By Charles Sercombe After waiting several months, it’s now Mayor Amer Ghalib’s turn to be in the U.S. Senate spotlight. His hearing for confirmation to become ambassador to Kuwait is…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck, the city of immigrants, may be the target of ICE agents soon. According to a Facebook post by a retired Hamtramck police officer, Walt Tripp, who…
By Charles Sercombe Former Hamtramck Police Chief Jamiel Altaheri and the city have officially parted ways. At Tuesday’s regular city council meeting, a separation agreement was reached with Altaheri…
By Charles Sercombe Two Hamtramck city council candidates had some sharp words for some of the current councilmembers. Both Abdulmalik Kassim and Luqman Saleh recently spoke at the Masjid Al…
By Charles Sercombe Mayor Amer Ghalib is facing stiffer resistance to his nomination as ambassador to Kuwait. According to media reports, some Democratic Senators are putting the brakes on his…
By Charles Sercombe Add one more to the write-in city council candidate list. Veronica Smith, who organizes a yearly Juneteenth picnic, announced on Tuesday that she, too, is seeking…
By Charles Sercombe The upcoming Nov. 4 city election just got a whole lot more interesting. Two city council candidates who didn’t make the final cut in the August…
By Charles Sercombe Recently, Mayor Amer Ghalib posted on social media about his meeting with White House officials to arrange big-money foreign investments he helped orchestrate. There was speculation that…
By Charles Sercombe Mayor Amer Ghalib has one key influential advisor to President Trump who is opposed to his nomination to be ambassador to Kuwait. And that’s right-wing conservative Laura…
By Charles Sercombe Hamtramck’s ballot drop box, located across from city hall, had a number of repeat visitors in the days leading up to the August Primary Election. Once again,…