WHY FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT. FOR NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. THOSE WHOSE LOVED ONES HAVE
CATASTROPHIC INJURIES SAY THE
LAST THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN A
NIGHTMARE. I ALWAYS SAY, YOU
KNOW, THIS IS A CLUB THAT YOU
DON’T WANT TO JOIN A NEW COURT
RULING. MAYBE THE HELP THEY SAY
THEY SO DESPERATELY NEED. IT
WASN’T THAT LONG AGO THAT THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN HAD THE
HIGHEST CAR INSURANCE COSTS IN
THE COUNTRY THAT MASSIVE
OVERHAUL OF NO FAULT INSURANCE
AND 2019 CUT FEES. MEDICAL
PROVIDERS WERE CHARGING BY 20 OR
45% BUT IT ALSO PUT PEOPLE
CATASTROPHIC INJURIES AND ARE
REALLY TOUGH SPOT. MARA
MACDONALD LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT
AND MARA. THIS NEW COURT RULING
NOW SAYS THOSE CUTS ARE NO
LONGER RETROACTIVE. AND DEVIN. I
THINK THE REAL QUESTION TONIGHT
ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS WILL THAT
COURT OF APPEALS RULING STAND UP
ON APPEAL? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ONE
IS COMING. SHELLY’S WILSON’S
BROTHER, CLARENCE, HAS BEEN A
QUADRIPLEGIC SINCE 2008 BECAUSE
OF A CAR ACCIDENT. THE FAMILY
AND PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVERS HAVE
BEEN HIS LIFELINE EVER SINCE.
SOMETIMES YOU KNOW YOU TALK TO
PEOPLE AND THEY JUST DON’T GET
IT BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT LIVING
IT. IN A BIPARTISAN MOVE, THE
LEGISLATURE OVERHAULED
MICHIGAN’S AUTO NO FAULT IN 2019
, AND PART OF IT WAS IMPOSING A
FEE SCHEDULE, ESSENTIALLY
CUTTING WHAT PROVIDERS COULD
CHARGE FOR CARE 45% THAT LEFT
PEOPLE LIKE CLEARANCE IN THE
LURCH. BUT TONIGHT A COURT OF
APPEALS RULING, WHICH WAS A 2 TO
1 DECISION SAYS THAT 45% CUT
SHOULD NOT APPLY TO THOSE
INJURED BEFORE 2019. FINALLY
AFTER YEARS OF LEADERSHIP,
IGNORING A HALF DOZEN ATTEMPTS
WITH LAWS THAT WOULD CORRECT THE
FLAWS IN THIS IN THIS THAT WE
GET SOME SLIVER OF HOPE HERE.
INSURERS HAVE ALREADY SAID AN
APPEAL IS COMING BECAUSE THE
DECISION ROLLS BACK THE CONTROLS
IN PLACE, WHICH TAMPED DOWN ON
MASSIVE OVERCHARGING AND FRAUD,
WHICH WAS ONE OF THE REASONS
MICHIGAN HAD THE HIGHEST
INSURANCE RATES IN THE COUNTRY.
BUT FOR NOW, FAMILIES STRUGGLING
TO MAINTAIN CARE. WE’LL TAKE THE
WIN STATIC TODAY. I’M VERY HAPPY
THAT THE DECISION WAS MADE IN
OUR FAVOR THAT IT SHOULDN’T BE
APPLIED RETROACTIVELY, BUT I
KNOW JUST BECAUSE I’VE BEEN
DEALING WITH THE INSURANCE
COMPANY FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW
, WHAT TYPE OF GAMES THEY PLAY?
BACK HERE LIVE ALSO INCLUDED IN
THAT COURT OF APPEALS RULING
TODAY, THEIR DECISION TO ROLL
THIS STUFF BACK WELL, THAT’S
SUPPOSED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE
EFFECT. WILL THAT STAND ON
APPEAL? UNCLEAR WE’RE LIVE
DOWNTOWN TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD LOCAL 4 YEARS AWAY.
