. HOLDER AND
THAT WOULD VIOLATE THE CRUMBLY
IS BOND CONDITIONS. CONDITIONS
THAT PROHIBIT THEM FROM
ACCESSING WEAPONS, CRUMBLY CZAR
CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY
MANSLAUGHTER, OF COURSE THE
CONNECTION WITH THEIR SON’S
KILLING SPREE AT THE SCHOOL IS
STILL BEING HELD ON $500,000
BOND PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNING A
BILL THIS AFTERNOON, CREATING
FEDERAL PROTECTIONS FOR SAME SEX
AND INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES. IT’S
CALLED THE RESPECT FOR MARRIAGE
ACT, AND IT PASSED CONGRESS WITH
SOME BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. THE
BILL ENSURES THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES MARRIAGES
AND GUARANTEES. FULL BENEFITS
REGARDLESS OF A COUPLE’S SEX,
RACE, ETHNICITY OR NATIONAL
ORIGIN. TODAY’S A GOOD DAY.
TODAY AMERICA TAKES A VITAL STEP
TOWARDS EQUALITY. TOWARD LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE. NOT JUST FOR SOME,
BUT FOR EVERYONE, EVERYONE. THE
BILL DOES NOT REQUIRE STATES TO
ISSUE MARRIAGE LICENSES THAT GO
AGAINST THEIR STATE LAWS. THE
BILL WAS SET IN MOTION AFTER
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS EXPRESSED
CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
SAME SEX MARRIAGES FOLLOWING THE
SUPREME COURT DECISION TO
OVERTURN ROE VERSUS WADE. WELL
ALL OF MICHIGAN HAS BEEN BEHIND
HIM AND BRANDON LEAP DELIVERED
WITH A MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE,
SHARING THE STAGE WITH BLAKE
SHELTON. BE SOMEBODY. WORDS.
LIVING THAT HONKY TONK DREAM
WHILE BRANDON DID NOT WIN
TONIGHT, HE GAINED A TON OF FANS
ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO KIM IS
LIVE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS IN LOS
ANGELES. WHAT A MEMORABLE FINALE
IT WAS OVERALL. BUT WHAT A GREAT
RUN THIS WAS FOR BRANDON. OH
YEAH. DEVIN AND KIMBERLY, NOBODY
IS FEELING SORRY FOR BRANDON
TONIGHT, INCLUDING BRANDON
HIMSELF. YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN
TALKING TO HIM ON THE RED CARPET
OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS,
AND HE’S LIKE, NO MATTER WHAT
HAPPENS, I’VE ALREADY WON A 16
YEAR OLD GOT TO DO THIS. OH, MY
GOSH. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS
IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF HIS
AMAZING CAREER AHEAD OF HIM. AND
THEN, OF COURSE, HE’S JUST SO
CUTE, AND HE’S NOW A TEENAGE
HEARTTHROB, AND HE’S BEEN ON THE
NATIONAL STAGE, SO NO NO
VIOLENCE FOR HIM. BUT WE KNEW
THAT BLAKE HAD A HUGE, YOU KNOW
, UM, ODDS GOING IN AND THEN WE
ALSO KNEW THAT COUNTRY HAD HUGE
ODDS GOING IN. AND SURE ENOUGH,
THE WINNER WAS BRYCE LEATHERWOOD
OF GEORGIA. AH! A MAN THAT BLAKE
MADE FUN OF BY SAYING IT DON’T
GET NO COUNTRY OR THAN BLAKE
LEATHERWOOD. YES THAT GUY. UM
AND SO, YES, TEAM BLAKE FOR THE
NINTH TIME IN THE VOICE HISTORY
HAS WON YET AGAIN, AND BRYCE WET
LEATHERWOOD NOW GETS $100,000
AND A ONE YEAR CONTRACT WITH
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP. GREAT
JOB, AND HE WAS HE WAS BLAKE IS
A HE’S JUST A POWER IN THE WHOLE
THING, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, BUT IT