Many Duggan officials don't live in Detroit; Kamala Harris drums up support; more

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Many of Duggan's high-ranking officials don't actually live in Detroit

Mayor Mike Duggan has spent just about a decade writing Detroit's narrative as a comeback city and boasting of its growing population. But 45% of his high-ranking staff don't call the city home.

A Free Press analysis found that this isn't a new phenomenon — records show that the statistic was about the same in 2020. Some of the most far-flung examples, Dave Boucher reports :

• Duggan's own deputy mayor lives in Farmington Hills.
• The city's assessor and deputy chief financial officer lives in a Lansing suburb around 100 miles from the city.
• And Detroit's interim director of transit listed Romeoville, Ill. — a suburb of Chicago — as his place of residence on his 2023 disclosure. That's nearly 300 miles away.

While this isn't technically against the rules — a 1999 Michigan state law largely banned such requirements for employees and appointed bureaucrats — some say it undermines the mayor's narrative. A spokesperson for Duggan defended the officials, saying that the need for talent trumps a person's place of residence.

Read more here .

🗳️ Latest in 2024 election

• Vice President Kamala Harris successfully shored up enough support Monday to become the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, potentially avoiding a bitter internal party dispute one day after President Joe Biden announced he was withdrawing his campaign. Harris secured endorsements in excess of the 1,976 delegates needed to become the party's nominee in the first round of voting, a USA TODAY count shows.
• Locally, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced her support for Harris , and said she was "not planning to go anywhere" even if offered the vice presidency. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan , along with more than 250 mayors through the Democratic Mayors Association, also offered his endorsement.
• The United Auto Workers had previously endorsed Biden during his candidacy. Now, the question is: Will it line up behind Harris as well?
• Joe Biden was down in Michigan. Can Kamala Harris regain that ground against Donald Trump? We examine her chances … and talk to Michigan voters .
• Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel said nothing in Michigan election law prohibits Democrats from placing a new presidential candidate on the November ballot .
• Just in case you were wondering: Whitmer cannot run again for governor, according to the Michigan Constitution.

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🚨 Crime: Michael Lopez, the suspected gunman in the killing of Melvindale police officer Mohamed Said, has been arrested, according to Michigan State Police .

🏥 Tech: A cyberattack at Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, exposed the personal information of more than 56,000 people . A spokesperson said the hack happened in late May, but evidence suggested the motive was not to obtain patient information.

🕯 Obituaries: Duke Fakir, the cofounder and last living member of the Motown act the Four Tops, died in Detroit on Monday at age 88 . He kept the group's legacy for seven decades, Brian McCollum writes.

🏈 Football: Former Michigan off-field football analyst Connor Stalions will speak out about the scandal that caused him to part ways with Michigan football for the first time in a Netflix show . The short documentary is set to air Aug. 27.

⚾️ Baseball: The Detroit Tigers stay hot, beating the Cleveland Guardians 8-2 on Monday night behind a gem by Tarik Skubal. They have won 11 of their past 14 games and are now 50-51 on the season.

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