STILL HERE TO GO. ALL RIGHT,
MARA. MOSTLY DRY NIGHT ACROSS
METRO DETROIT, BUT SOME AREAS
ARE SEEING A FEW SHOWERS. LET’S
CHECK IN WITH KIM ADAMS WITH HOW
THINGS LOOK RIGHT NOW, KEN, WE
HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF SHOWERS
OUT THERE. NO THUNDERSTORMS. NO
HEAVY RAIN, BUT EXACT TRACK 40
RADAR IS PICKING UP AN AREA OF
JUST MAINLY MODERATE RAIN IN
LASALLE AND EERIE JUST CROSSING
. I 75 THAT WILL BE OUT OVER THE
WATER FAIRLY SOON, AND THEN AS
WE HAD BEEN TO MACOMB COUNTY
COUPLE MORE ISOLATED AREAS OF
SHOWERS. RICHMOND GETTING A
BRIEF DOWNPOUR NOW CHESTERFIELD
MCCOMB. CLEMENS HAD A FEW
SPRINKLES HERE IN THE LAST 15 20
MINUTES. OTHERWISE IT IS GOING
TO BE FAIRLY NICE FOR THE DAY
TOMORROW. WE STILL CAN’T RULE
OUT A LINGERING SHOWERS EARLY IN
THE MORNING. AS KIDS HEAD OFF TO
SCHOOL. I WOULD NOT PLAN ON
HAVING TO DRIVE YOUR KID TO THE
BUS STOP. IT’S NOT THAT KIND OF
SITUATION. WIDELY WIDELY
SCATTERED. I MEAN, THIS IS NOT
GOING TO BE A RAIN EVENT FOR US
TOMORROW, IN FACT, BY TOMORROW
AFTERNOON WHEN THEY GET OFF THE
BUS, IT’S QUITE NICE AND I START
TO THE WEEKEND THERE IS SOME
HEAT AND HUMIDITY HEADED OUR WAY
AND SOME STORMS. WE’RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE
FORECAST COMING UP, OKAY, KIM,
THANK YOU. AS WE ENTER THE FINAL
WEEKENDS OF SUMMER, MAYOR MIKE
DUGGAN IS NOW APPROVING DOUBLE
TIME PAY FOR DETROIT POLICE
OFFICERS. TO ENSURE THE
DEPARTMENT HAS ENOUGH OFFICERS
ON THE STREETS TO CURB GUN
VIOLENCE ARE MEGAN WOODS JOINS
US TONIGHT WITH REACTION FROM
DETROIT’S TOP COP. THOSE NEW
OVERTIME RATES START TOMORROW.
THEY ONLY LAST A MONTH, BUT THEY
ADD 300 MORE OFFICERS TO THE
WEEKEND SHIFT IN THE LAST FEW
WEEKENDS OF THE SUMMER, BUT THE
WORK ON THE GROUND IS WHAT WE
NEED. WE NEED CARDS THAT RESPOND
TO RUNS. DETROIT POLICE CHIEF
JAMES WHITE LOVES TO SAY HE HAS
SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING
POLICE OFFICERS IN THE COUNTRY,
AND IT’S IMPORTANT THAT WE
INCENTIVIZE THE WORK A LITTLE
BIT, AND YOU KNOW, DOUBLE TIME
THEY DESERVE THAT, AND EVEN
MORE. THAT ALSO MEANS YOU’LL SEE
MORE POLICE AT PARKS, FESTIVALS,
SPORTING EVENTS AND MORE. FOR
PARKS ARE PACKED. YOU LOOK AT
ALL THE PARKS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY DAY. THEY’RE
PACKED AND THEY NEED TO BE
POLICE. AND THAT’S IMPORTANT FOR
US. WE KNOW THAT WE’RE GOING TO
HAVE A SEARCH THESE NEXT COUPLE
OF WEEKENDS, PEOPLE GETTING
THEIR INTO THE SUMMER PARTIES IN
WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE THAT COVERED. WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN TO PEOPLE ENJOYING
THOSE PARKS? MORE POLICE
PRESIDENT YOU FEEL SAFER, MORE
OF VISIBILITY OVERALL, UM, IS
GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND IN
THE PARK. SO WHAT HAVE YOU AND
IT JUST KEEPS TROUBLE DOWN.
BECAUSE IF SOMETHING SOME TYPE
OF PROBLEM ARISES LIKE Y’ALL,
THE COPS OVER THERE, YOU KNOW
THEY’RE GONNA KEEP IT DOWN, YOU
KNOW, NOT DO IT AT ALL. THESE
OVERTIME RATES ALSO HELP OUT
WITH SPECIFIC DETAILS LIKE DRAG
RACING AND DRUG RAIDS, AND CHIEF
WHITE SAYS HE KNOWS THAT THIS
ISN’T THE LONG TERM ANSWER. HE
SAYS THEY ARE CONTINUING. TO
HIRE MORE OFFICERS IN DETROIT.
I’M MEGAN WOODS, FOR LOCAL
MEGAN. TOMORROW WE EXPECT PUBLIC
WILL SEE THE REDACTED AFFIDAVIT
ON WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE RELIED TO SEARCH THE
FLORIDA STATE OF FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP JUDGE SAID A
TO BE RELEASED. CONCEIVABLY THEY
COULD COME OUT ANY TIME NOW
BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. THE ORDER
MEANS THE PUBLIC COULD GET
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT WHAT
LED THE FBI TOMORROW. LAGO,
HOWEVER, THE REDACTIONS COULD BE
EXTENSIVE, GIVEN THE SENSITIVE
NATURE OF THE INVESTIGATION
AGENTS RETRIEVED 11 SETS OF
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, SOME OF
WHICH WERE MARKED AT THE TOP
SECRET LEVEL. VOTERS MAY DECIDE
ABORTION LAW IN MICHIGAN AFTER
ALL, THE STATE BUREAU OF
ELECTIONS, SAYS AN ABORTION
RIGHTS BALLOT PROPOSAL HAS MORE
THAN ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO
QUALIFY FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
THE BUREAU RECOMMENDS THE STATE
BOARD OF CANVASSERS CERTIFY THE
PROPOSAL WHEN THE BIPARTISAN
GROUP MEETS NEXT WEEK. OPPONENTS
OF THE VALID PROPOSAL ARGUING OF
FORMATTING PROBLEM, WHICH HAS
SPACES BETWEEN SOME WORDS
MISSING SHOULD DISQUALIFY IT
FROM THE BALLOT PETITION WOULD
PUT THE RIGHT TO AN ABORTION IN
THE MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION, THE
FORMER MAYOR OF ROMULUS IS
LIKELY HEADED TO PRISON AFTER
PLEADING GUILTY IN A FEDERAL
CORRUPTION CASE. LEROY BURR
CROFT. WAS ELECTED MAYOR IN 2013
AND RE ELECTED IN 2017. TODAY,
HE PLEADED GUILTY TO WIRE FRAUD
. HIS PLEA COMING THREE MONTHS
AFTER THE FED’S ACCUSED HIM OF
SPENDING $15,000 IN CAMPAIGN
FUNDS FOR PERSONAL USE,
INCLUDING SPENDING MONEY DONATED
TO HIS REELECTION BID THAT WAS
INSTEAD SPIN ON HIS DAUGHTER’S
WEDDING, AS WELL AS A FLORIDA
VACATION AND EXPENSES TO THE
BELLEVILLE YACHT CLUB. HE NOW
FACES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 20
YEARS IN PRISON AND A FINE OF
$250,000. MADISON HEIGHTS FIRE
DEPARTMENT PICKUP TRUCK THAT WAS
STOLEN. THE DEPARTMENT
HEADQUARTERS RECOVERED TONIGHT
IN DETROIT. THIS IS THE 2021
CHEVY SILVERADO THAT WAS STOLEN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. FIRE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THE TRUCK WAS
UNLOCKED AND THAT SOMEONE DROVE
IT RIGHT OUT OF THE BUILDING. IT
WAS RECOVERED TONIGHT ON THE
DETROIT THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.
THE SUSPECT, THOUGH, IS IN
CUSTODY. ENVIRONMENTAL CRUISE
BACK IN TRENTON TODAY TO CLEAN
UP THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF
DIESEL FUEL AND WATER MIX, SOME
OF WHICH FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE
DETROIT RIVER. THE SITE OF THE
LEAK IS AT THE OLD RIVERSIDE
OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL. FIVE
GALLONS OF DIESEL GOT INTO THE
STORM DRAIN AND MADE IT INTO THE
RIVER. THE REST WAS CONTAINED
THE CREDITS AND NEIGHBOR FOR
NOTICING THE LEAK IN SPEAKING
UP, WHICH KEPT IT FROM GETTING
WORSE. I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT
IT IS KEY THAT SOMEONE LIKE SAID
SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND SO THAT
THE CITY WAS ABLE TO YOU KNOW
VERY QUICKLY GET THIS OUT AND
GET E P A EAGLE INVOLVED, AND WE
WERE ABLE TO GET THE PROPERTY
OWNER TO BRING OUT THESE
RESOURCES. CREWS OF TRAPPED AND
COLLECTED THOUSANDS OF GALLONS
OF DIESEL OR DIESEL AND WATER
MIX. IT WILL BE SENT TO A
COMPANY THAT SPECIALIZES IN
SEPARATING THE WATER AND DIESEL
FUEL WILL BE SOLD IN THE CLEAN
WATER WILL GO BACK INTO THE
STORM DRAIN. WE’VE GOT AN ORANGE
BARREL ALERT WITH A LONG STRETCH
OF I 75 CLOSING THIS WEEKEND. IT
WILL BE THE SOUTH BONG LANES ON
THE FREEWAY, SHUTTING DOWN FROM
EIGHT MILE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO I
3 75 THAT WILL BEGIN TOMORROW
NIGHT AT NINE. AND IT WILL RUN
UNTIL FIVE MONDAY MORNING. SO IF
YOU’RE HEADED DOWNTOWN THIS
WEEKEND, YOUR BEST DETOURS WILL